VIDEO. War between Israel and Hamas: There must be no reoccupation of Gaza, Blinken demands

Following the meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Tokyo this Wednesday, November 8, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said this Wednesday, November 8, that Israel will not have to “reoccupy” the Gaza Strip, ending the ongoing conflict with Hamas. . Israel’s key ally, the United States, had already expressed its opposition to a possible reoccupation of Palestinian territory yesterday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country would take “full responsibility for security” in the Gaza Strip “for an indefinite period.” .

To achieve “lasting peace and security” in the region, the United States believes that it is necessary to prohibit “the forced displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip”, prevent “the use of this territory as a platform for terrorism,” while avoiding “re-occupation” of it. at the end of the current conflict, said the American Secretary of State. We must also ensure that in the future we avoid “any attempted blockade or siege of Gaza” and any “reduction” of its territory, Antony Blinken further listed.

After the war, it will also be necessary to “put the voices and aspirations of the Palestinian people at the center of Gaza’s governance” and see the territory “unified” with the West Bank under the control of the Palestinian Authority, the US Secretary of State added. It will also be necessary to create a “sustainable mechanism for the reconstruction of Gaza,” and it will be necessary to find “a way to allow Israelis and Palestinians to live side by side in their own spaces, under the same conditions of security, freedom, opportunity and dignity,” the head of US diplomacy stressed.