His remarks, reported across Israeli media, come as a fragile US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds in Gaza. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

JERUSALEM: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday (Dec 23) that the military would never fully withdraw from the Gaza Strip for security reasons and that a civilian-military army ⁠unit would be established in the Palestinian enclave.According to a

JERUSALEM, Dec 23 - Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that the military would never fully withdraw from the Gaza Strip for security reasons and that a civilian-military army unit would be established in the Palestinian enclave. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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