Israel will take ‘overall security responsibility’ of Gaza for ‘indefinite period’ after war, Netanyahu says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the Jewish state will be responsible for the “overall security” of the Gaza Strip for an “indefinite period” after the country’s war against Hamas ends. 

Netanyahu, 74, hinted at his vision for the future of the Palestinian-controlled territory during an interview on ABC News’ “World News Tonight with David Muir,” where he explained that Gaza should only be led by “those who don’t want to continue the way of Hamas.”

“I think Israel will, for an indefinite period, will have the overall security responsibility because we’ve seen what happens when we don’t have it,” the prime minister said. “When we don’t have that security responsibility, what we have is the eruption of Hamas terror on a scale that we couldn’t imagine.”