Israel will maintain military control over Gaza, Netanyahu says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel will maintain military control over Gaza and would bar the Palestinian Authority (PA) from governing the territory.

“Hamas will not be there. We’re not going to put the PA there - why replace one regime which is sworn to our destruction with another regime that is sworn to our destruction? We won’t do that,” he told a conference hosted by the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) in Jerusalem.

“Israel will in any case control the area militarily. We’re not going to succumb to any pressure not to do that,” he said.