The Irish Independent’s View: If we thought the war on Gaza could not be escalated any further, Benjamin Netanyahu is proving us wrong

Palestinians walk through the rubble after an Israeli strike on a house in Gaza City. Photo: Reuters

Demonstrators protest outside Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office to demand the immediate release of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas. Photo: Reuters

Future historians may have the luxury of assessing the relationship between the number of disastrous decisions made by Israel’s prime minister Benjamin ­Netanyahu and the threats to his personal political survival. But many of the benighted people of Gaza caught in the catastrophic chain reaction of those consequences may not survive to see them.

Israel’s declaration to take control of Gaza Ci

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