Netanyahu Tells Fox News He ‘Intends to’ Take Full Control of Gaza to ‘Liberate’ Palestinians From Hamas

Alex Griffing Aug 7th, 2025, 11:34 am

Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer sat down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday and asked him if he plans to fully occupy Gaza.

Hemmer played clips from the interview during . In one such clip, he asked, “After this interview, you will go immediately into a meeting with your security cabinet. Will Israel take control of all of Gaza?”

“We intend to, in order to assure our security, remove Hamas there, enable the population to be free of Gaza and to pass it to civilian governance. That is not Hamas and not anyone advocating the destruction of Israel,” Netanyahu replied, adding:

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