Middle East - Israel confirms reports of planned Gaza buffer zone
Israel wants to establish a buffer zone in the border area with the Gaza Strip after the Gaza war. "Israel will need a security envelope," the Israeli government's security advisor Mark Regev told journalists in Tel Aviv.
"There will no longer be a situation where Hamas people are on the border that they can cross and kill our civilians." He did not give more specific details about the planned security zone. However, it is assumed that it will be at the expense of the Gaza Strip.
Regev declared that Israel had no interest in reoccupying or permanently dominating the Gaza Strip. At the same time, he said that Israel must maintain control over the security of the coastal strip after the war.
He reaffirmed the goal of ending Hamas' rule in the Gaza Strip after 16 years and destroying the terrorist organization's military capabilities. The aim was to "create a new reality in Gaza so that Israeli civilians no longer have to live in constant fear of Hamas, in fear that they will cross the border and slaughter their children". Regev admitted that Hamas was far from being defeated. "They are still firing rockets at Israel and still control large parts of the Gaza Strip." Israel still has "a lot of work to do".
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Source: www.stern.de
