“Take control” but “not govern”

Gaza – Israel « l’intention » to take control of the Gaza Strip but “Not to govern it”said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, August 7, August 7, shortly before a meeting of his security firm to decide the follow -up of the war in Palestinian territory.

“We intend to”replied on the Fox News channel the Prime Minister, to the question of whether his country intended to take control of the entire Gaza.

More “We don’t want to keep” Gaza, “We want to set up a security perimeter, but do not want to govern it”he added.

This interview was broadcast shortly before a meeting of the security firm in Jerusalem, which started around 5 p.m. (Paris time), according to the media, and must decide on the follow -up of war, launched on October 7, 2023 by the bloody attack of Hamas in Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip.

“Conquer the entire Gaza Strip”

The Israeli press has been announcing a plan for several days “To conquer the entire Gaza Strip, including the city of Gaza and the refugee camps” Located in the center of the territory, an operation of several months which will require a massive mobilization of reservists.

While the press also echoed the reserves of the chief of staff, even his opposition to this alleged plan, the interested party for the first time expressed publicly on Thursday: “We will continue to express our position without fear, pragmatic, independent and professional”commented Lieutenant-General Eyal Zamir.

And warn: “We will no longer limit our answer. We will eliminate threats to their early stage in all areas and continue to work to achieve our goals ”.

“Completely overcoming the enemy to Gaza”

Tuesday, Netanyahu reaffirmed the war objectives set for the army: “Completely overcoming the enemy to Gaza, freeing all our hostages and ensuring that Gaza will no longer constitute a threat to Israel”.

Between one “Short -term military control of the entire band, a long -term military domination and a possible return of the Jewish colonies”, “Complete occupation” Desired by Netanyahu is not at all clear, analyzes the Times of Israel.

The Israeli opinion is always alarmed by the fate of the 49 hostages still retained in Gaza, including 27 declared dead by the army. The broadcast by Hamas and Islamic jihad of propaganda videos showing two of them, very weakened and weight loss, aroused anger and emotion in Israel, but also abroad.

“The plans of Netanyahu to intensify” Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip “Confirm without the shadow of a doubt her desire to get rid of hostages and sacrifice them in the pursuit of his personal interests and his extremist ideological agenda”said this Thursday evening Hamas, which still has 49 hostages, 27 of which have been presumed dead since its attack on October 7, 2023.