Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Gaza Strip will be under Israeli military control after the conflict, Al Jazeera reports, citing the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.

“The strip will be under Israeli military control. After the war, a civilian administration will operate in Gaza and the Strip will be rehabilitated under the leadership of the Gulf states. We will not give in to international pressure,” Netanyahu told the broadcaster.

US President Joe Biden has repeatedly expressed the wish to see the Palestinian Authority (PA) reunify the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip and to avoid an Israeli occupation or a reduction in the Palestinian territories.

Netanyahu said his government did not rule out the possibility of a war against PA forces in the West Bank and was making contingency plans to respond to such an event.