The United Nations has criticized Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to occupy 70% of Gaza, saying the Palestinian territory must remain for its Palestinian inhabitants.
"100% of Gaza should be for the Palestinian people," spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters at the U.N.'s New York headquarters on Friday.
"That's what we want to see, and we've been calling on Israel to pull back from its occupation from the so-called yellow line, and that will continue to be our position," he added.
Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel currently controls 60% of the Gaza Strip and signaled plans to expand it further to 70%. He did not elaborate on how such plans would be implemented.
The Israeli army announced in October last year that it controlled 53% of the Gaza Strip after redeploying to the so-called "yellow line” under the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza.
