Israeli minister threatens full control over Gaza

The Israeli minister of regional cooperation, Dudi Amsalem, has issued a stark warning, suggesting that Israel may seize control of the Gaza Strip if detainees held by Hamas there are not returned.

In an interview on Israeli media, he said "The [Israeli army] won't leave Gaza for another ten years. If our kidnapped people don't come, there's no way, there's no other reality at all."

During the interview he also added that "the fighting in Gaza will continue for many more years".