JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday a plan to allow more foreign journalists to report inside Gaza with the military, as he laid out his vision for victory in the territory during a rare press conference.
Access to Gaza has been tightly controlled over the course of 22 months of war against Hamas.
Israel has blocked most foreign correspondents from independently accessing the territory since it launched its campaign there following the Palestinian militant group’s unprecedented October 7, 2023 attack, with officials often citing security as a reason.
The Israeli military has taken journalists on occasional embeds that are tightly controlled by security officials.
“We have decided and have ordered, directed the military to bring in foreign journalists, more foreign journalists, a lot,” Netanyahu said during Sunday’s press conference.
