Won't allow Turkish, Qatari troops in Gaza: Netanyahu

Isreli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it clear that Turkish and Qatari forces would not set foot in Gaza, days after the White House announced that officials from the countries would sit on a key committee set to oversee the Strip’s postwar management. He also acknowledged that Israel and the US had a “certain argument” about the issue. In a speech on Monday in the Knesset(Parliament), the premier also claimed that the two countries, which are hostile to Israel, will not “have any authority or any influence” in the various bodies set up by US President Donald Trump’s administration to run postwar Gaza. In fact, the US decision to include senior representatives from both countries in the committee, called the Gaza Executive Board, means they will take part in supervising the enclave. Netanyahu was reportedly kept in the dark about the inclusion of Turkey and Qatar on the Gaza Executive Board.
Netanyahu, in his remarks, also promised that Hamas would be disarmed in Gaza, and threatened to strike back harshly at Iran if it attacks Israel. He claimed he had “nothing to hide” regarding his conduct surrounding the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack. And he took shots at Opposition Leader Yair Lapid.He also claimed that Hamas would be compelled to lay down its arms, a central piece of Gaza’s phase two. He stressed that occasional disagreements do not hurt ties with Trump, “our greatest friend in the White House.”