Israeli soldiers during a raid in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nour Shams, near the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, on Aug. 28, 2024. (Credit: Jaafar Ashitiyeh/AFP)
“The more Hamas persists in its refusal to release our hostages, the more powerful the pressure we will exert,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, March 26, a week after the resumption of the Israeli offensive on Gaza. A statement that also included the threat of territorial captures, echoing comments made by his defense minister, Israel Katz, who mentioned a few days earlier the possibility of “annexing” portions of the enclave if the remaining hostages were not released. The minister also mentioned a plan for “voluntary migration” of the Gazan population, in line with the plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump to make the strip of land a "Riviera."Israeli plans seem to be taking shape with the idea of at least a longer-term military occupation of Gaza, especially since the alternative plan for...
“The more Hamas persists in its refusal to release our hostages, the more powerful the pressure we will exert,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, March 26, a week after the resumption of the Israeli offensive on Gaza. A statement that also included the threat of territorial captures, echoing comments made by his defense minister, Israel Katz, who mentioned a few days earlier the possibility of “annexing” portions of the enclave if the remaining hostages were not released. The minister also mentioned a plan for “voluntary migration” of the Gazan population, in line with the plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump to make the strip of land a "Riviera."Israeli plans seem to be taking shape with the idea of at least a longer-term military occupation of Gaza, especially since the...