May 29 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israel Defense Forces to expand the proportion of Gaza territory it occupies to 70% as part of a "squeeze" on Hamas aimed at forcing its hand in negotiations to progress a U.S.-brokered peace deal. Netanyahu told reporters Thursday that Israeli forces had been gradually increasing the amount of territory they held from 50% to 60%, at present, but he had now directed them to seize a further 10% . "We are currently squeezing