Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday made it clear that only Israel will decide how to deal with the security situation, and which forces it considers “unacceptable”. In a cabinet briefing, Netanyahu said that Israel is a “sovereign state”, and it would decide its security policy on its own. The remark came on the backdrop of references that key decisions about the future of the Gaza Strip are being made in Washington .

“We control our own security and we have made clear to international forces that Israel will decide which forces are unacceptable to us — and that is how we act and will continue to act,” Netanyahu said at the cabinet meeting.

“This is, of course, accepted by the United States, as its most senior representatives expressed in recent days,” he added, in a c

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