The Safety Advisor USAJake Sullivan warned about that That wouldn’t be ‘right’ Israel occupy the Gaza Strip in the long term when the war ends Hamasthe Palestinian Islamist group that attacked Israel from Gaza on October 7.

“We do not believe it is meaningful or right for Israel to occupy Gaza […] in the long term,” Sullivan said at a news conference from Tel Aviv.

The Israeli government itself, Sullivan emphasized, “has indicated that had no intention of occupying Gaza in the long term, and that control of Gaza, the governance of Gaza and the security of Gaza should return to the Palestinians”.

However, Israel has assured that the war will last “more than several months” and that they must prevent Hamas or any other similar group from attacking its territory again.

Israel has promised it Hamas ‘destroy’, which has been in power in Gaza since 2007 and is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union and Israel. But the United States has urged it to reduce the intensity of attacks and protect civilians.

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More than 18,700 people have been killed in the Israeli offensive in the Gaza StripAccording to the Hamas Health Ministry, Washington has therefore expressed the need to transition the offensive to “low-intensity operations” in “the near future,” the White House said.

The timing of this transition is the subject of “intense discussions” between Israel and its US ally, Sullivan added.

The security adviser’s visit comes in a context of disagreements between Israel and the United States over the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip. (JO)