Netanyahu says Israel not seeking to occupy Gaza
Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel does not seek to conquer, occupy or govern Gaza after its war against Hamas, but a “credible force” would be needed to enter the Palestinian territory if necessary to prevent the emergence of militant threats.
The Israeli prime minister suggested earlier this week that Israel would be responsible for Gaza security indefinitely, drawing pushback from the US, Israel’s main ally. Speaking on Fox News yesterday, Netanyahu said: “We don’t seek to conquer Gaza, we don’t seek to occupy Gaza, and we don’t seek to govern Gaza.”
Meanwhile, Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, has described Israel’s decision to allow four-hour pauses in fighting as “very cynical and cruel”.
“There has been continuous bombings, 6,000 bombs every week on the Gaza Strip, on this tiny piece of land where people are trapped and the destruction is massive. There won’t be any way back after what Israel is doing to the Gaza Strip,” Albanese told reporters in Adelaide, Australia.
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