{"id":2607924,"date":"2026-05-28T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-says-he-directed-idf-to-take-over-70-of-gaza\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:03:40","slug":"netanyahu-says-he-directed-idf-to-take-over-70-of-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-says-he-directed-idf-to-take-over-70-of-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu says he directed IDF to take over 70% of Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetanyahu-says-he-directed-idf-to-take-over-70-of-gaza%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2607924&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel\u2019s military has expanded its control in Gaza to about 70%, increasing beyond the 53% Israel held under an October 2025 ceasefire plan.The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-hails-new-era-as-he-arrives-in-moscow-in-bid-to-broker-ukraine-peace-deal\/\" title=\"Xi Hails \u2018New Era\u2019 As He Arrives In Moscow In Bid To Broker Ukraine Peace Deal\">ceasefire called<\/a> for Israel to withdraw gradually behind a \u201cyellow line,\u201d but Israel has rather expanded its territory, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >reported maps indicating control<\/a> of roughly 64% late last month. speaking at a conference in the West Bank, Netanyahu suggested Israel was moving toward full control of the enclave. Hamas condemned the shifting \u201cyellow line,\u201d saying it violated the ceasefire and attempts to entrench militarized control.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israeli<\/a> Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"378\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> said he directed the country\u2019s military to take control over 70% of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"217\">Gaza<\/a>, much more than the 53% it controlled under the October 2025 ceasefire agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To bring an end to the devastating Israel-Hamas war, which left most of Gaza in ruins, the Israeli military agreed to withdraw to positions behind the so-called \u201cyellow line.\u201d Though the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-sharptons-2004-presidential-campaign-still-has-900000-in-debt\/\" title=\"Al Sharpton\u2019s 2004 Presidential Campaign Still Has 0,000 In Debt\">agreement called<\/a> for Israel to gradually cede territory back to the Palestinians as part of a multi-phase peace effort, contingent on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"218\">Hamas<\/a> also holding its end of the bargain, the military has instead gradually increased its controlled territory. The Israeli military gave maps to aid groups late last month showing it was in control of about 64% of Gaza, CNN reported.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4585591\/israel-cuts-ties-un-secretary-general-sexual-violence-blacklist\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Israel cuts ties with UN secretary-general after Guterres added country to sexual violence blacklist<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4585003\/iran-arrest-6000-people-war\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Iran arrested at least 6,000 people since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-blake-last-in-line-of-cold-war-spies-who-betrayed-britain-dies-at-98\/\" title=\"George Blake, last in line of Cold ... spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98\">war began<\/a>: Rights group<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4584903\/us-denies-reports-of-evacuating-us-embassy-in-kyiv-amid-threats-of-russian-airstrikes\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US denies reports of evacuating US Embassy in Kyiv amid threats of Russian airstrikes<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, speaking at a conference in the West Bank, Netanyahu went even further, suggesting that Israel was progressing to have total control over the enclave.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are now in 60% of the Gaza Strip, more or less. We were at 50%; now we\u2019ve moved to 60%. My directive is to move to\u2026\u201d Netanyahu began, but was interrupted by the hard-liner audience shouting, \u201c100! 100!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWait, let\u2019s go in order. First 70%. Let\u2019s start with that,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-recognizes-armenian-genocide-on-106th-anniversary\/\" title=\"Biden recognizes Armenian genocide on 106th anniversary\">prime minister responded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamas has already caught on to the advancing line, protesting on Tuesday that the moving of the line \u201cconstitutes an explicit and ongoing undermining of the ceasefire agreement, a serious violation of its provisions, and an exposed attempt to impose new facts on the ground by force, with the aim of entrenching military control over the Strip and undermining any real chance of stabilizing the situation or making de-escalation efforts succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the State Department for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4585003\/iran-arrest-6000-people-war\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4585003\">IRAN ARRESTED AT LEAST 6,000 PEOPLE SINCE WAR BEGAN: RIGHTS GROUP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gaza, previously the center of the wars in the Middle East after <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/october-7\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11590\">Oct. 7, 2023<\/a>, has shifted to the back burner of global attention after the October ceasefire and war with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>. Despite the drop off in violence, Israel has continued surgical strikes against Hamas leaders and fighters, killing hundreds in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vast degradation of Iran has cut Hamas off from its foremost ally, leaving it more vulnerable than ever. Despite this, the group has continued to refuse to disarm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netanyahu says he ordered Israel to control 70% of Gaza<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2607925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26078667189280.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13427,26585,78885,6524,50434],"class_list":["post-2607924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ceasefire","tag-idf","tag-israel-gaza","tag-netanyahu","tag-war-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26078667189280.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2607924"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607928,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607924\/revisions\/2607928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2607925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}