{"id":51276,"date":"2025-08-07T20:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51276\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T20:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:56:10","slug":"israel-gaza-war-updates-israeli-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-lays-out-plan-for-full-control-of-gaza-as-cabinet-meets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51276\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Gaza War updates: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu lays out plan for full control of Gaza as cabinet meets"},"content":{"rendered":"

5m agoThu 7 Aug 2025 at 8:50pm<\/p>\n

Netanyahu is a ‘walking conflict of interest’, says Israeli analyst\"Tessa<\/p>\n

Veteran journalist and contributor to Haaretz, Akiva Eldar,\u00a0says Netanyahu’s cabinet approval is a “fiction”.<\/p>\n

In likelihood, the opposition he will face is “non-existent”, as the political analyst tells Radio National.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“[Netanyahu] is acting accordingly to his political and personal interests and he has surrounded himself with mediocre politicians that follow his orders,” Eldar says.<\/p>\n

“Actually, he is a walking conflict of interest.”<\/p>\n

Eldar says Netanyahu could fire any minister that doesn’t follow his policy and that this meeting is just a way to “go through the motion”.<\/p>\n

Listen to the full interview below:<\/p>\n

18m agoThu 7 Aug 2025 at 8:37pm<\/p>\n

ICYMI: Netanyahu outlines his plan for Gaza on Fox News\"Tessa<\/p>\n

31m agoThu 7 Aug 2025 at 8:24pm<\/p>\n

A malnutrition crisis unfolding in Gaza\"Tessa<\/p>\n

The meeting comes as Gaza faces a crippling malnutrition crisis.<\/p>\n

Around 12,000 children aged under five in the strip are suffering from acute malnutrition, and hunger-related deaths are rising, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n

WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said this was the “highest monthly figure ever recorded”.<\/p>\n

At least 99 people have died from hunger, including 64 adults and 35 children, from the start of this year to July 29.<\/p>\n

\"AA Palestinian mother holds the hand of her five-month-old baby whom she says is wasting away from malnutrition. (Reuters: Mahmoud Issa )<\/p>\n

Between June and July, the number of admissions for malnutrition almost doubled \u2014 from 6,344 to 11,877 \u2014 according to the latest UNICEF figures available.<\/p>\n

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said food consumption across Gaza had declined to its lowest level since the onset of the war.<\/p>\n

Eighty-one percent of households in enclave reported poor food consumption, up from 33% in April.<\/p>\n

Reporting with Reuters\u00a0<\/p>\n

46m agoThu 7 Aug 2025 at 8:09pm<\/p>\n

Is the cabinet meeting still happening?\"Tessa<\/p>\n

Yes, this meeting started, around or just after 6pm local time.<\/p>\n

As my colleague Matthew Doran tells us, it’s now around 11pm local time and that meeting is still ongoing.<\/p>\n

The security cabinet session follows a meeting earlier this week with the head of the military, which Israeli officials have described as tense, saying the military chief had pushed back on expanding the campaign.<\/p>\n

49m agoThu 7 Aug 2025 at 8:05pm<\/p>\n

Former hostages attend rally in Jerusalem\"Tessa<\/p>\n

Also in the crowd of protesters are some former hostages from the October 7 attack.<\/p>\n

Sharon Cunio, whose husband David is still held in Gaza, and Arbel Yehud were among the former hostages who attended the rally.<\/p>\n

Yehud’s partner Ariel \u2014 David Cunio’s brother \u2014 is also still in captivity, one of 49 hostages in Gaza, including 27 the Israeli military says are dead.<\/p>\n

In Jerusalem, Cunio and Yehud held a banner with photos of their partners that read: “Bring back our loved ones.”<\/p>\n

Reporting with AFP\u00a0<\/p>\n

57m agoThu 7 Aug 2025 at 7:58pm<\/p>\n

Hundreds of protesters block streets in Jerusalem\"Middle<\/p>\n

By Middle East correspondent Matthew Doran<\/p>\n

In Jerusalem, hundreds blocked the streets outside the Prime Minister’s Offices in the heart of the city to protest against the expansion of the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Armed with drums, whistles and horns, the crowd tried to make their voices heard as the security cabinet met inside the compound.<\/p>\n

“We can’t accept it, it does not represent me or the other people here, all that this government is doing,” protester Michal Goren told the ABC.<\/p>\n

\"Protesters(ABC News: Hamish Harty)<\/p>\n

“It’s so sad, and I’m so afraid that they will take Gaza, and all the hostages will die \u2014 it’s very sad, this situation.”<\/p>\n

Fellow protestor Nadav Hellman said the prime minister was not listening to the community.<\/p>\n

“I’m worried about the 50 people that are right now dying in the tunnels,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The reason for this war is for the survival of the Netanyahu coalition.<\/p>\n

“If they make this decision, what will happen is more soldiers, young men will die, and the people in the tunnels will also die.<\/p>\n

“Netanyahu is a terrible person, in my opinion.”<\/p>\n

\"A(ABC News: Hamish Harty)<\/p>\n

1h agoThu 7 Aug 2025 at 7:50pm<\/p>\n

Plan’s second step could be occupation of Gaza camps: Israeli media\"Tessa<\/p>\n

Israeli media says the cabinet is expected to vote on the occupation of Gaza first.<\/p>\n

The occupation of camps in the central Gaza Strip is expected to be the second step, Channel 12 is reporting.<\/p>\n

They say the goal is to “put pressure on Hamas and bring it back to the negotiating table”.<\/p>\n

1h agoThu 7 Aug 2025 at 7:43pmHamas calls the plan a ‘blatant coup’\"Tessa<\/p>\n

Hamas says the proposal is “a blatant coup” against the negotiation process.<\/p>\n

“Netanyahu’s plans to expand the aggression confirm beyond any doubt that he seeks to get rid of his captives and sacrifice them,” it said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Arab countries would “only support what Palestinians agree and decide on,” a Jordanian official source told Reuters, adding that security in Gaza should be handled through “legitimate Palestinian institutions”.<\/p>\n

Hamas official Osama Hamdan told Al Jazeera Mubasher the group would treat any force formed to govern Gaza as an “occupying” force linked to Israel.<\/p>\n

Reporting with Reuters\u00a0<\/p>\n

1h agoThu 7 Aug 2025 at 7:37pm’Breaks you’: Gazans react to Netanyahu’s proposal\"Middle<\/p>\n

By Middle East correspondent Matthew Doran<\/p>\n

\u00a0News of the Netanyahu proposal to occupy Gaza quickly spread through the bombed-out streets of the strip, even before the security cabinet meeting got underway.<\/p>\n

It stoked fear throughout a war-weary community, deeply struggling with the toll of 22 months of war.<\/p>\n

“I live in a tent, dumped in the street, but the upcoming situation is going to be worse because of what they are capable of implementing,” 35-year-old Jaber Abu Odeh told the ABC.<\/p>\n

\"AJaber Abu Odeh is originally from Beit Hanoun but has been forced to relocate. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

He is originally from Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, but had been forced to relocate to the central areas of the strip.<\/p>\n

“The US is with them, the West is with them, and the world is with them,” he said.<\/p>\n

“They have fighter jets from above and an army from below, and from all directions.”<\/p>\n

\"AAdel Shomali says the fear is the situation will become worse. (ABC News )<\/p>\n

Adel Shomali, 40, said the prospect of being forced to move again “breaks you”.<\/p>\n

“It’s enough the displacement from the beginning of the war until the last ceasefire, and we were displaced from Gaza City to the South and then back to Gaza City,” he said.<\/p>\n

“There is fear from this situation, God willing, it won’t happen.<\/p>\n

“The fear this time is that it will become worse, and if there are new incursions, there will be more destruction.”<\/p>\n

1h agoThu 7 Aug 2025 at 7:30pmIn pictures: Protesters in Tel Aviv call for war’s end\"Tessa<\/p>\n

The protesters are demanding an immediate release of the hostages and an end to the war.<\/p>\n

\"A(Reuters: Ammar Awad)\"A(Reuters: Ammar Awad)\"A(Reuters: Ammar Awad)<\/p>\n

1h agoThu 7 Aug 2025 at 7:04pm<\/p>\n

Netanyahu says Israel intends to take full control of Gaza\"Tessa<\/p>\n

Good morning,<\/p>\n

I’m Tessa Flemming, and I’ll help bring you the latest from Israel this morning.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel intends to take full control of Gaza and hand it over to Arab forces to govern.<\/p>\n

The comments were made right before a meeting of senior ministers to debate Israel’s next steps in the Palestinian territory.<\/p>\n

We’ll bring you the latest updates as they arrive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"5m agoThu 7 Aug 2025 at 8:50pm Netanyahu is a ‘walking conflict of interest’, says Israeli analyst Veteran…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6896,6898,43,6897,43112,160,6462,44,6899,41,39,42,40,6900],"class_list":["post-51276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-gaza","tag-headlines","tag-israel","tag-israeli-prime-minister","tag-live-blog","tag-live-updates","tag-news","tag-palestine","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}