Israel-Gaza war live: Netanyahu targets control of Gaza-Egypt border in ‘many months’ of war on Hamas

Prime minister says Philadelphi corridor buffer zone ‘must be shut’ and in Israel’s hands

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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to retake control of the Gaza Strip’s border with Egypt, expanding Israel’s mission to neutralise Hamas in a conflict it says it expects to last for months, Reuters reports.

Netanyahu said “the war is at its height” and the Philadelphi corridor buffer zone that runs along Gaza’s border with Egypt must be in Israeli hands. “It must be shut,” Netanyahu said. “It is clear that any other arrangement would not ensure the demilitarisation that we seek.”