On September 4, Kobi Michael, a senior researcher at the Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, and at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies, stated in an interview on IDF Radio: “An [Israeli] military administration is required at this time…The issue of a military administration is the third stage, after conquering territory, and clearing it [of enemy forces], and it is the last stage before phase four, which is fostering a [Gazan] governmental alternative on the conquered territory.”

Published in Jerusalem Strategy Tribune, September 25, 2024.