Israeli defense minister vows no full withdrawal from Gaza, occupied Syrian territories

Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday vowed that Tel Aviv will never fully withdraw from the Gaza Strip or occupied Syrian territories, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported, Anadolu reports. “We are located deep inside Gaza and we will never leave all of Gaza,” Katz told a press conference in the Beit El settlement near Ramallah in the central West Bank He also pledged to establish new military bases in northern Gaza, instead of the settlements that were evacuated after the Israeli withdrawal in 2005. “When the time comes, in northern Gaza … we will build Nahal units instead of the (Israeli) communities that were displaced,” he said, praising the incumbent Israeli cabinet as a “settlement” government. Nahal sites are […]