Senior Israeli officers told the Security Cabinet in mid-July that the IDF controls between 67 and 70 percent of Gaza, the Jerusalem Post reported, citing two Israeli sources. Netanyahu asked for a deployment map. [1]

The hostage-release deal had left Israeli forces on about 53 percent of the Strip along the Yellow Line. After Hamas refused to disarm under Trump's 20-point plan, the army pushed past that line. Netanyahu had directed a move from 60 percent to 70 percent in May. [1]

NPR, reporting July 10 from Gaza City and Dubai, said the military now controls nearly 70 percent, including al-Shujaiya, according to Israeli comments and restricted-access maps shown to aid groups. An "orange zone" added in March took another 10 percent of the Strip. [2]

NPR said fewer than 50 families remain in al-Shujaiya of 500 at the ceasefire's start. The U.N. counted about 200 Palestinians killed near the shifting lines since the truce. [2]

X treats the percentage as the war's end state. The Board of Peace fight is still over who moves first: guns or troops. A 70 percent hold is the terrain under that argument, not a finished peace.

-- YOSEF STERN, Jerusalem