The Palestinian National Authority will not discuss the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip after the war, considering a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to be a higher priority. In this respect RIA News Mahmoud al-Habbash, Advisor to the President of Palestine, said:
»<…> “We do not want to dive into any discussions about the future of Gaza right now, the priority now is a ceasefire,” he said.
At the same time, Al-Habash said that the Palestinian Authority would reject any decision regarding the Gaza Strip without the West Bank and Jerusalem. According to him, the conflict can only be resolved with the establishment of a Palestinian state and the end of Israeli occupation.
Before that, Israeli President Isaac Herzog aforementioned In an interview with the Financial Times, he said that Israel cannot leave a vacuum in Gaza after the end of the acute phase of the conflict and therefore its troops will continue their presence in the strip. “Nobody wants to turn this Gaza Strip into a terrorist base again,” he said.
Previously US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sureHe said Israel had no plans to invade Gaza.