Four months after the beginning of the Gaza war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally presented his security cabinet with a post-war plan for Gaza.
Netanyahu had come under intense criticism, especially from American President Biden, for his lack of a plan so far. Israelis were warning as well that their country needed a roadmap beyond what Netanyahu refers to as Israel’s ‘absolute victory’ over Hamas, which 55 per cent of Israelis think isn’t likely. It now seems that Netanyahu has succumbed to domestic and international pressure.
The plan is divided into short-term, medium-term and long-term actions and objectives. In the short-term, Israel will pursue ending Hamas’s rule over Gaza and aim to reduce the organisation’s military capabilities in order to restore Israel’s security.
In the medium-term, Israeli security forces will remain in a buffer zone within the Gaza Strip.
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