As a result of an unexpected Hamas comeback in some Palestinian territory, pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s post-war Gaza’s governance, leading to new divisions among Israel’s leaders.
In addition to engaging Hezbollah in almost daily gunfire along Lebanon’s northern border, the Israeli army has been fighting Hamas throughout Gaza for more than seven months.
Netanyahu is also pressured by Washington to swiftly end the conflict and avoid being involved in a long counterinsurgency campaign.
Washington has previously called for a “revitalised” form of the Palestinian Authority to govern Gaza after the war.
But Netanyahu has rejected any role for the PA in post-war Gaza, saying Thursday that it “supports terror, educates terror, finances terror
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant personally attacked Netanyahu for not ruling out the possibility of an Israeli government in Gaza following the war.
A significant rift among leading politicians has been exposed by the Israeli premier’s blatant rejection of Palestinian leadership in Gaza after the war, and relations with the United States, a key ally, have been strained. Analysts claim that the ambiguity only helps Hamas, whose leader has maintained that the region cannot be governed by anyone else without its participation.
Analyst Mairav Zonszein of the International Crisis Group told AFP that Hamas would “continue to grow without an alternative to fill the vacuum.
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