Netanyahu says Israel will block Palestinian state

Netanyahu said he had been blocking Palestinian statehood "for decades."

Last Updated: November 17, 2025, 2:00 AM EST

There are now three remaining deceased hostages in Gaza, following Thursday's return of the body of Meni Goddard. Israeli authorities have been releasing the bodies of Palestinians in exchange for the return of hostage remains.

The ceasefire is broadly holding in Gaza. Elsewhere, Israel is continuing strikes on what it says are Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces is also continuing raids in parts of the occupied West Bank.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, last week that the war "has not ended," warning that "those who seek to do us harm are re-arming."

Netanyahu and other officials, meanwhile, have reiterated their intention to block future Palestinian statehood ahead of a planned United Nations Security Council vote on the U.S. plan for post-war Gaza.

Key Headlines

Nov 16, 2025, 6:29 AM EST
Netanyahu says Israel will block Palestinian state, won't hear 'lectures'
Nov 13, 2025, 4:45 PM EST
Body returned to Israel identified as hostage Meni Goddard
Nov 13, 2025, 4:13 PM EST
West Bank mosque torched by Israeli settlers

Here's how the news is developing.

Nov 10, 2025, 1:22 PM EST

Netanyahu says war 'has not ended'

The war "has not ended," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday in an address to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament.

"Those who seek to do us harm are re-arming," he said. "They did not give up their aim of destroying us."

Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, November 2, 2025.
Mahmoud Issa/Reuters

Netanyahu said Hamas "will be disarmed" and "Gaza will be demilitarized."

"It will either happen the easy way, or it will happen the hard way," he continued. "But it will happen."

-ABC News’ Jordana Miller

Nov 10, 2025, 11:36 AM EST

More Israeli strikes in Lebanon

Israeli forces are striking Lebanon again after multiple strikes last week.

The Israel Defense Forces said it has killed at least three "Hezbollah terrorists.”

Last week's strikes were condemned by the Lebanese government and army. The Israelis claim they are stopping Hezbollah from re-arming.

-ABC News' Will Gretsky

Nov 10, 2025, 7:45 AM EST

Kushner meets with Netanyahu in Jerusalem

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his office in Jerusalem on Monday.

Netanyahu's office shared a photo of the meeting on X, and issued a statement in which it said Gaza ceasefire talks and the status of the remaining deceased hostages were among the topics to be discussed.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

Nov 10, 2025, 7:18 AM EST

IDF says it killed 2 people who crossed south Gaza 'Yellow Line'

The Israel Defense Forces said in a Monday statement that its warplanes killed two people "who crossed the Yellow Line and approached IDF forces operating in the southern Gaza Strip, posing an immediate threat to them."