Israel PM says orders army to take control of 70% of Gaza Strip JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on May 28 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
Trump-Netanyahu Rift? Israeli PM Orders Military to take 70% of Gaza . . . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed the Israeli military to expand its control over the Gaza Strip to 70 percent of the territory, signaling a major escalation despite an ongoing US-brokered ceasefire framework with Hamas