Israel’s Military Chief Approves Gaza City Takeover Plan
Defense Minister Katz: “The IDF is mobilizing all forces and preparing with great strength to implement the cabinet’s decision.”
The Israeli military leadership has approved the plan to take over the terrorist-held Gaza City. The announcement comes nearly a week after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu-led security cabinet authorized the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to begin preparations for capturing the Hamas stronghold in northern Gaza.
“The IDF will prepare for taking control of Gaza City while distributing humanitarian assistance to the civilian population outside the combat zones,” the Israeli prime minister’s office said in a statement on August 8, 2025.
The Israeli armed forces chief, Lt. General Eyal Zamir, on Wednesday, authorized an operational plan for the takeover of the last major Hamas bastion. “IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir has approved the general outline for the military’s upcoming major offensive to conquer Gaza City, the military said Wednesday,” The Times of Israel reported. “The approval for the expanded offensive came days after the security cabinet called for the seizure of the Gaza Strip’s largest city (…).”
Defense Minister Israel Katz held a meeting with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and other military and defense officials a short while ago, during which he was "presented with the principles of the plan to implement the cabinet’s decision to take control of Gaza City,"… pic.twitter.com/uqBwiRcBLt
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) August 14, 2025
The Jerusalem Post reported:
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir on Wednesday approved the central concept and plans for the IDF’s expanded offensive in the Gaza Strip, the military said.
The discussion held by Zamir also included Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) officials and other senior defense officials.
A plan for further steps to be taken in the Gaza Strip was also presented and approved. On Thursday, Zamir and other IDF commanders will present the central ideas for the occupation of Gaza City to Defense Minister Israel Katz. Upon that approval, forces will be notified and deployed to Gaza, and a number of reserve units will be called up.
Zamir had attended a discussion on the possibility of a full takeover of the Gaza Strip last week. On Friday, Zamir convened several senior officials, including Southern Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Yaniv Asor, Military Intelligence Director Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder, Operations Directorate Chief Maj.-Gen. Itzik Cohen, and Israel Air Force Commander Maj.-Gen. Tomer Bar.
During this meeting, Zamir presented the main operational vision, focusing on the conditions to bring back the remaining hostages and dismantle Hamas’s rule while ensuring the security of IDF soldiers.
Security sources told Walla that the main task of planning the operation was assigned to the planning, operations, and intelligence branches of Southern Command. They have been working on population movement strategies from Gaza City southward to the al-Mawasi region, as well as strategies to secure the area.
On Thursday, the chief of Israeli armed forces and the country’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, discussed the strategy for capturing the terrorist-infested Gaza City, the Israeli news website Ynetnews disclosed:
Defense Minister Israel Katz held a discussion with IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and other commanders regarding the principles of the plan to take control of Gaza City.
“Following the discussion, the full plan will be formulated and presented for the Defense Minister’s approval on Sunday,” officials announced. During the meeting, Katz said that “the IDF is mobilizing all forces and preparing with great strength to implement the cabinet’s decision.”
The announcement by the IDF chief diffuses weeklong media speculation about supposed differences between the Israeli government and military leadership over Gaza. Last week’s Israeli cabinet decision triggered a flurry of fake and misleading media stories about starvation in Gaza, ignoring the well-documented fact that Hamas was looting most of the aid and deliberately creating a humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
IDF eliminates deputy commander of Hamas’ Nukhba terrorist forces who participated in the October 7 massacre and hostage taking
Despite Germany, Israel’s second-largest defense supplier, imposing a partial weapons embargo, the IDF continued its hunt for Hamas’ terrorist leadership.
Israeli troops, backed by the Shin Bet security service, eliminated Abdullah Saeed Abd al-Baqin, the deputy commander of Hamas’ Nabuka terrorist force that invaded Israel on October 7, 2023, and took part in the mass murder and kidnappings. Al-Baqin was directly responsible for the abduction of Ron Sherman, Nik Beizer, and Tamir Nimrodi, the IDF disclosed Wednesday. All three hostages died in Hamas captivity.
BREAKING!!
The IDF and Shin Bet eliminated Hamas terrorist Abdullah Saeed Abd al-Baqin, a deputy Nukhba company commander who participated in the abductions of Ron Sherman, Nik Beizer, and Tamir Nimrodi on October 7.
Rest in pieces, Hamashole! pic.twitter.com/J2lFJW4Nmp
— Hillel Fuld (@HilzFuld) August 13, 2025
The military “struck and eliminated the terrorist Abdullah Saeed Abd al-Baqin, who served as a deputy commander of a Nukhba company in Hamas’ Central Jabaliya battalion,” the IDF said in a statement Wednesday. “The terrorist infiltrated Israeli territory during the brutal October 7th massacre, participated in the attack on the Erez District Coordination and Liaison (DCL), and took part in the abduction of Ron Sherman, Nik Beizer, and Tamir Nimrodi.”
Since October 7, 2023, the slain terrorist had been taking part in terrorist activities against the Israeli military in Gaza. “During the war, the terrorist advanced numerous terrorist attacks against IDF troops in the area,” the IDF added.
A member of Hamas's elite Nukhba Force who invaded Israel during the October 7 onslaught and participated in the kidnapping of three soldiers, was killed in a strike in the Gaza Strip last week, the military announces.
Abdullah Saeed Abd al-Baqin served as the deputy commander… pic.twitter.com/qw8jbsKNqf
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) August 13, 2025
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Eliminate. Don’t capture. Capture leads to hostages to try and force a release.
Buc-ees Strip
from the river to the sea hamas can no longer flee
I want to know it took the IDF 7 hours to come to the rescue of Israelites on the border
Why
Lack of preparedness. Just like 1973.
Don’t just occupy. Go about eliminating everyone who even supports Hamas in a concrete fashion. Occupy the entire region. And only when there’s been no fighting or attacks or propaganda for 3 years do you decide to let the remaining people live on their own. With a QRF that will near instantly re-occupy and go to war once again, this time with a 20 year waiting period.
I’m ok with incineration or encasing them in concrete…
IDF takes over Gaza City!
Trump takes over Washington DC!
Coincidence?
Full report on the hour!
This… is CNN!
You can’t live with murderous people’s
They just have to be eliminated
District of Buc-ees
Kill them all. Thats what Hamas and the Gaza’s wanted and still want to do to Israel and Jews. So thats the “proportionate” response the world always cries about. Give it to them. They deserve it good and hard.
If true this means the war will be over very soon which despite costs would be wonderful.
Best part?
When Gaza City is taken over IDF will be feeding people directly overtly refuting the mainstream media by allowing people to see that when the IDF takes over people are fed, when Hamas is in power while it isn’t famine yet it is hardship despite Israel shipping in 5000 calories per person per day.
The cost tragically is going to be there and the cost will be in lives.
The payoff other than defeating the media will be that the next generation might not resemble the current one. The Arab League seems to want to modernize Arab countries to have less Islam and if so that will include Gaza.