Under pressure from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli military has approved the plan for a renewed offensive in the Gaza Strip. The proposed offensive has drawn widespread international condemnation.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended a new military offensive in Gaza that's more sweeping than previously announced, declaring in the face of growing condemnation at home and abroad that Israel “has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas.

Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump about Israel's new Gaza offensive plans, the Israeli prime minister's office said on Sunday. "The two discussed Israel's plans to take control of the remaining Hamas strongholds in Gaza to bring an end to the war by securing the release of the hostages and defeating Hamas,