JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he had ordered the country's military to take control of 70 per cent of the Gaza Strip, in defiance of the terms of a fragile ceasefire that took effect in October.

Netanyahu tells IDF to seize 70% of Gaza Strip in threat to fragile ceasefire - The IDF already controls more than 60 per cent of the Gaza Strip, up from the 53 per cent agreed in October

The expansion in control by Israel would contradict the terms of the ceasefire agreement Israel and Hamas agreed to in October 2025.

Netanyahu ordered Israeli forces to expand control over Gaza, a move critics say violates the ceasefire and accelerates displacement.

Israeli army has already expanded its control of Gaza by 11 percent over the ‘Yellow Line’, beyond terms of ‘ceasefire’.

NEWS ANALYSIS. Nearly eight months after Israel announced a ceasefire that its army is violating daily, the country continues to strike the part of the enclave it occupies. Some in Israel are calling to resume airstrikes more intensively.

Israel's cabinet meeting comes after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said there were last minute snags in finalizing the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

Washington, DC – In a stunning moment during the 2016 United States presidential race, Senator Bernie Sanders called out his then-rival Hillary Clinton for failing to mention Palestinian rights in a speech she delivered to a pro-Israel lobby group.

Adha, Israel continued to launch strikes on the besieged enclave, with authorities saying ceasefire violations have topped 3,000. An overnight strike on a residential building in al-Rimal neighbourhood,