Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that regardless of the outcome of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the country will maintain its strong control over the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The statement was published on: Youtube channel his office.
“In any case, with or without a permanent solution, Israel will retain full security control over all territory west of Jordan,” he stressed.
Among these regions, the politician identified Jordan’s West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and the Gaza Strip.
The situation in the Middle East escalated further on October 7, when thousands of armed Hamas supporters entered Israel from the Gaza Strip. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The aim of Israel’s intervention operation was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. November 5, as part of the ground operation of IDF forces surrounded We cut off Gaza city from its food source. 5 December IDF to start The third part of the ground operation took place in the Gaza Strip and surrounded the city of Khan Younis in the south of the strip.
Previously Netanyahu rejected International participation in the demilitarization of Gaza.