By Andreea Popescu and Rami AyyubJERUSALEM, May 28 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he had directed Israel's military to take more of Gaza, initially by seizing 70% of the Palestinian territory, where the population is already penned into a tiny strip of land along the coast.Israel effectively controls an estimated 64% of the tiny coastal Strip, bombarded to ruins by Israel's two-year military assault that followed the 2023 Hamas attack on southern Israel.
Netanyahu directs Israeli forces to expand Gaza control to 70 percent
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Thu 18:01 - Al-Monitor
Netanyahu directs Israeli forces to expand Gaza control to 70 percent
Thu 23:48 - Al Jazeera English
Netanyahu orders Israeli army to seize 70 percent of Gaza
Fri 01:12 - Middle East Eye
Netanyahu aims to expand Israel's seizure of Gaza to 70 percent
Fri 02:24 - BBC Headlines
Netanyahu says he has directed IDF to increase control of Gaza to 70%