Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has reiterated that Israel will not allow Gaza’s reconstruction before militant groups in the enclave disarm.

He also said that Israel would maintain security control over the war-torn enclave, while speaking in a rare news conference to the Israeli media after the return of the final slain hostage, Ran Gvili. Mr Netanyahu also claimed credit for the return of all the hostages and outlined the country’s priorities as Gaza moves to phase two of the ceasefire.

“Now we are focusing on completing the two remaining missions: dis

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