The day-after plan for the Gaza Strip will include Israel maintaining overriding security responsibility, and the establishment of a civilian administration, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in the first of two press conferences on Sunday.
He did not elaborate on the role of the civilian administration or what Israel's security responsibilities would entail.
These press conferences come amid Israeli and international criticism of the Security Cabinet's decision to approve a widened operation in Gaza City.
Gaza will be demilitarized and a security zone will be established on Israel's border, the prime minister also said.
Netanyahu and his war cabinet have received criticism for not providing a day-after plan in Gaza for after the war.
The prime minister said that discussions are underway to develop "creative ways" to free the remaining hostages in Gaza while the military closes in on Hamas.
Netanyahu also stressed the importance of implementing a new education system in the Strip that does not radicalize its citizens to seek the destruction of Israel. The civilian administration would be one "that doesn't educate its children for terror, doesn't pay terrorists, and doesn't launch terror attacks against Israel."
Hamas still has thousands of armed terrorists in Gaza
Netanyahu justified the new IDF operation in Gaza City, citing Hamas's refusal to lay down its arms. "Israel has no choice but to complete the job and defeat Hamas," Netanyahu said.
The truth is that Hamas still has thousands of armed terrorists in Gaza and has vowed to repeat October 7, Netanyahu said.
Hamas has subjugated its citizens, and as a result, its residents have, according to the prime minister, begged Israel and the world to free them from Hamas's rule.
The new Gaza offensive aims to tackle two remaining Hamas strongholds, Netanyahu said, including Gaza City. He added that he expects the offensive to conclude "fairly quickly."
Netanyahu stressed that the government, contrary to "false claims" in the media, is working to prevent the humanitarian crisis in the war zone. "Israel has allowed in over 200 million tons of aid."
Israel has had the exact opposite of a starvation policy in Gaza, he emphasized. He blamed the UN's unwillingness to deliver humanitarian aid that is sitting on the Gaza side of the border for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Netanyahu slammed international media, blaming them for maligning the Jewish people and the Jewish state, similar to how the Jewish people were vilified in the Middle Ages and during the Holocaust.
He showed reporters a collection of photos of alleged starving children in Gaza, who he said all had pre-existing conditions that made it difficult for them to digest nutrients.
He highlighted a photo of captive Evyatar David, who, he said, was being deliberately starved by Hamas.
It is disappointing that the global media and a large portion of the world have bought Hamas's lies that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians, Netanyahu concluded.