Hamas leader Osama Hamdan said on Sunday that “Gaza will only be governed by its people, and there will be no political or security authority there except the Palestinians.”

Hamdan added in a press conference held in Beirut that the decision of the Arab Islamic Summit to break the siege and impose the entry of aid into the besieged sector “is moving in the right direction, and we are awaiting its implementation,” according to what was reported by the Arab World News Agency.

The Arab-Islamic Summit, which was held on Saturday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, decided to break the siege imposed on Gaza and “impose” the immediate entry of humanitarian aid, including fuel, into the Strip. It condemned any attempts to displace Palestinians from north to south Gaza or outside the Strip, the West Bank and Jerusalem. It also called on the Security Council to take a binding decision to stop the Israeli attack on Gaza.

Israeli media quoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying, on Friday, that the army will remain in control of the Gaza Strip after the war, which may surprise the international community after it confirmed hours ago that Israel does not want to rule or “occupy” the Strip.

Netanyahu said in a meeting with the mayors of the towns adjacent to the Gaza Strip: “The army forces will remain in control of the Gaza Strip, and we will not hand it over to international forces,” according to the Arab World News Agency. He added: “There will be Israeli security control over the Gaza Strip, including This is complete disarmament, to ensure that there is no threat from Gaza to the citizens of Israel.”

This came after Netanyahu told the American Fox News network on Friday that Israel does not want to reoccupy or rule the Gaza Strip. He told the network: “We do not want to seek to rule Gaza, nor do we want to seek occupation, but we seek to give it and us a better future in the entire Middle East. This requires defeating Hamas.”