Netanyahu plans to have 'full security control' after occupying Gaza
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According to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, "Israel" plans on creating a security control in Gaza after they rid it of Hamas.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes a cabinet meeting in occupied Al-Quds on February 23, 2023. (AP)
According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, "Israel" plans on creating security control in Gaza after they "eradicate Hamas."
Israeli channel 12 quoted Netanyahu during a meeting with southern Israeli municipalities as saying "'Israel's' security control will be established in the Gaza Strip, including total demilitarization, so as to guarantee the absence of threat from Gaza."
Netanyahu added that they don't trust any "external force" to do so.
According to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday, "Israel" and allies should begin to set the conditions of "durable peace" in Gaza.
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is yet to offer a precise plan for Gaza in the event of successfully "eradicating Hamas," Blinken believes diplomatic efforts to find "lasting peace" are overdue.
Netanyahu has been adamant about refusing a ceasefire unless captives held by the Palestinian Resistance are released.
An anonymous US official told The Washington Post that Netanyahu's mention of "Israel" possibly being responsible for Gaza's "security" worried the Biden administration, who believes "Israel" needs to take a completely different direction than an indefinite occupation in Gaza.
After his meeting with European, Canadian, and Japanese foreign ministers, Blinken told reporters that it was crucial to “begin setting the conditions for durable peace and security and to frame our diplomatic efforts now with that in mind."
Blinken explained that the US believes that crucial conditions include "no forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza. Not now, not after the war,” adding that in addition, Gaza should not be reoccupied or blockaded and besieged.
US pressured "Israel" to implement pauses in Gaza: Axios
Under pressure from the United States, "Israel" agreed to implement "tactical localized humanitarian pauses" in its war on the Gaza Strip within northern Gaza neighborhoods for four hours each day, as disclosed by Israeli and US officials on Thursday.
The decision marks a change in Israeli policy, as it had previously resisted the Biden administration's efforts to implement pauses in the Israeli war on Gaza for humanitarian reasons, according to Axios. Initially, Israeli officials perceived these pauses as a potential route to a ceasefire, which the Israeli public was not inclined toward.
When John Kirby, the spokesperson for the US National Security Council, revealed the Israeli decision earlier on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office released a statement downplaying the development, framing it as "something not novel". According to Axios, this demonstrates the political sensitivities that Netanyahu is facing within his coalition and the Israeli public.
