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Israeli security cabinet expected to approve Gaza takeover plan

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Twiglets1 · 07/08/2025 10:18

Sky News report that Israel is expected to approve Benjamin Netanyahu's plan for a takeover of Gaza when the security cabinet meets later today.

According to the Times of Israel, the full cabinet is due to convene at 6pm local time, 4pm in the UK.

Israeli media are reporting that the plan could potentially span over five months, and it is likely to be aimed at destroying Hamas and pressuring it to free remaining hostages.

While some ministers have been critical of the plan, reports suggest Netanyahu is likely to secure a majority of support.

https://news.sky.com/story/gaza-latest-hostages-famine-aid-hamas-idf-war-palestine-state-live-13398805

Gaza latest: Israeli security cabinet 'expected to approve' Gaza takeover plan - as aid trucks wait at Egyptian border

Israel's full security cabinet is expected to approve Benjamin Netanyahu's Gaza takeover plan when it convenes today, according to Israeli media. Pictures show aid trucks waiting at the border with Egypt amid growing fears about famine. Follow the late...

https://news.sky.com/story/gaza-latest-hostages-famine-aid-hamas-idf-war-palestine-state-live-13398805

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deckchairmayhem · 08/08/2025 20:57

Dangermoo · 08/08/2025 20:49

WTAF

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Stay in your silo, but you no use to a solution, right? You know that too.

Cheyennegreen · 08/08/2025 20:55

Good. Time Israel finished Hamas, and there is no other way to do it. They’re doing us all a favour

PaxAeterna · 08/08/2025 20:51

@Martymcfly24 Well I do think he believes it. He’s an Evangelical and has said he doesn’t believe Palestine exists and that it is all Israel.

International law and human rights don’t matter to these people who are driven by religious fundamentalism ideologies. They’ll put the Ideology over human life. This is the Israeli government who will even sacrifice their own hostages for their ideology, Hamas who will sacrifice the Palestinians and huckabee and many others in the Trump government.

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Twiglets1 · 08/08/2025 20:50

Dangermoo · 08/08/2025 20:49

WTAF

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Just ignore.

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Dangermoo · 08/08/2025 20:49

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Twiglets1 · 08/08/2025 20:49

DrPrunesqualer · 08/08/2025 20:43

Perhaps because Israel won’t return the thousands they have detained without trial
For years!

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But this back & forth just leads to the war going on and on and no one (surely) wants it to get to the 2 year anniversary.

Hamas needs to accept when it's time to give up... all they can hope to achieve if they carry on is some dead IDF soldiers, maybe dead hostages.

What price will the Palestinian people pay for Hamas getting the satisfaction of that? It won't be proportionate, that's for sure.

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DrPrunesqualer · 08/08/2025 20:43

EasternStandard · 08/08/2025 20:33

Yes and they could return the hostages now. But for some reason won’t.

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Perhaps because Israel won’t return the thousands they have detained without trial
For years!

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Twiglets1 · 08/08/2025 20:43

PaxAeterna · 08/08/2025 20:32

Very sad article on the woman talking about Hamas.

Ordinary Palestinians have no agency at all over their future. There is nobody at the table actually advocating for working in their best interests.

And I hope that I’m completely wrong but I fear many Palestinians will die as the city is evacuated. The BBC describe the route as being highly militarised.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1mpe9x80xvt?post=asset%3A89c3d024-b969-4abd-bda6-7d5c37fb4e18#post

Agree that the situation for her and her family is very bad. It is not her fault yet she is getting punished & there are many like her.

As you say, the saddest thing is that there is nobody at the table advocating for the best interests of ordinary Palestinians. As much as I agree that Israel have responsibilities towards them (which they haven't fulfilled very well) it is also true that their own leaders are the main ones you would expect to have their genuine best interests at heart. This needs to be stopped now and a ceasefire agreement reached.

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Martymcfly24 · 08/08/2025 20:40

PaxAeterna · 08/08/2025 20:36

It just such a flagrant disregard for international law, and this repeating of the soundbites and propaganda. 😞

This is definitely bigger than Gaza. It is beyond depressing.

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When a person of this level with such a huge stage repeats such blatant mistruths you have to wonder is it deliberate or a lack of knowledge.

deckchairmayhem · 08/08/2025 20:39

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PaxAeterna · 08/08/2025 20:36

Martymcfly24 · 08/08/2025 20:32

"So Israel is expected to surrender to Hamas & feed them even though Israeli hostages are being starved?"

Nice to know Huckabee is as knowledgeable as his boss about International affairs

(A) Gaza is an Occupied Territory and as such Israel has responsibilities around
(B) Israel are not providing the food
(C) It is a war crime to starve a population.

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It just such a flagrant disregard for international law, and this repeating of the soundbites and propaganda. 😞

This is definitely bigger than Gaza. It is beyond depressing.

Martymcfly24 · 08/08/2025 20:35

PaxAeterna · 08/08/2025 20:32

Very sad article on the woman talking about Hamas.

Ordinary Palestinians have no agency at all over their future. There is nobody at the table actually advocating for working in their best interests.

And I hope that I’m completely wrong but I fear many Palestinians will die as the city is evacuated. The BBC describe the route as being highly militarised.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1mpe9x80xvt?post=asset%3A89c3d024-b969-4abd-bda6-7d5c37fb4e18#post

I would expect a similar situation to the aid sites with a policy of shooting once somebody strays off the designated "route" (or doesn't who knows). The death rate would be similarly high as that at the aid sites.

Martymcfly24 · 08/08/2025 20:33

DrPrunesqualer · 08/08/2025 19:48

Can’t believe you are suggesting Netanyahu and his Israeli followers are protecting Palestinians

They don’t give a toss
What lies some people are reading really shocks me

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Agree look who he's in bed with and their comments on Palestinians.

Protecting them is the last thing on his mind.

EasternStandard · 08/08/2025 20:33

HellsBalls · 08/08/2025 20:29

How did they (not we) get into this mess?
October 7th. Hostages not being returned. Vowing death to Israel.

Hamas alone hold the answer to the conflict.

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Yes and they could return the hostages now. But for some reason won’t.

PaxAeterna · 08/08/2025 20:32

Very sad article on the woman talking about Hamas.

Ordinary Palestinians have no agency at all over their future. There is nobody at the table actually advocating for working in their best interests.

And I hope that I’m completely wrong but I fear many Palestinians will die as the city is evacuated. The BBC describe the route as being highly militarised.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1mpe9x80xvt?post=asset%3A89c3d024-b969-4abd-bda6-7d5c37fb4e18#post

Israel-Gaza latest: Israeli defence minister says criticism of Gaza City takeover plan 'will not weaken our resolve'

Israel has faced criticism from several world leaders, including from the UK and Germany, as the UN warns of more "killings and massive destruction".

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1mpe9x80xvt?post=asset%3A89c3d024-b969-4abd-bda6-7d5c37fb4e18#post

Martymcfly24 · 08/08/2025 20:32

PaxAeterna · 08/08/2025 20:20

It’s a desperately sad and hopeless situation for the Palestinians. The words from the US here are highly worrying. Huckabee repeating Netanyahu’s words about Dresden. Not just bad for Gaza, I just feel it’s yet another sign that the US has taken a very dark turn.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/08/huckabee-starmer-gaza-dresden

"So Israel is expected to surrender to Hamas & feed them even though Israeli hostages are being starved?"

Nice to know Huckabee is as knowledgeable as his boss about International affairs

(A) Gaza is an Occupied Territory and as such Israel has responsibilities around
(B) Israel are not providing the food
(C) It is a war crime to starve a population.

Dangermoo · 08/08/2025 20:30

HellsBalls · 08/08/2025 20:29

How did they (not we) get into this mess?
October 7th. Hostages not being returned. Vowing death to Israel.

Hamas alone hold the answer to the conflict.

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This. All day long and some.

deckchairmayhem · 08/08/2025 20:30

The criminals must be held to account for all this.
Watch them wriggle, but no, it ll have to be the us Israelis who find not joy in ever lasting pain and death and want more for our country. That bad people must be held to account.

HellsBalls · 08/08/2025 20:29

deckchairmayhem · 08/08/2025 20:22

An Atrocity without limits.
How did we get into this mess?
Serious introspection is needed. Gutted

How did they (not we) get into this mess?
October 7th. Hostages not being returned. Vowing death to Israel.

Hamas alone hold the answer to the conflict.

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Twiglets1 · 08/08/2025 20:23

The longer this goes on, the worse things seem to get for the Palestinian civilians. Hamas need to negotiate in good faith and agree to release the hostages, disarm and leave Gaza, for the sake of the people they are supposed to be governing.

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deckchairmayhem · 08/08/2025 20:22

An Atrocity without limits.
How did we get into this mess?
Serious introspection is needed. Gutted

PaxAeterna · 08/08/2025 20:20

It’s a desperately sad and hopeless situation for the Palestinians. The words from the US here are highly worrying. Huckabee repeating Netanyahu’s words about Dresden. Not just bad for Gaza, I just feel it’s yet another sign that the US has taken a very dark turn.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/08/huckabee-starmer-gaza-dresden

US envoy to Israel taunts Starmer and likens Gaza assault to Dresden bombing

Mike Huckabee launches undiplomatic harangue after UK prime minister calls for immediate ceasefire

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/08/huckabee-starmer-gaza-dresden

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Twiglets1 · 08/08/2025 20:19

As reported in the BBC today, many Palestinians are angry not only at Israel but also at Hamas.

'Hamas should hand over hostages,' says Gazan

As we've been reporting, Israel doesn't allow international journalists into Gaza to report freely.
The BBC works with journalists inside the territory, who can interview Gazans and share what's happening.
Um Saadi tells us she's been evacuated 15 times since the start of the war.
Asked if she'll evacuate again after Israel's plan to take over Gaza City, she says she's not sure yet.
"We might evacuate or stay here, or wait to see what they plan to do with us," she says.
Saadi says Hamas needs to hand over the hostages, so that Israel "won't invade us".
"Give them the hostages and spare us," she says.
Asked if she has children, Saadi says they ask her for food and drinks but she "cannot provide for them".
Frustrated, she says: "Hamas provides for itself, they eat and drink, while we cannot provide food or drinks."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1mpe9x80xvt

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TomeTome · 08/08/2025 20:17

I agree. Withdrawal of all remaining support and extreme sanctions would be a start.

Kakeandkake · 08/08/2025 20:17

DrPrunesqualer · 08/08/2025 19:48

Can’t believe you are suggesting Netanyahu and his Israeli followers are protecting Palestinians

They don’t give a toss
What lies some people are reading really shocks me

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I don't think a single government supports Netanyahu and his barbaric plans - bar the US but i wouldn't expect any less from Trump.