Buffer zone invasions ignite battle over Greater Israel

Israel has expanded the territory it controls by approximately 530 square miles since the Hamas attacks on Oct 7 2023, fuelling fresh debate about its rightful footprint and drawing biblical comparisons. Thirty months after Hamas massacred more than 1,200 people and kidnapped a further 251, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have pushed deep into Gaza and also captured land in two separate sovereign countries.