In wide-ranging interview, Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel has killed 9,000 Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, hints at possible resettlement of the northern Gaza Strip.By David Rosenberg, World Israel NewsPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to say directly whether he supports reestablishing Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip, saying in a television interview Tuesday that he prefers “actions” to declarations.During a wide-ranging interview on Channel 14’s “The Patriots,” Netanyahu was asked whether Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s recent claims that Israel has already drafted plans to establish three towns in northern Gaza were true.Netanyahu did not give a yes-or-no answer, instead stating that he prefers “action” over “talk.”“The big question is whether one should act or to talk,” Netanyahu said. “Sometimes you have to separate the two. Therefore, I will not say any more on the subject.”“The art of diplomatic navigation does not end with the domestic arena. We are a country challenged by an international community amid terrible waves of antisemitism. And we need to act wisely,” he added.“I think I bring a lot of proven experience in this field. And that means choosing precisely the places where you must stand up to the world. Where you can say yes to friends, say yes. Where you need to say no, stand up for your interests. I think we proved that now in Lebanon as well. I do not have to challenge the whole world at every time and at every moment.”Netanyahu has previously avoided fully endorsing a return to Gaza settlements, while insisting that Israel must maintain overriding security control after the war.When asked whether the mass migration plan for Gaza is still on the table, the Prime minister said that it is, but emphasized that it would be a matter of “voluntary migration.”Netanyahu said Israel had established security zones in Gaza and Lebanon and would continue acting to prevent future attacks. He said the country had moved away from what he described as a passive security doctrine and was now taking a more activist approach.The prime minister also said the October 7 attack changed his view of Israel’s security establishment. “I understood that we have a state with an army and not the opposite,” he said.On haredi enlistment, Netanyahu said a proposed law could bring tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men into the military over several years, but warned against forcing the issue through mass arrests of yeshiva students. “There will be no civil war here,” he said.Netanyahu touted Israel’s achievements in Lebanon, defending his government’s negotiations with Beirut.“We killed about 9,000 [Hezbollah] terrorists,” Netanyahu said. “We pushed them back from the border. They built ‘Pentagons’ under the ground in order to attack us, and we destroyed all of that.”The post Netanyahu drops hints on Gaza resettlement plans appeared first on World Israel News.