KEY POINTS

Israel's security cabinet approved plan to take control of Gaza City.

Benjamin Netanyahu's five principles for ending war include disarming Hamas and the return of all Israeli hostages.

The objective of the plan includes a decisive victory over Hamas, achieving the end to the war.

Israel’s security cabinet early Friday approved a plan to take control of Gaza City, which is meant to help accomplish “the five principles for concluding the war‚” shared by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.

The five principles released Thursday on a social media post from Netanyahu’s office, are:

The return of all 50 hostages, 20 of whom are believed to still be alive.

The disarming of Hamas.

Israeli security control over the enclave.

The demilitarization of Gaza.

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