New Photos Show Scale Of Destruction In Gaza As Israel Weighs Expanded Military Operation

On Monday this week, officials from Benjamin Netanyahu’s agency said successful a connection that nan Israeli leader had decided to “occupy each of nan Gaza Strip, including areas wherever hostages whitethorn beryllium held.”

The connection was shared successful Hebrew and nan word utilized tin beryllium translated to mean some “occupy” and “conquer." Netanyahu's agency did not respond to a petition for explanation connected nan intended definition.

Recent investigation from Israel’s Hebrew University, reported successful Haaretz, estimates that astir 70 percent of each structures successful Gaza person been made uninhabitable.

While Israel had fought galore conflicts successful Gaza since Hamas militants took complete nan enclave successful 2007, nan Oct. 7, 2023 panic attacks that near 1,200 dormant and saw 250 taken hostage triggered a warfare of unprecedented ferocity successful nan territory.

Israel’s subject cognition has forced astir of nan territory’s residents to beryllium displaced aggregate times, and killed much than 61,000 Palestinians, including thousands of children, according to section wellness officials.

The world's starring assemblage connected hunger, nan Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, aliases IPC, has sounded nan alarm that nan “worst-case script of famine” is now unfolding successful nan Palestinian enclave.

With a ceasefire elusive and immoderate dozens of hostages still being held by militant groups successful Gaza, Israel is weighing an description of nan subject campaign.

Netanyahu held a three-hour agelong “limited information discussion” connected Tuesday, according to his office, successful which nan Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff presented different options for continuing nan violative successful Gaza.

Netanyahu will convene his information furniture astatine 6:30pm section time, aliases 11:30am ET, connected Thursday to see those different options, an Israeli charismatic told NBC News.

The Times of Israel reports that nan furniture is expected to motion disconnected connected a phased scheme that would initially attraction connected seizing nan cardinal area of Gaza City, earlier expanding assistance distribution centers successful coordination pinch nan United States.

The cognition could return spot complete up to 5 months, according to nan report.

Jordanian aerial unit force successful a C-130 subject craft hole to execute an aerial driblet of assistance and humanitarian supplies to Gaza connected Wednesday.Salah Malkawi / Getty Images

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which represents nan hostages successful Gaza, says much than 80 percent of Israelis want a broad woody for nan return of nan hostages and an contiguous extremity to nan war.

“Six 100 and seventy days, almost 2 years since October 7th, and we support proceeding only promises,” nan group said successful a connection connected Wednesday.

Einav Tsangauker, nan mother of hostage Matan Tsangauker, called connected group to stitchery extracurricular nan furniture gathering Thursday to protestation against expanding nan subject operation.

"Anyone who talks astir a broad statement doesn’t spell conquering nan Strip while putting hostages and soldiers successful danger," she wrote successful a station connected X.

There are 50 hostages who stay captive successful Gaza, pinch conscionable complete 20 believed to beryllium live arsenic of precocious June, according to Netanyahu's office.