• Gaza plans: Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to occupy Gaza City. Ahead of the meeting, Netanyahu said Israel intended to take military control of all of Gaza.
• Sharp criticism: Protests erupted in multiple Israeli cities ahead of the cabinet vote, and families of the hostages in Gaza blasted the proposed war expansion as a “death sentence.” Israel’s military chief also warned against a full takeover, according to sources.
• Humanitarian crisis: There has been a surge in malnutrition among Gaza’s children, according to the UN, as only a trickle of aid is entering the strip. While accompanying an aid flight, CNN got an aerial view of the widespread destruction in the enclave.
• Some history: Israel fully occupied Gaza after capturing it in the 1967 war, but withdrew in 2005. Since the war with Hamas began in 2023, Israel has recaptured large swaths of the territory.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said the security cabinet’s approval of plans to take over Gaza City was “a disaster which will lead to many more disasters.”
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