Katz: Israel to maintain security control in Gaza after war

(JNS) — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that the military will continue to maintain security control over the Gaza Strip after the war with Hamas concludes.

“In response to various reports, my position regarding Gaza is clear. After we defeat Hamas’s military and governing power in Gaza, Israel will maintain security control in Gaza with full freedom of action, just as in Judea and Samaria,” the minister wrote in a post to X.

“We will not allow any terrorist group to organize against Israeli communities and citizens from Gaza. We will not allow a return to the reality that...