The New York Times responded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s threat to sue the publication, characterizing it as the latest such effort to go after independent media. In an interview on Fox News on Thursday,

The wave of condemnation from European leaders, Arab nations and a group representing the families of hostages illustrated a widening gulf between Netanyahu’s government and much of the world as Israel’s 22-month war against Hamas intensifies and the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip worsens.

International allies and families of hostages condemned Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to take control of Gaza City, with the British prime minister calling it “wrong.”