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The Independent
12 hours ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Gaza latest: Israeli cabinet weighs full takeover of Gaza as Hamas claims Netanyahu is ‘sacrificing' hostages
Israel 's security cabinet continues to debate whether the country will pursue full control of the Gaza Strip, as Hamas has issued a stark warning to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Mr Netanyahu told Fox News' Bill Hemmer that he intends for Israel to take control of the entire Gaza strip, to destroy Hamas, in a significant expansion of the war effort. "We intend to, in order to assure our security, remove Hamas there, enable the population to be free of Gaza." He said he would pass responsibility for governing the enclave to Arab forces. In response, Hamas that Mr Netanyahu's statements 'confirm that he seeks to get rid of his prisoners and sacrifice them to serve his personal interests and extremist ideological agendas.' They warned warned that any expansion would 'not be a walk in the park, and the price will be heavy and costly for the occupation…' An Israeli official told AP that the cabinet expected to hold a lengthy debate and approve an expanded military plan. Watch: An Israeli flag displaying photos of the hostages being held up outside the Cabinet meeting Bryony Gooch8 August 2025 03:00 Recap: Trump says decision whether to occupy Gaza is 'up to Israel' Trump says decision whether to occupy Gaza is 'up to Israel' The US president declined to support or oppose potential expansion of Israel's devastating military offensive in the enclave Bryony Gooch8 August 2025 02:00 Watch: The human toll of Israel's pager attack Bryony Gooch8 August 2025 01:00 'Apocalyptic' pictures of Gaza's devastation echo the destruction of the Hiroshima bomb 80 years on Bleak pictures of Gaza's devastation echo destruction of Hiroshima bomb 80 years on Palestinians have been represented for the first time at a memorial for the bomb dropped on Japan, amid warnings the world has not learned the lessons from 80 years ago. Alex Croft reports Bryony Gooch8 August 2025 00:00 Recap: How much of Gaza does the Israeli military actually control? The Israeli military says it controls about 75 per cent of Gaza, as prime minster Benjamin Netanyahu pushes for a full military occupation of the Strip. Most of Gaza's population of about 2 million has been displaced multiple times over the past 22 months and aid groups are warning that the enclave's residents are on the verge of famine. Some far-right allies in his government have long advocated a full occupation of Gaza and for Israel to re-establish settlements there, two decades after it withdrew. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told reporters Wednesday that he hoped the government would approve the military taking control over the rest of Gaza. Bryony Gooch7 August 2025 23:00 Watch: An Israeli flag displaying photos of the hostages being held up outside the Cabinet meeting Bryony Gooch7 August 2025 22:00 Pictured: The sun setting over Gaza 7 August 2025 21:45 12,000 children under five in Gaza suffering acute malnutrition - WHO Around 12,000 children aged under five in Gaza are suffering from acute malnutrition, and hunger-related deaths are rising, the Director General of the World Health Organization said on Thursday. "In July, nearly 12,000 children under five years were identified as having acute malnutrition in Gaza, the highest monthly figure ever recorded," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at his organisation's headquarters in Geneva. At least 99 people have died, including 64 adults and 35 children, of whom 29 were younger than five, from the start of this year to July 29. Between June and July, the number of admissions for malnutrition almost doubled - from 6,344 to 11,877 - according to the latest UNICEF figures available. Some 2,500 of those children are suffering from severe malnutrition. Bryony Gooch7 August 2025 21:30 Watch: Netanyahu says Israel will take control of all of Gaza
Fox News
12 hours ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Israel Security Cabinet approves plan to occupy Gaza City
Israel's Security Cabinet early Friday approved a plan to occupy Gaza City, marking an escalation in Israel's ongoing war against Hamas. The announcement comes after an all-night meeting of the security cabinet, following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement that Israel planned to retake control over the entire territory and eventually hand it off to friendly Arab forces opposed to Hamas. Israel has bombarded Gaza City repeatedly since Oct. 7, 2023 in addition to carrying out numerous raids. Today, it is one of the few areas of Gaza that hasn't been turned into an Israeli buffer zone or placed under evacuation orders. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Al Jazeera
19 hours ago
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Netanyahu: Israel to take control of ‘all of Gaza'
Netanyahu: Israel to take control of 'all of Gaza' NewsFeed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel plans to take control of 'all of Gaza.' Speaking to Fox News before a security cabinet meeting, he said Israel doesn't want to govern the strip but would hand it over to 'Arab forces' to govern. Hamas rejected his comments, saying they are a reversal of the course of ceasefire negotiations. Video Duration 02 minutes 02 seconds 02:02 Video Duration 01 minutes 44 seconds 01:44 Video Duration 02 minutes 09 seconds 02:09 Video Duration 00 minutes 41 seconds 00:41 Video Duration 00 minutes 35 seconds 00:35 Video Duration 01 minutes 17 seconds 01:17 Video Duration 01 minutes 06 seconds 01:06
CBS News
21 hours ago
- Politics
- CBS News
Netanyahu says Israel intends to take control of all of Gaza but does not want to "keep" or govern it
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel intends to take control of all of Gaza but does not want to "keep" or govern the territory, and instead wants to hand it over to "Arab forces." In an interview with Fox News, Netanyahu was asked if Israel "will take control of all of Gaza." "We intend to, in order to assure our security, remove Hamas there, enable the population to be free of Gaza, and to pass it to civilian governance that is not Hamas and not anyone advocating the destruction of Israel," Netanyahu said. "We don't want to keep" Gaza, he added. "We want to have a security perimeter. We don't want to govern it. We don't want to be there as a governing body. We want to hand it over to Arab forces that will govern it properly without threatening us, and giving Gazans a good life." Later on Thursday, Netanyahu was expected to discuss plans with senior ministers for the Israeli military to take control of more Gaza territory. Israel's Security Cabinet would need to approve the plan. An expansion of Israeli military operations in Gaza would draw strong international opposition and could further isolate Israel, which is being urged by close allies to end the war amid the growing concerns from humanitarian agencies about famine taking hold in the territory. Negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas broke down in recent weeks, with each side accusing the other of being responsible for the failure. "I think the negotiations have broken down completely because Hamas is not serious about negotiating," U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said in an interview with CBS News on Thursday. "I'm not sure they ever were, but they certainly aren't anymore. Europe has given them some cover. When European leaders are putting more pressure on Israel than they are Hamas — and they're talking about people in Gaza, and they're not talking about the hostages — Hamas is celebrating, and they're realizing that, you know, they're winning the message war here." Huckabee said any decision to annex the Gaza Strip will be up to the Israeli government. "It's not our job to tell them what they should or should not do," Huckabee said. "Certainly, if they ask for wisdom, counsel, advice, I'm sure the president would offer it. But ultimately, it's the decision that the Israelis and only the Israelis can make."
BreakingNews.ie
21 hours ago
- Politics
- BreakingNews.ie
Netanyahu says Israel plans Gaza takeover as officials discuss wider offensive
Israel intends to take full control of the Gaza Strip to destroy Hamas, and eventually transfer its administration to friendly Arab forces, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, as the security cabinet discussed a widening of its 22-month offensive. Asked in an interview with Fox News if Israel would 'take control of all of Gaza', Mr Netanyahu replied: 'We intend to, in order to assure our security, remove Hamas there, enable the population to be free of Gaza.' Advertisement The security cabinet would still need to approve such a decision. 'We don't want to keep it. We want to have a security perimeter,' Mr Netanyahu said in the interview. Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip (Raad Adayleh/AP) 'We want to hand it over to Arab forces that will govern it properly without threatening us and giving Gazans a good life.' The security cabinet has begun discussing a possible expansion of Israel's military operations in Gaza, a move that, if it happens, would come despite fierce opposition from many in Israel, including the families of hostages who remain in Hamas captivity. Advertisement The meeting comes on a day when at least 42 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes and shootings across southern Gaza, according to local hospitals. Of the 42 people killed on Thursday, at least 13 were seeking aid in an Israeli military zone in southern Gaza where UN aid convoys are regularly overwhelmed by looters and desperate crowds. Another two were killed on roads leading to nearby sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an American contractor, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies. Neither the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation nor the Israeli military, which helps secure the group's sites, commented on the strikes or shootings. The military zone, known as the Morag Corridor, is off limits to independent media. Advertisement The Israeli military has accused Hamas of operating in densely populated civilian areas. A Palestinian man waves a pistol as others struggle to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Gaza City (Jehad Alshrafi/AP) Mr Netanyahu has been meeting top advisers and security officials to discuss what his office said are ways to 'further achieve Israel's goals in Gaza' after the breakdown of ceasefire talks last month. An Israeli official said the security cabinet would hold a lengthy debate and approve an expanded military plan to conquer all or parts of Gaza not yet under Israeli control. The official said that whatever is approved would be implemented gradually and in stages, with the idea of increasing pressure on Hamas. Advertisement Such a step would trigger new international condemnation of Israel at a time when Gaza is plunging towards famine. It also has drawn opposition across Israel, with hostage families saying it could threaten their loved ones. Israel's army chief, Lt Gen Eyal Zamir, has warned that the plan would endanger the hostages and further strain Israel's army, which has been stretched thin during a nearly two-year war, according to Israeli media. The comments appear to have exposed a rift between Mr Netanyahu and his army. Advertisement In Gaza, where Israel's 22-month offensive has already killed tens of thousands of people, displaced most of the population, destroyed vast areas and caused severe and widespread hunger, Palestinians braced for further misery. 'There is nothing left to occupy,' said Maysaa al-Heila, who is living in a displacement camp. 'There is no Gaza left.' Demonstrations were planned across Israel on Thursday to protest against the expected Cabinet decision. Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas sail along the coast of Ashkelon towards the Gaza Strip (Leo Correa/AP) Earlier on Thursday almost two dozen relatives of hostages being held in Gaza set sail from southern Israel towards the maritime border with Gaza, where they broadcast messages from loudspeakers on boats to their relatives in Gaza. The families denounced Mr Netanyahu's plan to expand military operations. Yehuda Cohen, the father of Nimrod Cohen, an Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza, said from the boat that Mr Netanyahu is prolonging the war to satisfy extremists in his government and to prevent it from collapsing. 'Netanyahu is working only for himself,' he said, pleading with the international community to put pressure on Mr Netanyahu to stop the war and save his son. Meanwhile Israeli authorities returned the body of a Palestinian activist allegedly killed by an Israeli settler last week, after female Bedouin relatives launched a hunger strike in protest at the authority's decision to hold his body in custody. The hunger strike was a rare public call from Bedouin women who traditionally mourn in private. Witnesses said Awdah Al Hathaleen was shot and killed by a radical Israeli settler during a confrontation caught on video last month. Israeli authorities said they would only return the body if the family agreed to certain conditions that would 'prevent public disorder'. Despite dropping some of their demands, family members said Israel set up checkpoints and prevented many mourners from outside the village from attending. Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251 in the October 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war. They still hold 50 hostages, about 20 of them believed to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefires or other deals. Israel's retaliatory military offensive has killed more than 61,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's health ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count but says about half the dead have been women and children.
