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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
JERUSALEM, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of General Staff Eyal Zamir on Wednesday approved the concept of the government's plan to expand the offensive in Gaza to areas not yet under Israeli control.
The Israeli army said the attack would target refugee camps in central Gaza and the southern al-Mawasi district, where most of Gaza's 2.2 million residents have taken refuge.
The principles of the plan were approved at a meeting of security officials earlier on Wednesday, the statement said, adding that “the basic concept of the plan for the next stages of the [operation] in the Gaza Strip was presented and approved in accordance with the instructions of the political leadership.”
The approval of the plan's concept came three days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military had been ordered to begin a "decisive phase" of the Gaza war, aimed at capturing the remaining Hamas strongholds in Gaza City, refugee camps in central Gaza and the southern al-Mawasi neighborhood. The order was condemned by the international community amid the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. -0-
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