Israeli forces already control more of the Palestinian enclave than allowed under the US-brokered ceasefire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to occupy 70% of Gaza, in violation of the US-brokered ceasefire deal between West Jerusalem and Hamas, which allows Israel to control no more than 53% of the enclave.
The 2025 agreement, backed by a UN Security Council resolution, envisioned a phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in exchange for Hamas disarming and relinquishing control of the territory. Instead, sporadic fighting has continued, with Israeli forces steadily pushing deeper into the enclave.
”We now control 60% of the territory in the Strip. You know, we were at 50, we moved to 60,” Netanyahu told the Jordan Valley Conference in the occupied West Bank on Thursday.
“My directive is to move to… first of all 70%. Let’s start with that,” he said, adding that the territory would be taken step by step. He did not say whether Israel ultimately intends to occupy all of Gaza.
Earlier this week, Hamas accused Israel of seeking to impose military control over Gaza by force, warning that the move undermines any genuine prospects for de-escalation. The group has refused to disarm or surrender its weapons, according to Bulgarian diplomat Nikolay Mladenov, who is overseeing the implementation of the ceasefire agreement.
In March, representatives of the Gaza-based movement met with the US-led Board of Peace, an international body established by US President Donald Trump in January as part of a postwar reconstruction plan for Gaza. The initiative has since largely stalled amid the US-Israeli war with Iran.
The war in Gaza erupted after Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. Israel responded with a massive air and ground offensive that has killed more than 72,000 people in Gaza, according to the local health authorities. The campaign has drawn widespread international condemnation and fueled accusations of genocide.
15 thoughts on “Netanyahu orders expansion of Gaza occupation”
If the 2025 agreement, backed by a UN Security Council resolution, envisioned a phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in exchange for Hamas disarming and relinquishing control of the territory, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
In other words the war in Gaza erupted after Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. Curious to see how this develops.
So the bottom line is the 2025 agreement, backed by a UN Security Council resolution, envisioned a phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in exchange for Hamas disarming and relinquishing control of the territory. Wonder how this will land.
The detail about israeli forces already control more of the Palestinian enclave than allowed under the US-brokered is something people should sit with.
When you look at the 2025 agreement, backed by a UN Security Council resolution, envisioned a phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in exchange for Hamas disarming and relinquishing control of the territory, the implications are hard to ignore.
The war in Gaza erupted after Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. Meanwhile israeli forces already control more of the Palestinian enclave than allowed under the US-brokered.
Basically the war in Gaza erupted after Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
Reading that earlier this week, Hamas accused Israel of seeking to impose military control over Gaza by force, warning that the move undermines any genuine prospects for de-escalation — hard to argue with the logic there.
The bigger issue here is the 2025 agreement, backed by a UN Security Council resolution, envisioned a phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in exchange for Hamas disarming and relinquishing control of the territory. That changes the calculation.
If the 2025 agreement, backed by a UN Security Council resolution, envisioned a phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in exchange for Hamas disarming and relinquishing control of the territory, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
So the bottom line is ”We now control 60% of the territory in the Strip. Wonder how this will land.
In other words ”We now control 60% of the territory in the Strip. Curious to see how this develops.
72,000 people — and that is probably just the official count.
In other words the war in Gaza erupted after Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. Curious to see how this develops.
So the bottom line is the 2025 agreement, backed by a UN Security Council resolution, envisioned a phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in exchange for Hamas disarming and relinquishing control of the territory. Wonder how this will land.
If ”We now control 60% of the territory in the Strip, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
The detail about israeli forces already control more of the Palestinian enclave than allowed under the US-brokered is something people should sit with.
When you look at the 2025 agreement, backed by a UN Security Council resolution, envisioned a phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in exchange for Hamas disarming and relinquishing control of the territory, the implications are hard to ignore.
Reading that ”We now control 60% of the territory in the Strip — hard to argue with the logic there.
1,200 people is hard to ignore, no matter which side you are on.
The war in Gaza erupted after Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. Meanwhile israeli forces already control more of the Palestinian enclave than allowed under the US-brokered.
Basically the war in Gaza erupted after Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
Reading that earlier this week, Hamas accused Israel of seeking to impose military control over Gaza by force, warning that the move undermines any genuine prospects for de-escalation — hard to argue with the logic there.
The bigger issue here is the 2025 agreement, backed by a UN Security Council resolution, envisioned a phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in exchange for Hamas disarming and relinquishing control of the territory. That changes the calculation.