Israeli PM outlines disarmament of Hamas, hostage return, Gaza demilitarization, security control, and new civil administration as core objectives.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday set out five key conditions that he said would define Israel’s security and mark its victory in the Gaza Strip. Declaring that “these five principles will ensure Israel’s security” and that this is the true meaning of “victory,” he listed the disarmament of Hamas, the return of all hostages, the complete demilitarization of Gaza, the establishment of Israeli security control over the Strip including a defined security perimeter, and the creation of an alternative civil administration in the enclave that would be neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority.
Netanyahu emphasized that these are the objectives Israel is working toward and that “everyone should internalize this,” noting that his government formally approved the principles last week.
Benjamin Netanyahu, on 14.08.2025 :
“One week ago, I convened the Security Cabinet and we determined five principles for the conclusion of the war
- Hamas is to be disarmed.
- All hostages – the living and the deceased – are to be returned. We will not give up on a single one.
- The Strip is to be demilitarized. Not only must Hamas be disarmed, but it must be ensured that weapons will be neither produced in the Strip nor smuggled into the Strip.
- There will be Israeli security control in the Gaza Strip, including the security perimeter.
- There will be an alternative civil administration that is neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority – people who will neither educate their children for terrorism, nor finance terrorism, nor dispatch terrorism.
These five principles will ensure the security of Israel. This is the meaning of the word ‘victory’.”
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