ISRAEL has vowed to seize full control of Gaza City in a bold five-step plan to put an end to the bloody war.
The move is aimed at smashing the last remnants of Hamas’s grip on the war-torn enclave before handing it over to allied Arab forces.
While Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer slammed the decision as “wrong”, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that the only plan to real security for Israel was through total military control of Gaza's remaining territory.
He said his country was “well on our way” to ensuring Gaza “doesn’t pose a threat to Israel again”.
Despite authorising a full military occupation, Netanyahu stressed that Israel does not intend to re-establish long-term rule over Gaza.
Instead, he floated the idea of transferring control to Arab states or or “an alternat