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Israel's Netanyahu says wants to take control of all of Gaza

AL-Monitor
Aug 7, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a discussion at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a discussion at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo — Ronen Zvulun

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel intends to take military control of all of Gaza and will eventually hand it over to armed forces that will govern it properly.

"We intend to," Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News when asked if Israel would take control of the entire 26-mile strip. "We don't want to keep it. We want to have a security perimeter. We don't want to govern it. We don't want to be there as a governing body."

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Brendan O'Brien)