Germany halts weapons exports to Israel for use in Gaza conflict as Netanyahu’s occupation plan faces global criticism.

The military leadership has said it prefers a new cease-fire instead of renewed fighting, and the military’s chief of staff previously raised concerns about troop exhaustion.

Turk called for the offensive to be “immediately halted.”

Germany halts arms exports to Israel for use in Gaza, citing concerns over Israel's military plans to take control of the area.

Israel will take control of the entire Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday, a risky gamble that defies international pressure to end the war and lacks broad domestic support.Netanyahu said Israel doesn’t plan to hold on to Gaza and would transfer control of the territory to “Arab forces that will govern it properly,

Eyal Zamir, the Israeli armed forces chief of staff arguing against a full takeover of Gaza, is the latest in a long line of generals to tussle with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Zamir fears endangering the lives of remaining hostages and miring an exhausted military in Gaza,

Israel’s security cabinet has approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to take control of Gaza City, raising the prospect of a renewed offensive and open-ended Israeli occupation of the besieged Palestinian enclave.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly considering an expansion of fighting and a “full occupation of the Gaza Strip”. There is strong opposition to the idea from within Israel’s senior military ranks,