Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel plans to take military control of the entire Gaza Strip, though it does not intend to govern the territory in the long term.In an interview with Fox News' Bill Hemmer,

TEL AVIV/CAIRO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday Israel intends to take military control of all of Gaza, despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating almost two-year-old war in the Palestinian enclave.

Israel’s security cabinet is meeting to decide on a full reoccupation of Gaza, a move that would mark a major escalation of the conflict after nearly two years of war in the territory.