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Report: Senior security official warns Trump’s Gaza plan will leave Hamas in control of life in Strip
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA senior security official has warned the government that US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan will leave Hamas with considerable influence over life in the Strip, with its bureaucrats allowed to stay in their positions, Channel 13 news reports.
Without naming the official, the network says they believe that even where the new international mechanisms will appoint senior officials, the rank-and-file workers operating under them will still be Hamas members.
The official reportedly predicts that the plan will cause the strategic situation with Gaza, within a number of years, to reach a similar state to the one that enabled the October 7, 2023, Hamas onslaught that started the war.
The Prime Minister’s Office doesn’t respond to the report.
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