Israeli Security Cabinet approves plan to take control of Gaza City: Prime Minister’s Office

Israel’s Security Cabinet has approved a plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take control of Gaza City, the Prime Minister’s Office said Friday on X, Anadolu reports. “The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) will prepare for taking control of Gaza City while distributing humanitarian assistance to the civilian population outside the combat zones,” it said. In addition, the Security Cabinet approved five key principles for concluding the war: dismantling the Palestinian group Hamas, securing the return of all hostages—both alive and deceased—demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, ensuring Israeli security control over the area, and establishing a civilian government not led by Hamas or the Palestinian Authority. “A decisive majority of Security Cabinet ministers believed that the alternative plan that had been […]