This was reported to the Ynet portal by high-ranking officials from Netanyahu's entourage.

"The die has been cast, we are going to completely occupy the Gaza Strip," the officials said.

At the same time, Ynet notes that the Israeli army leadership, including the chief of the Army General Staff Eyal Zamir, opposes such a decision. He was supposed to go on a visit on August 4, but canceled the trip. However, the government has made it clear that they are ready to disregard the opinion of the military. "Military operations will be conducted even in those areas [of the Gaza Strip] where hostages are being held. If this does not suit the Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, he can resign," Ynet quoted one of the officials as saying.

According to the portal, Netanyahu may soon submit to the cabinet a proposal to give the army an order for the complete occupation of Gaza. According to Ynet, the Israeli political leadership has come to the conclusion that the release of hostages as a result of the agreement is no longer possible due to the fact that negotiations have reached an impasse.

So far, Netanyahu has not officially stated that Israel is going to completely occupy the Palestinian enclave. At the same time, he has repeatedly stressed that his country intends in any case to achieve the main goals of the war in Gaza - to defeat the military and political structure of the radical Hamas movement and return all the abductees held in the strip. tass.ru.