Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
Israeli officials say the military has no plans to pull back from Gaza,
and the defense minister is again calling for Palestinians to leave the territory.
NPR's Kerry Kahn reports the tougher rhetoric comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a tight re-election race.
During a surprise visit to Gaza,
Netanyahu said Israel's military will not retreat from its current positions in the territory.
Netanyahu said Israeli troops aren't moving.
They control 60 percent of the Strip and, quote, there is still more to come.
Mapping analysis by NPR and others puts Israeli control of Gaza's territory at closer to 70 percent.
Israeli airstrikes continue in violation of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
Of Gaza by, quote, any means.
Critics say forced Palestinian migration constitutes ethnic cleansing.
Katz says President Trump and the U.S.-backed Board of Peace have, quote, frozen that plan,
but says it still remains a possibility.
Kerry Kahn, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has removed a growing number of senior military officers since taking office.
Many of those dismissed are women or black, including commanders with decades of combat experience.
NPR's Quill Lawrence reports the Secretary of the Army, Dan Driscoll, resigned after defending some of those officers.
At least in one congressional hearing, he went to bat for a general who'd been removed.
And we know from a person close to Driscoll who wasn't authorized to speak publicly,