# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is no longer just a regional power, but a global one. He was speaking at a conference in the occupied West Bank. Netanyahu says that with Israel controlling 60-percent of the Gaza Strip, he has instructed the military to expand and take over 70-percent of the territory. The seizure of more of Gaza would force approximately two-million Palestinians into a shrinking fraction of the coastal enclave’s shattered territory. Netanyahu stated that Israel has never been stronger than it is now.
Netanyahu has directed the Israeli military to take over 70% of the Gaza Strip