Happening now, breaking news, approving a takeover. The Israeli security cabinet green

lights a plan to occupy Gaza City. It puts Israel one step closer to fully occupying the entire

Gaza Strip. Plus, exploding wildfire, one north of Los Angeles burning more than a football field every two seconds

will take you there live. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the

world. I'm Wolf Blitzer. Pamela Brown is off today and you're in the Situation Room. This is CNN Breaking News.

And we begin this hour with the breaking news.

Israel Security Cabinet approving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to take full control of Gaza City.

Just hours after that vote, this is what happened. Watch this.

Video on social media showing explosions right in Gaza City. Leaders around the world are

criticizing Israel's decision and Hamas is warning that it will come at a quote high cost.

It also is drawing backlash from Israelis.

Mass protests erupted across the country over fears that the move could endanger

the dozens of hostages still believed to be alive in Gaza.

I want my government to bring back all the hostages in one deal and to stop this war.

To continue the war is a disaster for the Palestinians and for us Israelis as well.

The father of one hostage is also slamming Prime Minister Netanyahu.

He told the BBC, he said the Prime Minister, quote,

prefers the hostages dead so he can intensify attacks on Gaza.

Let's go straight to CNN's Jerusalem Bureau Chief Orrin Lieberman.

Orrin, tell us more about this plan just approved by the Israeli Security Cabinet.

After a security cabinet meeting that lasted nearly 10 hours into the early hours of the morning,

the security cabinet led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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