Israel aims to fully occupy Gaza through its renewed onslaught on the enclave, Culture Minister Miki Zohar said.

“Such a move endangers those who remain in captivity, but there is no choice left,” Zohar, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, told Israeli public broadcaster KAN.

He said the ongoing military assault will force Hamas to release the Israeli captives and go into exile outside Gaza.

Netanyahu’s office said early Monday that Israel’s Security Cabinet unanimously approved a plan to expand its military onslaught on Gaza and occupy the territory.

US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib blasted her colleagues Monday for not raising their voices against Israel's war in Gaza.

"War Criminal Netanyahu has announced a plan to forcibly expel and ethnically cleanse the entire Palestinian population, flatten and annex Gaza."

"This comes after 64 days of blocking food and aid. This was always their plan. The US is an accomplice in this genocide," Tlaib said on X.

Israel’s Security Cabinet unanimously approved a plan early Monday to expand its military onslaught on Palestine’s Gaza and occupy the entire territory.

In a statement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the Cabinet approved an “operational plan” submitted by Israeli army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir.

The plan requires the army “to conquer Gaza and hold the territory under its control.”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Jordan's King Abdullah II have met in Washington, DC to discuss bilateral and regional issues, including the situation in Gaza.

State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a statement that they also exchanged views on developments in the occupied West Bank and Syria.

Rubio emphasised the US' interest in working together on counterterrorism and expressed his appreciation for Jordan's cooperation in advancing regional security, stability and prosperity, Bruce added.

According to the press office of Jordan's king, he called for an "immediate ceasefire and resuming aid flow" to Gaza.

Faculty and staff at Georgetown University in Washington, DC have gathered on campus to demand the release of students and scholars being held in US immigration detention facilities after speaking out against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

The vigil, held in Red Square outside Georgetown’s Intercultural Center, was part of a coordinated campus protest also taking place at Columbia and Tufts universities.

The weekly protest calls for the release of Badar Khan Suri, an Indian postdoctoral researcher at Georgetown; Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and recent Columbia graduate; and Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts PhD student from Türkiye.

All three were detained in March and face no criminal charges. The Trump administration has accused them of supporting the Palestinian resistance group Hamas and engaging in anti-Semitism, but no evidence has been provided to support those claims.

The US has voiced support for an Israeli plan to take charge of humanitarian aid distribution in Gaza, a controversial move that critics fear could deepen the already dire humanitarian crisis in the enclave as Israel has already barred any aid from reaching for over two months.

In response to Anadolu's inquiry, a US State Department spokesperson welcomed the plan, calling it a response to calls for "creative solutions" to ensure aid reaches civilians.

"Safeguards are finally in place. Israel remains secure, Hamas empty handed, and Gazans with access to critical aid," the spokesperson said, adding that the US expects all UN and international agencies to operate within the proposed framework.

Pulitzer committee praises his "essays on the physical and emotional carnage in Gaza that combine deep reporting with the intimacy of memoir to convey the Palestinian experience of more than a year and a half of war with Israel."

Faculty and staff at Georgetown University in Washington, DC have gathered on campus to demand the release of students and scholars being held in US immigration detention facilities after speaking out against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

The vigil, held in Red Square outside Georgetown’s Intercultural Center, was part of a coordinated campus protest also taking place at Columbia and Tufts universities.

The weekly protest calls for the release of Badar Khan Suri, an Indian postdoctoral researcher at Georgetown; Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and recent Columbia graduate; and Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts PhD student from Türkiye. All three were detained in March and face no criminal charges.

The Trump administration has accused them of supporting the Palestinian group Hamas and engaging in antisemitism, but no evidence has been provided to support those claims.

Humanitarian aid must immediately reach Gaza's besieged residents and should not be politicised, the International Commitee of the Red Cross has said.

Israel's war cabinet overnight approved plans to expand military assaults that include "moving most of the population" of the Palestinian territory.

"Humanitarian aid should not be politicised. The level of need among civilians in Gaza right now is overwhelming, and aid needs to be let in immediately," ICRC spokesman Christian Cardon told AFP in Geneva.

"Under international humanitarian law, Israel has an obligation to use all means available to ensure that the basic needs of the civilian population under its control are met," he added.

A young Palestinian man has been wounded by Israeli soldiers in Nablus, according to local sources.

Sources reported that the young man was shot in the lower back during the Israeli assault and was subsequently transferred to a hospital for treatment.

Israeli soldiers stormed al-Masakin al-Sha'biya area in the eastern part of Nablus city, firing live bullets, tear gas canisters, and stun grenades, which led to the outbreak of the confrontations.