“I also want you to know that there is one thing we will not do: There will be no ceasefire without the return of the hostages,” Netanyahu pledged.
It’s exactly five weeks since the war between Hamas and Israel started, and it’s gradually coming to a very critical phase. Israel’s military has surrounded Gaza City by attacking Hamas from the air, land, and sea.
Despite international pressure, Israeli leaders are rejecting calls for a cease-fire or pause, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists a ceasefire will only be possible upon the release of Israelis who are held hostage by Hamas.
“I also want you to know that there is one thing we will not do: There will be no ceasefire without the return of the hostages,” Netanyahu pledged.
“This should be completely removed from the lexicon. We say this to our friends and to our enemies. We will simply continue until we defeat them.”
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog told CBS Face the Nation on Sunday that a potential humanitarian pause would only be considered with the release of hostages.
“When people talk about a pause in the fighting, we are all for a pause that would allow for the release of hostages,” Herzog said. “Unfortunately, it is not our impression that Hamas is serious about releasing them. They are playing for time. They are trying to stop our pressure, rearm and regroup themselves,” according to CBN News.
Meanwhile, Hamas has been accused of killing its own people, Palestinians, and using them as human shield. Daniel Hagari, the chief Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman, Rear Adm. on Sunday, provided further evidence that Hamas uses hospitals as cover for their war machine. The I.D.F. released a video showing a tunnel entrance connected to a Qatari hospital in Gaza.
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“Hamas is hiding behind hospitals,” Hagari asserted. “Hamas is sickly exploiting hospitals to disguise its war machine. Our war is with Hamas not with the civilians of Gaza. We will not accept Hamas’s cynical use of hospitals to hide their terror infrastructure.”
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