Israel PM Netanyahu orders military to take control of 70 per cent of Gaza Strip

1 min readNew DelhiUpdated: May 28, 2026 09:53 PM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday gave directives to the military to take control of 70 per cent of the Gaza Strip which is in contrast to the terms of the ceasefire brokered between Israel and Hamas in October last year.

In a video statement delivered by the Israeli prime minister in Hebrew-language at a conference held in the occupied West Bank, he said, “We are currently squeezing Hamas. We now control 60 per cent of the territory in the strip. You know, we were at 50, we moved to 60. My directive is to move to…70 per cent,” Israel’s Channel 12 network reported.

A person in the conference shouted that Israel should take “100 per cent” of the territory in Gaza, to which Netanyahu responded saying “we’re going in order. First 70 percent, we’ll start with that,” Times of Israel reported.

The Israeli prime minister had last week said Tel Aviv already controls 60 per cent of the Gaza Strip’s territory.

 

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