Leaks reveal Netanyahu deliberately imposed starvation in Gaza to 'force Hamas surrender'
Published date: 7 August 2025 11:52 BST
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls from senior ministers to advance ceasefire negotiations and deliberately restricted all aid to Gaza in order to force a surrender from Hamas, internal government transcripts published by Israeli news outlet Channel 13 have revealed.The transcripts from an Israeli war cabinet meeting on 1 March show that Netanyahu ignored repeated calls from senior defence officials to move to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in order to secure the release of Israeli captives, and then to renew hostilities after.
Netanyahu instead chose to unilaterally break the ceasefire in March and bar all aid to Gaza, in the hopes of forcing a surrender by Hamas.
This was despite Hamas complying with the talks, contrary to the war cabinet’s expectations.
Leaks reveal Netanyahu deliberately imposed starvation in Gaza to 'force Hamas surrender'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls from senior ministers to advance ceasefire negotiations and deliberately restricted all aid to Gaza in order to force a surrender from Hamas, internal government transcripts published by Israel…MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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in reply to Peter Link • • •If the war cabinet was actually surprised Hamas was reasonable then they're just as brainwashed as their idiot population
I genuinely don't know why the Hannibal directive is even a thing; whether Hamas does or doesn't have hostages, it wouldn't stop or limit Israel's genocidal actions.
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in reply to Peter Link • • •Israel in a nutshell.
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Zerush
in reply to Peter Link • • •It was Israel itself which put Hamas in Gaza, supporting these with weapons and money, justifying this way the war against Palestina since more than half a century. Israel has free hand to do whatever they want, while there is the support by our good US boys and the UN is a mere Fake to calm the people, making believe that with this something will be done with their small talks
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in reply to Zerush • • •Wrong. Educate yourself.
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in reply to AlHouthi4President • • •Did Israel support Hamas? From the 1980s to 2025
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in reply to Peter Link • • •We don't need leaks to know that. Just look at the Israelis deliberately stopping aid and food trucks going into Gaza. It's not just Bibi. Most of the Israelis seem very okay with this, and some even participate into blocking food and aid. So, no surprise there.
EDIT: Oh and let's not forget the Israelis that are organizing BBQs on the side of the border. I'm sure it's all a misunderstanding.
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in reply to MDCCCLV • • •Yeah like I said what does surrender actually look like?
They don't really acknowledge them as legitimate so there's that. They also fund Hamas to keep it going.
They kill their leadership leading up to negotiations then violate deals and cry about "having" to break them.
They're actively fighting and it occupying I think all but one of their neighbors.
The vast majority of known hostages killed lately are all due to Israel directly. They say they know the location and then end up killing everyone in and around it and go OMG they killed that hostage!
So legit, they want terrorists to surrender to save civilians they also say the same terrorists are using as human shields. Oh and I forgot literally everyone is Hamas, doctors, cops, teachers, children, babies, buildings, cars, infrastructure,.... Fuckin food....
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in reply to Peter Link • • •just another evidence in a pile of them showing that netanyahu is a war criminal.
but he's best friends with the west, so oh well.
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in reply to Peter Link • • •Netanyahu is a bitch ass terrorist. He will go down in history as our generation’s hitler. People who invent the Time Machine will go try to kill him before they go back to the 40’s.
Netanyahu is the shit stain of the Israelites.
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