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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he had directed the Israeli military to take over 70 percent of the Gaza strip. <\/p>\n

In comments at a conference hosted by a \u201cpre-military\u201d academy in an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu said that his \u201cdirective is to move to\u2026 take [Gaza] step by step\u2026 first of all 70 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne hundred! One hundred!\u201d audience members shouted.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, 70,\u201d Netanyahu said. \u201cLet\u2019s start with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the military is already in control of 60 percent of Gaza. \u201cWe were at 50 percent, we moved to 60 percent,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n

Under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement of October 2025, the Israeli military created a \u201cyellow line\u201d that divided Gaza in half, with Israel controlling 53 percent of the territory. Palestinians who approached the line, marked by blocks painted yellow, were shot and killed by Israeli forces \u2014 despite the so-called ceasefire. Reuters<\/em> noted in January that Israel had moved some of these blocks deeper into Gaza, destroying more areas and forcing residents to flee further west. Research agency Forensic Architecture found that by December, Israel had taken 58 percent of Gaza, and continued to move the line forward. <\/p>\n

At the end of April, Israel issued new military maps that outlined an expansion in military control over Gaza, with a new \u201corange line\u201d claiming control of 64 percent of Gaza. Israel claimed this marked a \u201csecurity zone\u201d for the coordination of aid distribution, but Gaza residents spoke of being targeted and forced to flee as the line continued to move. They also noted that as the line moved \u2014 still marked by yellow blocks \u2014 so did the home demolitions, and heavy gunfire. <\/p>\n

Netanyahu\u2019s comments come a day after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz wrote in a statement: \u201cThe plan for voluntary emigration from Gaza will also be implemented, all at the proper time and in the proper manner.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Last year, Israel\u2019s security cabinet established a \u201cvoluntary emigration bureau\u201d for Gaza \u2014 to facilitate the ethnic cleansing of Gaza\u2019s residents. <\/p>\n

Israel has killed over 910 Palestinians in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire began in October. The 2.1 million surviving residents of Gaza are confined to less than half of the territory.<\/p>\n

\u201cGaza\u2019s humanitarian space is further shrinking,\u201d Hadja Lahbib, European commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management, wrote on X in response to Netanyahu\u2019s announcement. \u201cAs Israeli military control expands, shifting lines hamper aid workers & cut essential services (including clean water) for those in need. Families are trapped between boundaries that move without warning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Josh Ruebner, policy director of the Institute for Middle East Understanding, told Truthout<\/em> that Netanyahu\u2019s seizure of yet more Palestinian land in Gaza demonstrates the \u201csham nature\u201d of President Donald Trump\u2019s Gaza plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael has faced absolutely no accountability for continuing to kill Palestinians in Gaza on a daily basis, to destroy more Palestinian homes, to deny the entrance of badly-needed humanitarian aid \u2014 all in violation of the terms of Trump\u2019s plan,\u201d Reubner said. \u201cClearly, Trump\u2019s unwillingness to hold Israel to the terms of the Gaza plan is designed to allow Israel to continue its ongoing genocide of Palestinians and to create the infrastructure for a permanent military occupation within at least 70 percent of Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n

Netanyahu is expanding Israel\u2019s control over Gaza at the same time as he is escalating Israel\u2019s attacks across Lebanon \u2014 likely taking advantage of the period before a deal is negotiated in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. <\/p>\n

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