Netanyahu directs Israeli forces to expand Gaza control to 70 percent - Reuters

Netanyahu directs Israeli forces to expand Gaza control to 70 percent  Reuters

Gaza mourns 10 killed in Eid strikes as Netanyahu vows wider control of the strip - AP News

Gaza mourns 10 killed in Eid strikes as Netanyahu vows wider control of the strip  AP News

Netanyahu says he has directed IDF to increase control of Gaza to 70%

The expansion in control by Israel would contradict the terms of the ceasefire Israel and Hamas agreed to in October 2025.

Netanyahu Says Israel Will Control 70 Percent of Gaza, Squeezing Hamas

Israel’s military continues to conduct strikes and seize territory despite a cease-fire with Hamas. Many of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s supporters see the war as unfinished business.

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Netanyahu orders Israeli forces to take control of 70% of Gaza

Prime minister says Israel is ‘squeezing Hamas’ in the enclave at the same time as escalating attacks in southern Lebanon

Israel is using the ceasefire in Gaza to cement its grip on the territory

Nearly eight months after Israel announced a ceasefire that its army is violating daily, the country continues to strike the part of the enclave it occupies. Some in Israel are calling to resume airstrikes more intensively.

Netanyahu orders Israeli army to seize ‘70% of Gaza Strip’, violating ceasefire deal

Speaking in West Bank settlement, Israeli PM, who is fighting for political survival before elections, says ‘we are squeezing Hamas’ Middle East crisis – live updates Benjamin Netanyahu has said he has given orders to the Israeli army to seize control of 70% of the Gaza Strip in a move that threatens to torpedo an already fragile ceasefire and create catastrophic humanitarian conditions in the already devastated territory. Under the US-brokered ceasefire in October, the Israeli army withdre...

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Netanyahu orders Israeli army to seize 70 percent of Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered the military to take control of 70 percent of Gaza.

Israeli PM says he's directed military to take more of Gaza under its control

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he had directed Israel's military to take more of Gaza, initially by seizing ‌70 per cent of the Palestinian territory, where the population is already penned into a tiny strip of land along the coast.

Netanyahu directs Israeli forces to expand Gaza control to 70%

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he had directed Israel’s military to take more of Gaza, initially by seizing 70 per cent of the Palestinian territory, where the population is already penned into a tiny strip of land along the coast. Israel effectively controls an estimated 64 per cent of the tiny coastal strip, bombarded to ruins by Israel’s two-year military assault that followed the 2023 Hamas ‌attack on southern Israel. Under an October US-brokered truce that has...

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Israel strikes Beirut southern suburb ahead of crucial Washington talks

Israel’s air force carried out an airstrike on a southern suburb of the capital, Beirut, Thursday afternoon, the Israeli military said, further straining a fragile ceasefire a day ahead of crucial negotiations in Washington. The strike hit an apartment building but it was not immediately clear who might have been targeted. FRANCE 24's Renée Davis reports from Beirut, Lebanon.

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Channel 12 Poll: Netanyahu Coalition Wins 51 Seats, Eisenkot Party Rises to 17 - Haaretz

Channel 12 Poll: Netanyahu Coalition Wins 51 Seats, Eisenkot Party Rises to 17  Haaretz

Israel tightens grip on Gaza as Netanyahu pushes for 70% control

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‘Squeezing them from all sides’: Israel PM Netanyahu orders army to seize 70% of Gaza

Benjamin Netanyahu said that under the existing ceasefire, the military had controlled around half of Gaza. “My directive is to move to... 70 per cent.”

Netanyahu directs Israeli forces to expand Gaza control to 70 percent - The Straits Times

Netanyahu directs Israeli forces to expand Gaza control to 70 percent  The Straits Times

Netanyahu orders Israeli military to take 70% of Gaza in defiance of US-brokered ceasefire

IDF preparing to arrest haredi draft dodgers as early as next week - report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commended the IDF's Haredi Hasmonean Brigade for simultaneously learning Torah and serving as the IDF prepares to arrest those avoiding military service.

Netanyahu directs Israeli forces to expand Gaza control to 70%

Israel effectively controls an estimated 64% of ​the Gaza Strip, bombarded to ruins by Israel's two-year military assault that followed the 2023 Hamas attack on southern Israel.

Netanyahu directs Israeli forces to expand Gaza control to 70 percent 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he had directed Israel’s military to take more of Gaza, initially by seizing 70% of the Palestinian territory, where the population is already penned into a tiny strip of land along the coast. Israel effectively controls an estimated 64% of the tiny coastal Strip, bombarded to ruins by […]

Netanyahu Orders Israel Army To Take Control Of 70% Of Gaza Strip

Gaza remains gripped by daily violence, with both the Israeli military and Hamas accusing one another of violating the truce in effect since October 10.

Netanyahu orders army to take control of 70% of Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the country's military to take control of 70% of Gaza, in defiance of the terms of the ceasefire.

Lebanon says 12 dead, including two children, as Israeli strikes hammer country's south

Following an evacuation order, Israel began striking the southern city of Tyre on Thursday.

Netanyahu directs Israeli forces to expand Gaza control to 70%

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has ordered the military to expand its control in Gaza to about 70 per cent of the territory,

Beirut Rocked By Israeli Airstrikes After Month Of Quiet, 14 Dead

Beirut Rocked By Israeli Airstrikes After Month Of Quiet, 14 Dead For several days, the Israelis have been warning of new military strikes on Lebanon's capital. People have been seen flooding out of the southern suburbs which have been a historic stronghold of Hezbollah support. Amid ongoing ground fighting between IDF and Hezbollah forces in the south, Thursday finally saw heavy airstrikes on the capital. "An Israeli strike hit a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese...

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Israel hits Lebanese capital in 'targeted strike' - the-star.co.ke

Israel hits Lebanese capital in 'targeted strike'  the-star.co.ke

Lebanon says 12 dead, including 2 children, in Israeli strikes on south - Kuwait Times

Lebanon says 12 dead, including 2 children, in Israeli strikes on south  Kuwait Times