“In our view, the Palestinians must be at the forefront of these decisions, and the Gaza Strip is and will remain Palestinian land,” State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters.
“In general, we do not support the reoccupation of the Gaza Strip,” he added.
In 2005, Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip, which it captured during the 1967 Six-Day War. He later imposed a blockade after Hamas fighters took control of the area.
V. Patel said that the United States agreed that “we cannot go back to October 6 status quo,” referring to the day before the massive Hamas attack.
“Israel and the region must be safe, and the Gaza Strip should no longer and cannot be a base from which terrorist attacks against the residents of Israel or other countries are planned,” V. Patel said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an interview with ABC News on Monday, said that Israel will have shared responsibility for security indefinitely.
Since October 7, when Hamas militants staged a cross-border attack in which, according to the Israeli authorities, 1.4 thousand people were killed in Israel. people, mostly civilians, and more than 240 hostages have been taken, the Israeli army has not let up its air, land and sea assault on the Gaza Strip.
The Hamas-run Ministry of Health reported on Monday that more than 10,000 people were killed in the Gaza Strip. people, including more than 4 thousand of children.
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