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Israel’s Netanyahu directs army to seize 70 percent of Gaza Strip

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 566 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
Israeli Military Expansion Humanitarian crisis in Gaza ceasefire violations
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Israel’s Netanyahu directs army to seize 70 percent of Gaza Strip The Israeli army has already expanded its control of Gaza by 11 percent over the ‘Yellow Line’, beyond the terms of the ‘ceasefire’.

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What happened

Israel’s Netanyahu directs army to seize 70 percent of Gaza Strip The Israeli army has already expanded its control of Gaza by 11 percent over the ‘Yellow Line’, beyond the terms of the ‘ceasefire’.

Why it matters

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the Israeli army to expand its control of the Gaza Strip to 70 percent, according to remarks aired by Israeli media.

Common ground

“At this point, we are fully in control of 60 percent of the territory of the Gaza Strip … and my directive is to get to … 70 percent,” Netanyahu said in footage recorded by Channel 12 and aired on Thursday.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “An Al Jazeera tally from October to April counted at least 2,400 Israeli violations.”
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A web search result explicitly states that Al Jazeera reported Israel violated the ceasefire at least 2,400 times from October 10, 2025, to April 14, 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 11, 2025 ... Since the ceasefire took effect, Israeli attacks have killed at least 981 Palestinians and injured 3104.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/11/how-many-times-has…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 14, 2026 ... Israel violated the ceasefire at least 2,400 times from October 10, 2025 to April 14, 2026, through the continuation of air attacks ...
https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/photos/since-the-declarat…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 24, 2026 ... Mohammad Abu Mallouh, Alaa Zaqlan and their child, Osama, killed in the attack on Nuseirat refugee camp, medics say.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/24/israeli-attack-on-g…
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Claim 2: ““At this point, we are fully in control of 60 percent of the territory of the Gaza Strip … and my directive is to get to … 70 percent,” Netanyahu said in footage recorded by Channel 12 and aired on Thursday.”
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The provided evidence contains general information about Netanyahu and the Gaza conflict, but does not contain the specific quote or footage from Channel 12 regarding 60% and 70% control.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli government has been involved in assisting or empowering the Palestinian political and military organization Hamas at various points in its history. This support continued during and in sp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_support_for_Hamas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the run up to the 2026 Israeli legislative election, scheduled to be held by 27 October 2026, various organisations are conducting opinion polling to gauge voter preferences for prime minister and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership_opinion_polling_for…
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Claim 3: “The Israeli army had in mid-March quietly sent maps to aid organisations showing it had already expanded its control to about 11 percent beyond the so-called “Yellow Line””
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Multiple web search results (including references to Reuters and aid sources) confirm that the Israeli military sent maps to aid groups in mid-March showing an expanded zone beyond the Yellow Line.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Blue Line is a demarcation line dividing Lebanon from Israel and the Golan Heights. It was published by the United Nations on 7 June 2000 for the purposes of determining whether Israel had fully w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(withdrawal_line)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Green Line, or 1949 Armistice border, is the demarcation line set out in the 1949 Armistice Agreements between the armies of Israel and those of its neighbors (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria) a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Line_(Israel)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Purple Line was the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria after the 1967 Six-Day War which serves as the de facto border between the two countries. Following the fall of the Assad regime in 2024…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Line_(ceasefire_line)
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Claim 4: “Conflict monitors warn that since the US-Israel war on Iran started in February, Israeli bombardment of Gaza has accelerated.”
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Claim 5: “That line was agreed in a United States-brokered “ceasefire” in October 2025.”
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Multiple independent sources (Wikipedia and web search results) confirm a US-brokered ceasefire agreement took effect on October 10, 2025, which established the 'Yellow Line' demarcation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A hostages-and-prisoners exchange and armistice between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip took effect from 19 January to 18 March 2025, during the Gaza war. It include…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2025_Gaza_war_ceasefir…
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web search NEUTRAL — ... ceasefire agreement came into effect on October 10, 2025. ... The area targeted in the attack lies beyond the so-called Yellow Line, the demarcation line for the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan
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Claim 6: “Earlier on Thursday, health authorities said an Israeli air raid killed at least 10 people, including four children, and wounded 20 others.”
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The evidence mentions various air raids with different casualty counts (e.g., 21 in Lebanon, 5 in Maghazi, 50 in Jabaliya), but none match the specific figures of 10 killed (4 children) and 20 wounded on a specific Thursday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli air strikes killed at least 21 people in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, according to the country's health ministry and media.Israeli authorities say 21 soldiers and four civilians have been kill…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9p1l7yp2lo
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web search NEUTRAL — In central Gaza, an air raid killed five people, including four children, and wounded at least 10 others late on Monday, hospital officials said. The dead and the injured were taken from the Maghazi r…
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/6/25/photos-israeli-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — At least 50 people, including 22 children, were killed in strikes around Jabaliya in northern Gaza alone, according to hospitals and Gaza’s Health Ministry.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-israeli-air-st…
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Claim 7: “Last week, the high representative overseeing the US-founded Board of Peace for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, warned that the deteriorating status quo in the enclave risks becoming “permanent”.”
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The claim is reported by Al Jazeera in the cross-references, but no other independent sources in the provided evidence corroborate this specific warning by Nickolay Mladenov.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The high representative overseeing the United States-founded Board of Peace for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, has warned that the deteriorating status quo in the devastated Palestinian enclave risks becomi…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/21/board-of-peace-envo…
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Claim 8: “The war that Israel launched following the October 7, 2023, attacks on southern Israel by Hamas and other armed Palestinian groups has killed more than 72,775 Palestinians.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to verify the specific death toll of 72,775 Palestinians.
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Claim 9: “According to the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs’ (OCHA) latest report, the humanitarian situation for civilians in Gaza remains critical”
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OCHA reports from March and April 2026 describe the humanitarian situation in Gaza as 'critical' and 'dire'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 29, 2026 · The MoH reported that since the ceasefire, 492 Palestinians have been killed, 1,356 injured, and 715 bodies retrieved from under the rubble. On ...
https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/occupied-palestin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 23, 2026 · Living conditions across the Gaza Strip remain dire, with most people still displaced, exposed to rising public health risks (see below) and ...
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/ocha-humanitarian-situat…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 27, 2026 · Gaza Humanitarian Operations. The humanitarian community in Gaza continues to provide critical supplies and services amid severe constraints ...
https://www.ochaopt.org/content/humanitarian-situation-repor…
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Claim 10: “That meant it controlled 64 percent of the Palestinian territory, instead of 53 percent.”
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Evidence confirms the Yellow Line originally separated 47% (Palestinian) and 53% (Israeli) control, but there is no specific evidence in the provided text confirming the increase to exactly 64%.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war. It encompasses mass killings, deliberat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza–Israel conflict is a localized part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict beginning in 1948, when about 200,000 of the more than 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza–Israel_conflict
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Claim 11: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the Israeli army to expand its control of the Gaza Strip to 70 percent”
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While evidence mentions the 'Yellow Line' and military control, there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming a directive from Netanyahu to expand control specifically to 70%.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 21 November 2024, following an investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for two senior Israeli officials, Benjamin Neta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_arrest_warrants_for_Israel…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli government has been involved in assisting or empowering the Palestinian political and military organization Hamas at various points in its history. This support continued during and in sp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_support_for_Hamas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yellow Line is a demarcation line that has divided the Gaza Strip in two since the October 2025 implementation of the Gaza peace plan intended to end the Gaza war. The line originally separated 47…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Line_(Gaza)
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