Israel is planning a security envelope in the border area. The zone is intended to protect civilians from attacks by Hamas. They want to create “a new reality in Gaza”.
After the Gaza war, Israel wants to set up a buffer zone in the border area with the Gaza Strip. “Israel will need a security envelope,” Israeli government security adviser Mark Regev told reporters in Tel Aviv.
“There will no longer be a situation in which Hamas people are at the border, where they can cross and kill our civilians.” He did not give any further details about the planned security zone. However, it is assumed that this will come at the expense of the Gaza Strip.
Regev said Israel had no interest in reoccupying or permanently ruling the Gaza Strip. At the same time, he said Israel must maintain control over the security of the coastal strip after the war.
He reiterated the goal of ending Hamas’ rule in the Gaza Strip after 16 years and destroying the terrorist organization’s military capabilities. The aim is to “create a new reality in Gaza so that Israeli civilians no longer have to live in constant fear of Hamas, in fear that they will come across the border and slaughter their children.” Regev admitted that Hamas is far from defeated. “They are still firing rockets at Israel and still controlling large parts of the Gaza Strip.” Israel still has “a lot of work to do.”
