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Live blog update| Israel's war on Gaza

Israel will maintain overall security control of Gaza for foreseeable future, Netanyahu said

Israel will maintain overriding security control of Gaza “for the foreseeable future”, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

He said Israel would work with “regional partners” to demilitarise Gaza, stopping well short of any talk about a wider settlement for the Israel-Palestine conflict.

He also doubled down on calls for a wider US-backed alliance between Israel and Arab states against Iran.