would have overall security responsibility in gaza for an indefinite period , once the war ends. washington says it opposes what it calls a reoccupation of gaza by israel, and that the territory must remain palestinian land. here s what both parties had to say on the matter. we see what happens when we don t have that security, what we see is a eruption of hamas on a scale that we haven t seen before. the president maintains his position, that a re occupation by israeli forces is not the right thing to do. we ll let them speak to their intentions but we are definitely having conversations about what the post conflict environment ought to look like, and what governance in gaza will look like. one thing there is absolutely no daylight on is hamas cannot be part of that equation. in gaza itself, the israeli defence minister says his troops have now battled their way into gaza city, thought to be the stronghold of hamas designated by several western countries as a terrorist