Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thrown up more doubts about the future of the Gaza Strip, suggesting that the Palestinian Authority (PA) in its current form should not take charge of the coastal enclave.

At a news conference, Netanyahu aired his long-standing grievances over the PA’s school syllabus, which he says fuels hatred of Israel and its policy of giving salaries to families of Palestinians imprisoned in Israel.

“There will not be a civilian authority that teaches its children to … eliminate the state of Israel, there can’t be an authority that pays salaries to the families of murderers,” he said.

He added: “There can’t be an authority headed by someone who, more than 30 days after the (October 7) massacre, has still has not condemned [it].”