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Questions over Gaza's postwar future remain unanswered

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Palestinian rescuers look for survivors as others watch a digger remove concrete blocks after an Israeli strike on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 9, 2023. [AFP]

As Israel Defense Forces commanders claim that Hamas fighters have lost control of the north of the Gaza strip - and its troops enter the center of Gaza City - a central question remains unanswered: What will happen to the devastated Palestinian territory after the war between Israel and Hamas militants is over?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ABC News this week that Israel would maintain "security responsibility" for Gaza for an indefinite period, "because we've seen what happens when we don't have that security responsibility."

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