The Latest Breaking News from Benjamin Netanyahu

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with top advisers to discuss Israel's strategy in Gaza after ceasefire talks broke down last month

Israel's security cabinet has approved taking control of Gaza City, located in the north of the enclave, in another escalation to the war. Netanyahu earlier noted that Israel planned to take over the entirety of the enclave and eventually hand it off to "friendly Arab forces" instead of Hamas.

Since World War II, the United States has repeatedly supported governments that have been committing mass atrocities, which are defined by genocide scholar Scott Straus as “large-scale, systematic violence against civilian populations.”

More than 200 writers request cessation of all trade until people of Gaza given adequate food, water and aid

The Israeli security cabinet is meeting Thursday evening to discuss expanding military operations in Gaza

Israeli PM needs security cabinet to approve plan amid opposition from aid agencies and families of hostages

‘What we are seeing is a concrete population being targeted, killed and condemned to starve to death,’ says the European Commission’s Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera