Netanyahu latest news centres on a warning from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he is set to launch a military operation in the occupied West Bank. He says it will be unlike any operation carried out there since 1967, the year Israel occupied the territory and captured East Jerusalem and Gaza. He also said Israel would decide when the operation begins.
What Netanyahu said
Netanyahu said he had reviewed a very extensive operation in the West Bank that would be unprecedented since 1967. He framed it as a decision Israel would take on its own timetable, saying the country would choose when it is carried out.
His wording leaves the timing to Israel rather than setting out a date. Anything beyond his remarks, including the size, aims or start of the operation, has not been confirmed in the statement itself.
Background: the West Bank and 1967
In 1967 Israel occupied the West Bank and captured East Jerusalem and Gaza. The West Bank has been under Israeli occupation since then, and Netanyahu's comparison draws directly on that history.
The reference to 1967 is what gives the warning its weight, because it links the planned operation to one of the most significant periods in the territory's recent past.
What happens next
Netanyahu has not, in the remarks reported so far, set out a timetable. The next official signals are likely to come from the Israeli government and its military, and readers following Netanyahu latest news should wait for those statements before drawing conclusions.
Until then, the confirmed development is the prime minister's warning itself, not a launched operation.
