Location at a glance: Netanyahu supposedly wants to take the entire Gaza strip

Israel’s head of government Benjamin Netanyahu, according to media reports, urges the Gaza Strip to be full in full, despite the objection of military management. The Israeli news page “Ynet” cited rank -high civil servants from Netanyahu’s environment with the words: “The cubes have fallen – we intend to completely fill the gaza strip.” However, the report speculates that this could also be part of a negotiation tactic in order to put pressure on the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas in view of the stuck conversations about a ceasefire and release of the hostages.

Netanyahu himself had previously said that he would be called the security cabinet this week to decide on the further procedure in the sealed and large -scale coastal strip. “I understand exactly what Hamas wants. She doesn’t want a deal,” the head of government said in a video message. He is now even more determined to free the hostages, to eliminate Hamas and to ensure that the Gaza Strip never runs out again.

Army leading has concerns about the cast of Gazas

Israel’s military currently has around 75 percent of the area of the Gaza Strip. The “Times of Israel” described the removal of all Hamas tunnels and bunkers for years, described the army leadership against full intake. The hostages could also be in danger and killed by their kidnappers should Israel’s troops approach the places where they are recorded. According to Israeli assessment, there are currently 50 hostages in the violence of Hamas, 20 of which are still alive.

Despite the concerns of the military, Netanyahu ministers informed that he would try to support the cabinet for a plan to complete Gaza, reported the “Times of Israel”. The news page “Ynet” quoted an official with the words: “If the chief of staff (Ejal Zamir) does not agree, then it should resign.” According to reports, Zamir is said to have had violent discussions with ultra -right ministers at last meetings of the security cabinet, who are calling for the use of the entire Gaza Strip, the deportation of the Palestinian population to other countries and the establishment of Jewish settlements.

Ex-army spokesman practices sharp criticism

Netanyahu, against which a corruption process is running, is dependent on his right -wing extremist coalition partners for his political survival. On the reports that he has now decided to have Gaza taken, Israel’s former army spokesman Peter Lerner wrote on the platform X: “This is political survival, masked as national security. Netanyahu storms blindly and pulls our sons and daughters into an endless swamp.” With every day the war moves, the hostages are in greater danger. He prays that Zamir “has the courage to oppose this absurd plan that is not directed against Hamas. He is directed against Israel,” he wrote.

The “Times of Israel” wrote that it is unclear what a complete occupation of the largely destroyed coastal area would mean for the approximately two million Palestinian residents and the aid organizations there. According to the UN, Gaza threatens a famine. For a few days now, Israel has had more aid deliveries into the sealed -out area. But many of the relief goods do not arrive with those they need the most.

Un: Most of the aid deliveries are looted

Much of the chaos prevailed after 22 months of war is looted on the way. Since May 19, around 2,300 trucks have been intercepted by around 2,600 trucks, “either peaceful by hungry people or violently from armed actors,” it says. A complete conquest of the coastal strip could significantly exacerbate the situation of the people who already live in the area under unbearable conditions.

The US broadcaster CNN reported that it was unclear whether the approach of Netanyahus matches the line of the US specialist Steve Witkoff. According to media reports, Witkoff is said to have said at a meeting with relatives of the hostages in Tel Aviv that the plan is not to expand the war, but to end it. Instead of negotiating only a ceasefire and the gradual release of the hostages, US President Donald Trump is now striving for a comprehensive deal that ends the war and brings all the remaining hostages back at once.

Worry in Lebanon from a new war

Meanwhile, there is also concern in Lebanon about a new war with Israel. Since the end of November there has been a ceasefire between the Jewish state and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia. However, the Israeli military continues to attack almost every day in the northern neighboring country. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, a person was killed again at the beginning of the week. According to the Israeli military, it was a “Hezbollah terrorist”.

A cabinet session is scheduled for today in Lebanon. It should be about the control of all weapons by the Lebanese state and the associated disarmament of the Hezbollah. So far, the Hisbollah refuses to agree to a binding disarmament with a specific schedule.

It is feared that the Lebanon could slide into a political crisis again should members of the Hezbollah – which is also a political party – leave the government. The state is under pressure to assert the militia. It is considered a central demand for Israel and the United States. Israeli soldiers are still stationed at five posts in the south of Lebanon.