How Israel Plans to Take Over All of Gaza

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🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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P.M. Edition for Aug. 7. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his country will take control of the entire Gaza Strip. WSJ correspondent Dov Lieber fills us in on what we know about the plan so far. Plus, President Trump has called for Intel’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign over his ties to China. Amrith Ramkumar, who covers tech policy for the Journal, joins the podcast to discuss what this might mean for the troubled chip maker. And Firefly Aerospace becomes the third space or defense company to make its stock market debut this year. We hear from WSJ capital markets reporter Corrie Driebusch about what makes this sector so appealing to investors. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.3	How Netanyahu plans to take control of all of Gaza.
0:37.5	Plus, what Intel's future looks like after President Trump has called for its CEO to resign.
0:43.3	And why Trump's tariffs have so far not fostered a U.S. manufacturing boom.
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1:00.1	firms are refraining from making big investments.
1:04.6	It's Thursday, August 7th.
1:06.8	I'm Alex Osala for the Wall Street Journal.
1:09.2	This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
1:18.5	We begin in the Middle East, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his country will take control of the entire Gaza Strip.
1:27.4	The plan, a risky gamble that defies international pressure to end the war and lacks broad domestic support,
1:34.1	comes after a month-long operation in Gaza that failed to advance Israel's aims of freeing the hostages
1:40.0	still held in the Palestinian enclave or to pressure Hamas to surrender.
1:45.0	Speaking before Israel's cabinet gathered to vote on the new war plan,
1:48.7	Fox News Channel's Bill Hemmer asked Netanyahu.
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