Overview

• Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir green-lit the core concept for seizing Gaza City after consultations with the General Staff Forum, Shin Bet and senior commanders.
• Last week’s security cabinet endorsement formalized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to fully reoccupy the city.
• Media reports indicate detailed planning sessions are imminent to finalize operational objectives and timelines.
• Hamas’s Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades claim to have destroyed an Israeli tank and bulldozer in Gaza City’s southern al-Zaytoun district.
• The plan unfolds against a severe humanitarian collapse in Gaza and ongoing ICC and ICJ legal actions over alleged war crimes.