Netanyahu Admits Israel Controls 60% Of Gaza Despite Ongoing Ceasefire

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• Netanyahu Admits Israel Controls 60% Of Gaza Despite Ongoing Ceasefire Published By, Last Updated: May 18, 2026, 18:57 IST Netanyahu says Israel now controls about 60 percent of Gaza, expanding beyond a US-brokered ceasefire line, as Israel reports killing Hamas commander Izz al-Din al-Haddad.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (AFP) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has acknowledged that they have been pushing past the lines that were agreed in the US-brokered ceasefire that took effect October last year.
• According to a report by The Times of Israel, at the start of the truce, the Israel Defense Forces controlled around 53 percent of the war-torn Palestinian enclave, with Hamas controlling the other 47%, in which nearly all of the Strip’s two million residents live.
• A “Yellow Line" was established demarcating the part of Gaza occupied by Israeli troops.
• However, Netanyahu on Sunday told the weekly cabinet meeting, “In Gaza now, we...