Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Wednesday evening that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would not rule the Gaza Strip during his term.

This came in a blog post by Netanyahu via his account on the “X” platform, commenting on what was reported by the “Sky News” network about Abbas’s willingness to hold the Palestinian Authority responsible for governing the Gaza Strip along with the West Bank.

Sky News reported from Palestinian sources that Abbas confirmed the Palestinian Authority's readiness to assume power in Gaza and the West Bank after the end of the war.

Netanyahu said: “As long as I am the prime minister of Israel, this will not happen (Abbas will not rule Gaza).”

He added: "Those who raise their children on terrorism, finance terrorism, and support the families of terrorists will not be able to rule Gaza after eliminating Hamas," as he put it.

As of 16:00 (UTG), there was no immediate comment from the Palestinian presidency regarding Netanyahu’s statements, but the Palestinian president repeatedly stressed that “there is no security or military solution for the Gaza Strip, which is an integral part of the Palestinian state, and cannot be accepted or dealt with.” Plans of the Israeli occupation authorities.

On Tuesday evening, Netanyahu said in a press conference: “The day after Hamas (the end of the war), Gaza must be demilitarized, and there is only one force that can be responsible for that, which is the Israeli army, and i will not be prepared for any other arrangement.”

On Monday, the official Israeli Broadcasting Authority said that Netanyahu informed the American administration that there would be no Palestinian authority in Gaza in the post-war period.

According to the same source, Netanyahu told representatives from the Likud Party, which he heads, in closed meetings this week that he “opposes any Palestinian Authority control over the Gaza Strip after the war,” and he informed the United States and conveyed messages to it that there will be no Palestinian Authority in Gaza after the war. the war".

The authority quoted Netanyahu as telling Likud representatives: “Not only will there not be a renewed Palestinian authority in Gaza after the war, but there will be no Palestinian authority in Gaza at all.”

Netanyahu's statements contradict the position of the United States, which has provided Israel with the strongest possible military and diplomatic support since the outbreak of the war, and which has repeatedly expressed that there must be a "Palestinian authority" after the war in the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Authority announced its readiness to return to the Gaza Strip within the framework of a comprehensive political plan, which includes unity between the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, and in the context of a political solution leading to the establishment of a Palestinian state.