Netanyahu:"We will occupy Gaza, but we will not annex it. We will transfer it to another body, to Arab forces."

Israel “will not annex the Gaza Strip,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, specifying that the plan is to transfer the Strip to a “body” that will temporarily exercise control over it: “We want to create a security perimeter and we want to hand Gaza over to the Arab forces who will govern it properly.” “The main objectives of the war,” he added, “remain the complete destruction of Hamas and the return of all Israeli hostages.” “The war,” he also said, “could end quickly, even tomorrow, if Hamas were to lay down its weapons and release the hostages unconditionally.”