Israel to seize full control of Gaza under plan to defeat Hamas
TOPSHOT - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at the Prime minister's office in Jerusalem on August 10, 2025. Netanyahu said on August 10 that his government had no plans to occupy Gaza, while vowing to create safe corridors for aid. (Photo by ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
During the night of August 7th–8th, Israel’s security cabinet approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to defeat Hamas in the Gaza Strip, as reported by Maghrebi Week.
The plan outlines Hamas’ disarmament, the liberation of all hostages, the demilitarisation of the Gaza Strip, establishing Israeli security control over the territory, and forming an alternative civil administration which is “neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority,” as objectives for the conflict to end.
Hamas, still holding 49 hostages, accused Netanyahu of sacrificing lives for “his personal interests,” while protests erupted in Tel Aviv against the government’s new military strategy.
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