WATCH: Netanyahu visits IDF Gaza outpost, pledges to continue Hamas disarmament effort

SEPTEMBER 2, 2026 16:11Updated: SEPTEMBER 2, 2026 16:50Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to continue efforts to disarm Hamas during a visit to a military outpost in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday alongside IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen Eyal Zamir."We control the area, and we remain on this line," Netanyahu said, referring to the Yellow Line. "We are doing everything to reach our goal – the disarmament of Hamas and the demilitarization of Gaza."Also in Netanyahu's company were IDF Southern Command chief Maj.-Gen. Yaniv Asor and 7th Armored Brigade commander Col. Elad Zuri, with the prime minister referring to them and the accompanying soldiers as "heroic.""We control 60% of the Strip, and there is more to come because we are eliminating the terrorists who threaten us," he said. "We are doing that day in and day out."He added that the IDF recently captured the head of Hamas's "Shin Bet," saying that Israel will "surely learn a few things" from him.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits an IDF outpost in the Gaza Strip on September 2, 2026. (credit: AMOS BEN GERSHOM/GPO)Hamas's internal security chief was captured in a joint operation by the IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), according to a joint statement on Tuesday.The operation was emphasized as the first high-level capture operation deep in the Gaza Strip in a long time, with The Jerusalem Post learning that anti-Hamas Gaza gangs were deeply involved in the operation.Netanyahu: Goal of eliminating Gaza threat largely achievedNetanyahu stressed that the Gaza Strip will "no longer pose a threat to Israel," noting that the goal has "been achieved to a large extent.""There is more work to complete - and we will complete it," he added.Yonah Jeremy Bob, Dana Ben-Shimon, Avi Ashkenazi, and Amichai Stein contributed to this report.Follow us on Google