IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir presented Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday with several plans for gradually expanding military operations in the Gaza Strip, intended to provide the government with options to pause the fighting if hostage negotiations resume.

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir is expected to approve on Sunday a series of phased operational plans to expand Israeli military activity in Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is doubling his bet on the Gaza Strip. Despite opposition from IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, exhaustion among the combat units and growing…