Netanyahu rejects possibility of handing control over Gaza to Abbas administration

 The Palestinian Authority headed by Mahmoud Abbas is incapable of taking on the Gaza Strip after the Israeli military operation there, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
"I do not think the current Palestinian Authority can take on responsibility for the Gaza Strip," he told a press conference.

Netanyahu added that he believes it is impossible to hand the Gaza Strip over to Abbas after the Israeli army fought for the enclave. He added that Abbas had not yet condemned the attack on Israel committed by Hamas’ armed wing on October 7.