There is no need to renew settlements in Gaza, National Unity Party chairman Benny Gantz told Army Radio on Thursday.
He added that "important settlements need to happen in the West Bank, in the North and the South.”
On Tuesday, the party leader had voiced opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state, and added that anyone talking about such an idea is "disconnected from reality."
"Israel cannot allow a direct and significant threat to its citizens on any border," he elaborated, and insisted that the IDF must retain security control and operational freedom in Gaza, the West Bank, southern Lebanon, and along the Syrian frontier.
Gantz speaking on Israel's security and democratic values
Earlier this week, Gantz wrote on X/Twitter that any and all delays in deciding to form a probe into the events of the October 7 massacre threaten Israel’s security, which he said shortly after the government decided against launching a state commission of inquiry into the attacks.
Last month, he had called on Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara to examine the necessity of putting The Jerusalem Post's editor-in-chief, Zvika Klein, under house arrest, and called on her to “thoroughly examine the necessity of the house arrest of the Post’s editor.. The potential harm to freedom of the press, which is a fundamental value in democracy, must be taken into account in decision-making.”