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Israel To 'Take Control' Of Gaza City After Approving New War Plan

Palestinians rush to the site where parachuted aid packages in the Nuseirat area in the central Gaza Strip (Credit: AFP)

Israel's military will "take control" of Gaza City under a plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and approved by his security cabinet, his office said in a statement Friday.

Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, Netanyahu faces mounting pressure at home and abroad for a truce to pull the territory's more than two million people back from the brink of famine and free the hostages held by Palestinian militants.

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