Israel will never withdraw all its troops from the Gaza Strip, Defense Minister Israel Katz said during a conference arranged by a pro-settler newspaper on Thursday, vowing to create a broad security zone around the Palestinian enclave and allow settlement building in the territory's north.
"In Gaza, Israel will never fully withdraw. There will be a significant security area inside the Gaza Strip," Katz said.
This would remain the case, even in the event of a transition to the second phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan and disarmament by Palestinian resistance group Hamas, he added.
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