Senior Israeli lawmaker advocates for military action in Gaza

Hanoch Milwidsky, the deputy speaker of Israel's Knesset, said he "doesn't see any alternative to military action" in Gaza.

"I don't see any alternative to military action there," Milwidsky, a member of the right-wing Likud party, told Israeli media. "If we want to follow the Trump plan, we need to fully conquer Gaza."

Milwidsky said he was aware that lives of Israeli captives and soldiers would be at risk, but that is was "unfortunately a price that must be paid" to fully defeat Hamas.

"What's the alternative? Build fences again? Set up checkpoints again?" he asked.

Families of Israeli captives still held in Gaza, along with dozens of freed captives, have been advocating for the full implementation of the Gaza ceasefire deal and opposing a return to war.