Source: Financial Times [UK]
“Israel is threatening to expand its military offensive into additional areas of Gaza in a bid to increase pressure on Hamas and force the militant group to release the remaining Israeli hostages it still holds. An Israeli official said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government was ‘in dialogue’ with the administration of US President Donald Trump over the controversial proposal. … Hamas, for its part, has consistently said it wants guarantees that any deal leads to an end to the war, something Netanyahu has refused. Since negotiations broke down, Netanyahu’s government has discussed expanding the military offensive into Gaza City and the central region of the strip, to where most of the territory’s population has been forcibly evacuated.” (08/04/25)