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Aug 6, 2025: According to reports in the media, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu favors a complete military takeover of Gaza.
On Tuesday, he was scheduled to meet with senior security officials to finalize a new strategy for the 22-month conflict. In spite of intense international pressure for a ceasefire to alleviate hunger and appalling conditions in the besieged Palestinian enclave, mediation between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas has failed.

According to Gaza's health ministry, eight more people have died from starvation or malnutrition in the past 24 hours, and another 79 people have died in the most recent Israeli fire.
Netanyahu was to meet Defence Minister Israel Katz and military Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir to decide on a strategy to take to cabinet later this week, an Israeli official told the media. Ron Dermer, the minister of strategic affairs and a close friend of Netanyahu, would also be there.

A decision made in 2005 to pull settlers and the military out of Gaza while maintaining control over its borders would be reversed by annexation.