President Donald Trump backed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to take over Gaza, saying hostages held in the enclave will only be returned when "Hamas is confronted and destroyed"

Israel's expanded offensive is expected to intensify the already dire humanitarian crisis and could spark a new wave of mass displacement.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted that Israel's goal was not to occupy Gaza, but to "free Gaza."

Israel's security cabinet has approved plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the Israeli military to occupy Gaza City, in an expansion of military operations that comes amid international condemnation of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hinting that ceasefire efforts are now focused on a comprehensive deal that would release the remaining hostages in Gaza all at once.

A shouting match erupted between the two leaders after Israeli Prime Minister told President Donald Trump that photos of starving children in Gaza were not real.

A broadcaster on the Al-Mashhad TV news channel, which broadcasts from Dubai, argued that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees himself as “a messenger from G-d” because of the Rebbe.

Netanyahu’s office says he has spoken with U.S. President Donald Trump about the plan and thanked him for his support.

After call, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "in denial" about humanitarian conditions in Gaza.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has criticized his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in unusually harsh terms, calling the latest attacks in the Gaza Strip "utterly, utterly unacceptable.