TEL AVIV/CAIRO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday Israel intends to take military control of all of Gaza, despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating almost two-year-old war in the Palestinian enclave.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel plans to take military control of the entire Gaza Strip, though it does not intend to govern the territory in the long term.In an interview with Fox News' Bill Hemmer,

Netanyahu and Sing discussed expanding cooperation and further talked about security and economic issues, the Prime Minister's Office reported. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel “will not annex Gaza" during a meeting with India's foreign minister on Thursday.