A tent camp in Gaza City is seen from a Jordanian Air Force C-130 plane during an airdrop of humanitarian aid for Palestinians on Thursday. Share Save for later Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account

Israel’s Security Cabinet has approved a plan to take over Gaza City, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said. The decision taken early Friday marks another escalation of Israel’s 22-month offensive launched in response to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack.

The war has already killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, destroyed much of Gaza and pushed the territory of some two million Palestinians toward famine.

Ahead of the Security Cabinet meeting, which began Thursday and ran through the night, Netanyahu said Israel planned to retake con

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