Israel’s Security Cabinet approved a proposal early Friday for the military to expand the war in Gaza and take control of Gaza City, one of the last areas of the territory not yet under full military occupation.

U.S. officials on rare visit to controversial Gaza aid distribution site

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee inspected an aid distribution center operated by the U.S. and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Rafah.

The Security Cabinet’s meeting ran well into the night in Israel, concluding with an outline for the military to eventually control all of the territory.

The announcement from the prime minister’s office comes some 23 months into a war in which Israeli airstrikes and attacks have killed at least 61,000 Palesti

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