Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) should push to fully occupy the besieged Gaza Strip, including operating in areas where hostages are being held,

‘If we don’t act now, the hostages will starve to death and Gaza will remain under Hamas’s control.’ Benny Avni is a columnist who has published in the New York Post, WSJOpinion, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Israel Radio, Ha’Aretz, and others. Once New York Sun, always New York Sun.

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv, Israel, to voice their anger and frustration at the war in Gaza, calling for the release of hostages still there.