Netanyahu: We do not seek to rule the Gaza Strip

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Netanyahu: We do not seek to rule the Gaza Strip

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday during an interview with the American television network Fox News that he does not intend to "rule" or impose a new "occupation" in the Gaza Strip, while he assured that his country's army is is progressing "extremely well" in the fight against Hamas.

"I think the Israeli army is doing extremely well," Netanyahu said. "We do not seek to rule in Gaza. We do not seek to impose occupation, but to win, like us, a better future," he said, adding that a "reliable" force would be needed in the Palestinian enclave after the end of the war.

Earlier this week, the Israeli prime minister's statement that his country would take "overall responsibility for security" in the Palestinian enclave "indefinitely" prompted a sharp reaction from the US. A State Department spokesman said that "we do not support the imposition of new occupation" by Israel in the Gaza Strip.


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