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Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, the Israeli security cabinet voted for yet another military expansion : the proposed takeover of Gaza City. The plan, which was initiated and pushed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself, arguably reveals more about his domestic political maneuvering than evidence of any well-thought-out military strategy.

The plan was adopted despite the Israeli military leadership’s fierce objection and grave warnings it could both deepen the humanitarian crisis and endanger the remaining 50 hostages in Gaza. , The major expansion of the war also comes against the backdrop of a fundamental erosion of suppo

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