Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to propose fully reoccupying the Gaza Strip when he meets his security cabinet, Israeli media say. "The die has been cast. We're going for the full conquest of the Gaza Strip – and defeating Hamas," local journalists quote a senior official saying.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to fully occupy the Gaza Strip, according to multiple reports .

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, discussed the path forward in the war in Gaza during a meeting yesterday with the military’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir. The general presented “the options for continuing the military campaign in Gaza,” the prime minister’s office said, without specifying what they were.