Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is leaning toward expanding the offensive in Gaza and seizing the entire enclave, Israel’s Channel 12 cited an official from his office as saying yesterday.
Netanyahu will be convening his cabinet today to make a decision on the matter, Israeli media reported.
Reuters cited a senior Israeli source as suggesting that more force could be an option.
Last Saturday, during a visit to the country, US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff had said he was working with the Israeli government on a plan that would effectively end the war in Gaza.
But Israeli officials have also floated ideas including expanding the military offensive in Gaza and annexing parts of the shattered enclave.
A senior Israeli official said that ‘an understanding was emerging between Washington and Israel’, of a need to shift from a truce to a comprehensive deal that would ‘release all the hostages, disarm Hamas and demilitarise the Gaza Strip’.
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