International allies and families of hostages condemned Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to take control of Gaza City, with the British prime minister calling it “wrong.”

Israel‘s security Cabinet approved a plan to extend the country’s war in Gaza despite domestic and international pressure to end the conflict. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s proposal, which a majority of the security Cabinet approved after hours of negotiations into the early hours of Friday morning,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that Israel's goal is not to take over Gaza, but to free Gaza from Hamas and enable a peaceful government to be established there,