Netanyahu Orders Israeli Military to Seize 70% of Gaza as Strikes Kill Hamas Commanders
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Updated · CBC Sports · May 28
Netanyahu Orders Israeli Military to Seize 70% of Gaza as Strikes Kill Hamas Commanders
17 articles · Updated · CBC Sports · May 28
Netanyahu said he has instructed Israel's military to expand its hold on Gaza to 70%, up from the more than 60% he says Israeli forces already control.
That push builds on a buffer-zone strategy Israel says is meant to prevent future militant attacks, even though an October U.S.-brokered truce envisioned a pullback to a line covering about 53% of Gaza.
Israeli forces have already shifted control deeper into Gaza, with military maps in March showing restricted areas that analysts say cover roughly 64% of the territory.
The order comes amid intensified strikes on Hamas leadership: Israel said it killed the group's armed-wing chief on Tuesday, while Gaza health officials said a Wednesday strike killed at least 10 people, including five children.
Since the truce, Gaza health officials say Israeli strikes have killed more than 900 people, while talks remain deadlocked over a U.S. plan tying Israeli withdrawal to Hamas disarmament.
How are newly armed militias redrawing Gaza's map faster than any political negotiations?
With the Trump peace plan in ruins, is a permanent partition of Gaza the inevitable outcome?