The military leadership has said it prefers a new cease-fire instead of renewed fighting, and the military’s chief of staff previously raised concerns about troop exhaustion.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with his cabinet on Thursday as the families of the hostages warn that moving into new areas could endanger the captives.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has openly declared his intention for Israel to take full military occupation of the Gaza Strip, as Tel Aviv...

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The decision to expand operations in the enclave went against the recommendations of the military.

The military leadership has said it prefers a new cease-fire instead of renewed fighting, and the military’s chief of staff previously raised concerns about troop exhaustion.

The Israeli cabinet agreed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s military plan, but the quandary of who will eventually govern Gaza remains intractable.

Bezalel Smotrich, the hard-line finance minister, said that Israel needed to move more decisively and quickly to defeat Hamas.

The Israeli government said last week that it wanted to capture Gaza City, but how and when it will proceed has yet to be decided.