One former military chief said that Israel is "well over a year past the point where we could have ended the war."

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich also announced new plans to renovate Israel's southern Hamas-struck communities. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Monday that a cabinet meeting will be held later this week to direct the IDF on how to go forward with the three objectives of the Hamas war.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he would convene his security cabinet this week to discuss how to instruct the military to meet his war goals in Gaza. "We must continue to stand together and fight together to achieve all our war objectives: the defeat of the enemy,