Report: IDF chief pleads with ministers to present strategy for how they want army to proceed

IDF Chief Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir pleaded with cabinet ministers during a meeting this week to present a strategy for how they want the army to proceed amid the standstill in hostage talks, Channel 12 reports, highlighting the government’s lack of clear game-plan, as Jerusalem’s diplomatic standing plummets due to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Israel has reportedly considered annexing parts of Gaza in an attempt to pressure Hamas to release hostages, but no decision has been made yet.

Strategy was discussed during US special envoy Steve Witkoff’s meetings in Jerusalem on Thursday.

Hostage talks have been at an impasse since last week when Israel and the US pulled their negotiators from Doha due to frustration with Hamas’s response to the latest proposal for a partial hostage deal.