Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to propose fully reoccupying the Gaza Strip when he meets his security cabinet, Israeli media say. "The die has been cast. We're going for the full conquest of the Gaza Strip – and defeating Hamas," local journalists quote a senior official saying.

Israel is weighing an expansion of its armed presence in Gaza, even as military chiefs and a majority of the public oppose the idea out of concern for the fate of hostages still held by Hamas.