Gaza health ministry says more than 900 killed this year despite ceasefire as Netanyahu rules out withdrawal
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The Facts
- Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says more than 1,300 people, including 301 children, have been killed since the 10 October ceasefire.
- Israeli forces captured Hamas internal security chief Mouin al-Arabeed in a daylight raid near Gaza City on Tuesday.
- Air strikes accompanying the raid killed four Palestinians, including children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry and rescue teams.
- Netanyahu visited an Israeli military position inside Gaza near the Yellow Line and said, "We are not retreating."
- Netanyahu said Israel controls about 60% of the Gaza Strip and will hold that line until Hamas is disarmed.
- Trump's 20-point plan calls for a suspension of all military operations and an Israeli withdrawal as Hamas disarms.
- Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel is prepared to move Palestinians out of Gaza "by sea, by air, by every way possible."
- Katz claimed about 80% of Gaza residents want to emigrate, citing unspecified Israeli surveys.
- Katz said Trump had frozen the relocation idea rather than removed it, and that US approval is still awaited.
Context
What is the Yellow Line?
It is the demarcation inside Gaza separating areas under Israeli military control from those under Hamas control Hindustan Times,Times of Israel. Netanyahu spoke from an army position beside it and said Israeli forces hold about 60% of the territory, having expanded from roughly 53% in recent months wallstreet:online,News18.
What does the ceasefire plan require of each side?
Under the US-backed 20-point plan accepted by Israel and Hamas in October 2025, all military operations including aerial and artillery bombardment were to be suspended BBC. Israeli troops are to withdraw from Gaza once Hamas is disarmed wallstreet:online. The plan also ruled out forced displacement of Palestinians N-tv.
Why are the relocation plans contested?
Expelling or transferring a civilian population under duress has been widely condemned as a potential war crime Guardian,N-tv. Katz said no country has agreed to receive Gaza residents and that Washington must still determine where they would go Аргументы и…,N-tv. The US embassy referred requests for comment to the State Department N-tv.
Where Left and Right agree, and where they split
- Where Left and Right agree
- Both treat Katz's talk of moving Palestinians out as the point where consent matters, and neither accepts an unsourced 80% survey as establishing that people chose to leave.
- Where Left and Right split
- Whether the story is about a ceasefire that has killed 1,300 people while Israel holds 60% of Gaza, or about a bargain whose withdrawal clause was always conditioned on Hamas disarming.
- Why they won’t converge
- This is a trust-and-sequencing divide: both sides read the same conditional bargain — withdrawal for disarmament — but disagree over which party is stalling, and no body count or map settles a question about the other side's intent.
- Watch for
- Watch whether Israeli-held territory moves from 60% toward the 70% Netanyahu says he has ordered the military to reach, and whether Washington answers Katz's stated wait for a destination country.News18, Dawn, France 24, Free Press Journal
How left and right read it
A ceasefire that leaves more than 1,300 people dead, 301 of them children, is not a ceasefire — it is an occupation with a quieter name. The plan on the table calls for suspending military operations and withdrawing, yet Netanyahu stood inside Gaza and said Israel holds 60% of the Strip and is not retreating. Now the defence minister talks of moving Palestinians out by sea and air. Who gets to call that voluntary?
“Israel's defence minister has said his country is seeking Donald Trump's support to approve plans to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in what has widely been condemned as a potential war crime.” — The Guardian
Reciprocity is the architecture of the deal: the 20-point plan ties Israeli withdrawal to Hamas disarming, so holding 60% of the Strip until that happens honors the bargain rather than breaking it. Netanyahu was blunt: "We are not retreating." Emigration is a different question, because Katz's 80% figure rests on unspecified surveys — so leaving must be each family's own choice.
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