Far right Israeli minister says he is in favour of Israelis living in Gaza after war

The far right Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich told Israel's Army Radio on Saturday that there will be an exodus of Palestinians "and we will live in the Gaza Strip".

"We will not allow a situation in which two million people live there. If there are 100,000 to 200,000 Arabs living in Gaza, the discussion about the day after will be completely different," he added.

"I'm for completely changing the reality in Gaza, having a conversation about settlements in the Gaza Strip… We'll need to rule there for a long time… If we want to be there militarily, we need to be there in a civilian fashion," he said.