- Israeli Prime Minister Wants to Take Over Gaza City
- Promises To Carry Out Take Over While Distributing Humanitarian Assistance to Civillians
- Despite Intention to Take Over Strip, Netanyahu Says Israel Is Not Interested In Governing It.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed in a new plan to take control of Gaza City approved by his security cabinet, a statement read on Friday.
Eko Hot Blog reports that Netanyahu is faced with the challenging pressure to free the hostages held by Palestinian militants and help eradicate famine.
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The Israeli army according to multiple reports will prepare to take control of Gaza City while distributing humanitarian assistance to the civilian population outside combat zones, the office said.
Before the decision, Netanyahu said Israel planned to take full control of Gaza but did not intend to govern it.
Speaking to US network Fox News on Thursday, Netanyahu said that the military would seize complete control of the Gaza Strip, noting that Israel did not want to keep the territory, which it occupied in 1967 but withdrew troops and settlers from in 2005.
Netanyahu said Israel wanted a security perimeter and to hand the Palestinian territory to “Arab forces that will govern it properly without threatening us”.
“That’s not possible with Hamas,” he added.
His office on Friday said a majority of the security cabinet had adopted “five principles”, including demilitarisation of the territory and “the establishment of an alternative civil administration that is neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority”.
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The plan drew criticism from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who said it was “wrong” and “will only bring more bloodshed”.
“This action will do nothing to bring an end to this conflict or to help secure the release of the hostages,” said Starmer, who has threatened to recognise a Palestinian state.
