Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Monday that no Turkish or Qatari soldiers would be present in Gaza, stating that Israel has a “certain dispute” with the United States over the issue. Netanyahu made the remarks during a heated 40-signature debate in the Knesset plenum and following US President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of the formation of the Gaza Board of Peace, which includes Turkish and Qatari representation. “Turkish or Qatari soldiers will not be in the Strip,” the prime minister asserted.
“We have a certain dispute with our friends in the United States regarding the composition of the advisory council that will accompany the processes in Gaza,” he told the plenum Netanyahu said Israel was approaching “Phase B” of the Trump plan, though Israel is still awaiting the return of slain hostage Ran Gvili’s remains, as stipulated in the first stage of the agreement. “Phase B means one simple thing: Hamas will be disarmed, and Gaza will be demilitarized,” he said. “We are committed to these goals, and they will be achieved, either the hard way or the easy way,” the prime minister added.
Netanyahu also warned Tehran against attacking Israel. “If Iran makes a mistake and attacks us, we will respond with a force it has never known,” he said. Opposition leader Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) sharply criticized Netanyahu following his remarks, accusing him of being sidelined by Trump. “President Trump announced, over your head, the composition of the governing committee of Gaza,” Lapid said. “The hosts of Hamas in Istanbul and Doha, Hamas’s ideological partners, were invited to run Gaza.” He also criticized the formation of a technocrats’ committee tasked with managing daily life in Gaza. (Read More)
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