Netanyahu says Israel intends to take control of Gaza in interview
In an interview with Fox News, Israeli PM says Israel wants to take control – but not govern – the Gaza Strip.
In an interview with Fox News, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel intends to take control of the entire Gaza Strip, but does not want to govern it.
His comments came on Thursday shortly before Israel’s cabinet meets to consider his proposal to take over the Strip.
“We intend to in order to ensure our security, remove Hamas there … and to pass it to civilian governance that is not Hamas and not anyone advocating the destruction of Israel,” he said.
Netanyahu said in the interview that Israel wants a security perimeter, and wants to hand Gaza over to Arab forces to govern the territory.
“We don’t want to keep it. We want to...
