Netanyahu Plans Security Control Over Gaza for ‘Indefinite’ Time

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he sees his country having security control over Gaza for an indefinite period, suggesting it will maintain that role even after fighting in the besieged territory ends.

“Israel for an indefinite period will have the overall security responsibility because we’ve seen what happens when we don’t have it,” Netanyahu said in excerpts of an interview with ABC News aired late Monday. “When we don’t have that security responsibility what we have is the eruption of Hamas terror on a scale that we couldn’t imagine.”