Israeli soldiers are seen organizing military equipment in armored vehicles near the Gaza border in southern Israel on August 6. Before the security cabinet meeting, Benjamin Netanyahu stated he did not want to govern the region. Understanding Israel’s five principles for ending the war in Gaza, the Israeli security cabinet adopted five principles to end the conflict in Gaza, including ‘Israeli security control in the Gaza Strip’ and a new civilian administration to govern the enclave, as reported by the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday (8), local time. These are the five principles: The disarmament of Hamas, the return of all hostages – both the living and the deceased, the demilitarization of Gaza, Israeli security control in Gaza, and the establishment of a civilian administration that is neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority. ‘A decisive majority of the Security Cabinet ministers believed that the alternative plan submitted to the Security Cabinet would not achieve the defeat of Hamas or the return of the hostages,’ the cabinet stated. It was not clear which alternative plan the statement referred to or who presented it. Before the security cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel did not want to govern Gaza. ‘We want to hand it over to Arab forces that will govern it properly, without threatening us and giving the residents of Gaza a dignified life – this is not possible with Hamas,’ Netanyahu said. The cabinet also approved Netanyahu’s plan to occupy Gaza City, despite growing international concern over the humanitarian crisis in the devastated enclave and significant public opposition to the plan in Israel.
