Possible Gaza intake: Who is sitting in Israel’s security cabinet?

Will Israel fill the entire Gaza Strip? According to Israeli media, the security cabinet should decide on this question on Thursday evening. According to media reports, taking the entire Gaza Strip through the Israeli army could take around six months.

Israel’s security cabinet is a kind of inner circle within the Israeli government and responsible for foreign and defense policy. This smaller forum of cabinet members is responsible for coordinating diplomatic negotiations and is intended to make quick and effective decisions in times of crisis, especially in the event of war.

Premier Netanyahu himself leads the security cabinet. In addition, as constant members in the district, other ministers of his extremely right government are: Defense Minister Israel Katz, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Minister of Justice Yariv Levin, Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich and the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir.

According to media reports, Israel is currently controlling around three quarters of the largely destroyed coastal strip, in which around two million people live. After negotiations for a new ceasefire and the release of the remaining hostages in Hamas’ violence, Israel’s head of government Benjamin Netanyahu is said to tend to fully take the Gaza Strip.

However, the army lead and the opposition warn of such a step. A conquest of the city of Gaza and the refugee district in the central section of the coastal strip could be lost for the army, endanger the life of hostages and further aggravate the desperate location of the Palestinian civilian population.

General chief of staff Ejal Zamir reports on the remaining district of the areas in the Gaza Strip instead with a blockade and to proceed with raids and air strikes against the remaining fighters of the terrorist organizations Hamas and Islamic jihad.

It is still unclear whether there is a final decision in the evening. It is also open whether the Gaza Strip would also be fully taken into account that the demands of ultra -right minister in Israel would follow, which strive for a resettlement of the area and expulsion of the Palestinian population.