Netanyahu Meets To Plan “Full Occupation” Of Gaza

The Washington Post reports:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with his security cabinet on Thursday to discuss plans for the full occupation of the Gaza Strip. It comes amid opposition voiced by Israel’s military leadership, said a person familiar with Netanyahu’s office’s decisions, corroborated by two former Israeli officials — potentially setting up a clash between the country’s military and political echelons.

Analysts have said that the Gaza occupation plan — which could involve several weeks of fighting and could lead to the killing of both Palestinian civilians and hostages — might be a ploy by Netanyahu to pressure Hamas back to the negotiating table. But widened military operations may also placate Netanyahu’s ultranationalist coalition partners, who have long argued that Israeli occupation of the enclave was the only way to topple Hamas.

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Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel intends to take military control of all of Gaza and will eventually hand it over to armed forces that will govern it properly.

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