"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the population of Gaza will be displaced to the south after his security cabinet approved an expanded military operation in the enclave that a minister described as a plan to “conquer” the territory.
The vote on Sunday came hours after the military said it would mobilize tens of thousands of reservists, strengthening its capacity to operate in the besieged Palestinian territory.
“One thing will be clear: there will be no in-and-out,” Netanyahu said in a Monday video message posted on X. “We’ll call up reserves to come, hold territory — we’re not going to enter and then exit the area, only to carry out raids afterward. That’s not the plan. The intention is the opposite.”
The plan would be implemented after US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East next week to “provide a window of opportunity” for a hostage deal, the official added
"The plan then, is to displace Gaza’s entire population to the south of the enclave, following which the total the blockade of humanitarian aid may be lifted, the official said, adding that the military “will remain in every area it captures.”"
edition.cnn.com/2025/05/05/middleeast/israel-gaza-expansion-hnk-intl
Please watch this short new report by Channel 4. Hard to watch, but it's telling it like it is. Covers both the bombings and what Trump up to. Voices from hostage families as well as Gaza. At 4.14 a man complaining of both Hamas and Israeli regime "enough!"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8g06z-DiQQ
Covers interviews with Israeli journalists too at around 5 mins.
Seems no one contradicts Hamas, they give the number of dead , if there is bombing there will be dead surely, but the number ?
Any number of dead is too many, don't you think? Or is there a number of dead that is acceptable?
I doubt very much that children are without extended families,
I can believe that a missile strike on a building can wipe out whole generations of one family but leave a surviving child. Missile strikes are brutal.
Parsley3
^Seems no one contradicts Hamas, they give the number of dead , if there is bombing there will be dead surely, but the number ?^
Any number of dead is too many, don't you think? Or is there a number of dead that is acceptable?
I doubt very much that children are without extended families,
I can believe that a missile strike on a building can wipe out whole generations of one family but leave a surviving child. Missile strikes are brutal.
A voice of reason
Any number of dead is too many, don't you think? my thoughts too Parsley.
Humanity is waking up.
There has been a huge demonstration in London today.
The walk is for nakba, or catastrophe so the numbers would have been greater.
The matches in London have been going on most Saturdays since 7 Oct 2923 but never reported on tv or radio news, and it’s heartening to see so many are there.
Marching on the same day as the attack on Israel, were they
singing from the river to the sea
That's good to see Whitewavemark.
It’s to commemorate 77 years ago in 1948 when 750,000 thousand palistinians were driven from their homes into neighbouring countries where they have had to remain, because Israel will not allow them right of return.
That banner was good to see. WWM.
Two relevant bits of news from this afternoon.
New round of talks opened
Hamas says its negotiators have opened a new round of talks aimed at ending the war in Gaza, hours after Israel launched a major offensive.
Taher al-Nounou, an adviser to the head of Hamas, told the BBC a new round of negotiations had officially begun in Doha on Saturday. There were no preconditions from either side, and all issues were on the table for discussion.
Israel Katz, the Israeli defence minister, said Hamas negotiators were returning to indirect talks in Qatar to seek a deal on the hostages.
(BBC)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7geg3lvz1o
*there may be aid sooner than waiting for the big militarised
ones*
Tel Aviv, Israel CNN —
Israel has agreed to allow some food into Gaza before a newly-approved mechanism for aid deliveries is up and running later this month, the head of the newly established Gaza Humanitarian Foundation told CNN.
Jake Wood, the foundation’s executive director, said he did not yet know when or how many aid trucks Israel would allow into Gaza, but he called conditions there “clearly urgent” and said he expects “positive updates on that in the coming days.”
The Israeli government, which has blocked aid to Gaza for nearly 11 weeks, has not responded to multiple requests for comment about the matter.
(However there are conflicts here as Wood is demanding the UN fall in with his organisation, it notes further down the article, and it depends on Netanyahu's agreement)
edition.cnn.com/2025/05/16/middleeast/israel-gaza-humanitarian-foundation-interview-latam-intl
It was indeed Wyllow.
Wyllow3
That banner was good to see. WWM.
👏👏👏
As regards my "news" quotes above, it's positive at least there are new talks: no doubt pressures on the hostage front:
But the aid proposals are very tentative, as Netanyahu is not involved.
The US based aid organiser Jake Woods is demanding that the UN joins his scheme, basically or "nothing can happen".
It sounds to me like the US have been pressured to "do something on aid" as per noises made by Trump but its "on our terms or not happening" before the huge centres planned, weeks away.
Anniebach
Marching on the same day as the attack on Israel, were they
singing from the river to the sea
The Independent reported the March and it was completely peaceful.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/palestine-march-nakba-israel-gaza-b2752952.html
I posted earlier. I have many Jewish friends and former colleagues. Of course, the want the hostages home, they also want the Israeli bombing to stop.
ronib , your hairdresser may be Jewish and he isn’t the only one fearing 100 years of war. That’s defeatist. There must be a solution, agreed by ‘both sides’, challenging yes but the alternatives are worse
Iam64 not my hairdresser but my optician. A very thoughtful and professional person. So how many more years do you think it will take for a lasting resolution. The cost in human life is really building up. Not defeatist but my optician thinks that Israel will never give in to Hamas. He’s Jewish and I think he’s in touch with current thinking.
What's "current thinking?" If it's "giving in to Hamas" then surely that's part of the problem that needs to be addressed. Negotiation, conciliation and agreement is central to moving forward. Does it really matter if both sides accept the grievances of the other? Both sides have grievances but any thoughtful person understands that peace is not built on grievances, it's built on hope for a better future for both parties. Your optician may be great at helping you have a clearer vision in the future but I fear his vision of the future is clouded by his own prejudice.
I think everyone varies as to how much they follow politics, how much they believe there is a point in discussing it, taking action, which itself varies from emails or marches or joining organisations to help directly like aid relief or working in a hospital, to becoming a politician who has some actual power in a situation.
Everybody is different: some believe that action can make things better so engage with an issue, others believe "no point".
However history is shaped by those who have engaged, for better or for worse.
There can be no conciliation with hamas, end of.
Oreo The choice is between creating more terrorists because Palestinians have no future or giving Palestinians a future so they won't become terrorists. Which is more likely to bring about peace? Hamas is a product of the way that Palestinians has been treated for the last 75 years, if the treatment continues, Hamas will continue.
‘If you don’t agree to our terms we will grow more powerful’
Apologies for misremembering optician/hairdresser. Surely their view of ‘current thinking’ will be influenced by the majority views in their professional, family and friendship group. It’s consistent with current thinking as expressed by illegal settlers.
Both Palestinians and Israeli’s have reason to be aggrieved. Digging in for a 100 year war indicates an individual with no vision for peace in Israel-Gaza
Well the way negotiations are headed, a Hundred Years’ War might be just about right Iam64
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