Israel is expanding its assault on Gaza. Here’s what that actually means. – Mondoweiss

The Israeli war cabinet unanimously approved on Sunday the expansion of Israel’s war on Gaza, according to news reports quoting Israeli officials. The aim of the war expansion plan is, according to officials, to reoccupy Gaza and maintain control of it for an unspecified period of time. The approval came days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the primary goal of the war was to “defeat Hamas,” indicating that the release of Israeli captives was a…