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Israeli PM Netanyahu approves Gaza City seizure despite ceasefire talks

Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks while trying to receive aid, at al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City [Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will give final approval for the seizure of Gaza City while also restarting negotiations with Hamas aimed at returning all the remaining captives and ending the nearly two-year-old war, but on “terms acceptable to Israel”.

Speaking to soldiers near Gaza on Thursday, Netanyahu said he was still set on approving plans for seizing Gaza City, the densely populated centre at the heart of the Palestinian enclave, forcibly displacing close to 1 million people and carrying out the systematic demolitions of Palestinian homes.

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