Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet has approved a gradual expansion of the offensive against Hamas in Gaza, Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported on Monday, citing sources with knowledge of the details.
The Israeli military has already begun issuing tens of thousands of call-up orders for its reserve forces, looking to expand the Gaza campaign, army chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir said in a statement on Sunday.
In a video message posted on X on Sunday.
"We are increasing the pressure to return our people (hostages) and defeat Hamas," Zamir told troops, according to the statement from the army. Israel resumed ground operations in Gaza in March after the collapse of a U.S.-backed ceasefire that had halted fighting for two months. The security cabinet also approved a new plan for aid distribution in Gaza, Israel’s Ynet news website reported on Monday, though it was unclear when supplies would be let into the enclave."
Israel is in control of around a third of Gaza's territory and has faced growing international pressure to lift an aid blockade that it imposed in March.The
Israeli campaign has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities, and devastated the Gaza Strip, leaving its 2.3 million population dependent on aid supplies that have been dwindling rapidly since the blockade.
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