“Israel will bear overall responsibility for security in the Palestinian enclave for an indefinite period of time,” said the Israeli Prime Minister this Monday during a television interview with the American media ABC News.
Israel’s prime minister said on Monday that his country would have “overall responsibility for the security” of the Gaza Strip indefinitely after the end of the war with Hamas, again rejecting the possibility of a ceasefire.
When asked by ABC News who should govern after the war, Benjamin Netanyahu replied: “Those who do not want to continue the path of Hamas.”
“Israel will assume overall responsibility for security” in the Palestinian territory indefinitely, he added. “Because we’ve seen what happens when we don’t have them. If we do not have this responsibility for security, we will see the outbreak of Hamas terror on a scale that we cannot imagine,” he said.
During this television interview, Benjamin Netanyahu once again rejected the idea of a ceasefire in Gaza without the release of the hostages kidnapped by the Palestinian Islamist movement during its October 7 attack on Israel that sparked the conflict.
“I don’t think there will be a general ceasefire”
“Without the release of our hostages, there will be no ceasefire, no general ceasefire in Gaza,” he said.
“As far as (…) the small breaks – an hour here, an hour there – we already had them,” he added.
“I expect that we will consider the circumstances under which goods – humanitarian goods – can arrive or our hostages can leave. But I don’t think there will be a general ceasefire,” he said. -he repeats. “This would hinder our efforts to free our hostages, because the only thing that works with these criminals and with Hamas is the military pressure we apply,” he said.
Asked about his responsibility for the October 7th attack, Benjamin. Netanyahu replied: “Of course.” “There is no doubt about that and it must be resolved after the war,” he said, adding that his government had “clearly” failed in its obligation to protect its people.