JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if implemented, could trap without food or water hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling or unable to leave their homes.

The General’s Plan, proposed to Netanyahu and the Israeli parliament, aims to starve out Hamas militants and force them to surrender by cutting off essential supplies to the population in northern Gaza.

A year into the war with Hamas, Israel continues to strike what it says are terrorist targets in Gaza nearly every day. The military says it tries to avoid harming civilians and blames their deaths on Hamas and other armed groups because they operate in densely populated areas.