DUBAI: Israel is expected to seek security cabinet approval on Thursday evening for a new phased military plan to seize full control of the Gaza Strip, potentially displacing up to a million Palestinians over the next five months, according to Israeli media reports. The plan, backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would begin with a military offensive on Gaza City and central refugee camps, pushing much of the population southward toward the designated humanitarian zone in Mawasi, according to a report by The Times of Israel.

‘The die is cast, we are going for a full occupation of the Gaza Strip,’ local news quoted an Israeli official close to the PM as saying.

Netanyahu’s war cabinet set to approve military operations across entire enclave, according to Israeli media.