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In an increasingly uncertain world, this is The Times' daily podcast dedicated to global security.
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Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is warning of an intensive,
expanded military operation to completely take over and occupy Gaza indefinitely.
His newly approved plan would also see perhaps two million Palestinians shifted south.
even as aid groups warn of catastrophic conditions in the Gaza Strip.
Israel says the operation will begin unless there's a hostage deal before the end of Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East next week.
Our guest today is Gabrielle Weininger, The Times' correspondent in Israel, with us from Tel Aviv.
Gabby,
this seems to go well beyond Netanyahu's earlier war goals to get rid of Hamas and recover the Israeli hostages.
What exactly does this new plan involve?
I think Netanyahu still firmly believes that this is the way to get rid of Hamas.
And the more hawkish elements in his government have been calling for this really all along.
I think what's changed, firstly, is for the Gazan population.
It's really unclear what's going to happen to the civilians who are being told.
They're going to be moved out for their own protection.
Where are they going to go?
They're going to be moved from the north to the south.
We've seen already Israel enact certain operations to clear out the southern city of Rafah.