Netanyahu orders Israeli navy to take 70% of Gaza in defiance of US-brokered ceasefire | World Information
2 min learnNew DelhiUp to date: Could 28, 2026 10:14 PM IST
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday gave directives to the navy to take management of 70 per cent of the Gaza Strip which is in distinction to the phrases of the ceasefire brokered between Israel and Hamas in October final yr.
In a video assertion delivered by the Israeli prime minister in Hebrew-language at a convention held by the Ein Prat Management Academy in an Israeli settlement within the occupied West Financial institution, he mentioned, “We’re presently squeezing Hamas. We now management 60 per cent of the territory within the strip. You recognize, we have been at 50, we moved to 60. My directive is to maneuver to…70 per cent,” Israel’s Channel 12 community reported.
An individual within the convention shouted that Israel ought to take “100 per cent” of the territory in Gaza, to which Netanyahu responded saying “we’re going so as. First 70 p.c, we’ll begin with that,” Occasions of Israel reported.
The Israeli prime minister had final week mentioned Tel Aviv already controls 60 per cent of the Gaza Strip’s territory.
The primary section of US-brokered ceasefire noticed the final hostages return in trade for Palestinians detained by Israel. Nonetheless, the second section of ceasefire, which was imagined to contain militant group Hamas’ disarmament and a withdrawal of Israeli military, stays caught for months.
As per the phrases of the ceasefire, the Israeli navy was imagined to retreat behind a so-called “yellow line”.
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