U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča called reports that Israel intends to pursue a full-scale takeover of Gaza “deeply alarming” at a U.N. Security Council meeting Tuesday, warning that doing so “would risk catastrophic consequences.”

Israel’s security cabinet is set to decide on a full reoccupation of Gaza, a move that would mark a major escalation of the conflict in after nearly two years of war in the territory.

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,