US President Joe Biden for the first time appealed to the international community to help ensure security in Gaza for the interim period after the war.

“The international community must commit resources to support the people of Gaza in the immediate aftermath of this crisis, including temporary security measures,” Biden wrote in an op-ed for the Washington Post.

While Biden predicts that a “renewed” Palestinian Authority will eventually return to governing the Gaza Strip, Washington has acknowledged that the PA is currently unable to do so, and in the meantime has sought to rally Arab allies to help manage Gaza’s security.

But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would bear overall responsibility for security in Gaza for an unspecified period of time and would not hand it over to “international forces.” He also all but rejected the return of Palestinian Authority to Gaza.

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi rejected Biden’s offer, telling the Manama Security Forum that “no Arab troops” would be stationed in Gaza after the war as ties between Amman and Jerusalem deteriorate, the Times of Israel reported. .

For his part, Biden writes in a commentary that the international community should “establish a reconstruction mechanism to sustainably meet the long-term needs of Gaza.”