From Gantz says troops must remain on edges of Gaza Strip after war
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Israel must remain on the perimeter of the Gaza Strip “for the foreseeable future” for the country’s national security, Blue and White-National Unity chairman Benny Gantz told attendees at the Middle East–America Dialogue summit in Washington, DC, yesterday, his office says.
“The challenge Gaza poses will continue for the next decade. In the short term, no alternative regime will be able to assume governance and therefore Israel must remain in Gaza, on the perimeter, for the foreseeable future so that civilians can go to sleep safely in their homes. So that the children of Sderot and southern Israel can go to school safely,” said the former defense minister and IDF chief of staff.
Gantz also advocated for Israel continuing to hold the West Bank’s Jordan Valley, describing it as “our longest border.”
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