Netanyahu stressed in the interview that Israel must maintain "overall military responsibility" in Gaza "for the foreseeable future."
"Once we defeat Hamas, we have to make sure that there's no new Hamas, no resurgence of terrorism, and right now the only force that is able to secure that is Israel," Netanyahu explained.
He added "there has to be a civilian government there," but declined to say who he thought it would be.
"I think I know who it can't be — it can't be people committed to funding terrorism and inculcating terrorism," Netanyahu stated.
The Prime Minister compared the situation in Gaza to the Allies' occupation of Germany and Japan after World War II, after their surrender, for administrative and rehabilitative purposes. READ MORE