Netanyahu orders military to take control of '70 percent' of Gaza

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military on Thursday to increase control of the Gaza Strip to 70 percent, stating current control is at 60 percent, in a move that violates the ceasefire. This escalation follows reports of 72,819 deaths and over 170,000 injuries in Gaza since the conflict began.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he has ordered the Israeli army to increase their control of the occupied Gaza Strip to 70 percent in order to “squeeze Hamas”, in violation of their ceasefire. “We now control 60 percent of the territory on the strip,” from having previously controlled 50 percent, and now “my directive is to move to…70 percent,” the Israeli Prime Minister said in a conference in an occupied West Bank settlement.

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