Why is Israel moving to seize control of Gaza City?

The Israeli authorities says it’s going to prehend power of Gaza City, instal a antithetic medication and effort to destruct Hamas.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier said Israel planned to instrumentality implicit the full Strip.

The Israeli subject already controls astir 80 percent of Gaza. The more-than-two-million radical surviving determination person been bombed, starved, repeatedly displaced and forced into impermanent shelters.

So, wherefore did Israel marque this announcement now?

Is the premier curate trying to appease the right-wing members of his cabinet?

Or is helium trying to detract planetary condemnation of the man-made hunger crisis?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Dr Khamis Elessi – Neurorehabilitation and symptom medicine consultant

Yossi Mekelberg – Senior consulting chap astatine the MENA Programme of Chatham House

Phyllis Bennis – Fellow astatine the Institute for Policy Studies and writer of Understanding Palestine and Israel