Israel will establish settlement outposts in Gaza, defence minister says Israeli defense minister Israel Katz on Tuesday said that Israel will establish settlement outposts in the northern Gaza Strip, which he described as "Nahal nuclei". "When the time is right," Katz said, "Israel will establish Garinei Nahal in northern Gaza," referring to a military program in which groups of young Israelis enlist together and later form civilian communities. "We are deep inside Gaza and we will never leave all of Gaza - there will be no such thing. We are here to protect and prevent what happened," the defence minister said. He added that the Israeli army is also "inside Lebanon, inside Syria, at the peak of Mount Hermon in the security zone and inside the terrorist camps in the West Bank". "The IDF is and will be cutting off between jihadist enemies and our communities and residents. We don't trust anyone, and no one will come and tell us - there will be no agreement, we won't move a millimetre in Syria," he said.