“There will be no ceasefire without the return of the hostages”, says Benjamin Netanyahu after 6 months of war in Gaza

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahureiterated this Sunday, after six months of war in Gaza stripthat there will be no truce agreement if the 133 hostages still in the hands of Hamas do not return home, and added that Israel will not give in to the “extreme demands” of the Islamists.

“I made (something) clear to the international community: There will be no ceasefire without the return of the kidnapped people. “That’s just not going to happen,” he said. Netanyahu today in a speech before the meeting with his cabinet, and He recalled that the Administration of US President Joe Biden shares the same opinion.

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He added that Israel does not oppose an agreement truce and blamed Hamas of “extreme demands” aimed at ending the war “to ensure their survival, their rehabilitation, (and) their ability to endanger” Israeli citizens and soldiers.

“Giving in to Hamas’ demands will allow it to try to repeat the crimes of October 7th over and over again, as it has promised to do.”he said, he called for international pressure against Hamas and not Israel.

This same night there is a huge anti-government demonstration called Jerusalemin which not only activists will participate, but also some relatives of the captives, who blame Netanyahu of being more concerned with his political survival than with the return of his people home.

“Citizens of Israel, there is no war more just than this and we are determined to end it in total victory.”, Netanyahu said: in addition to listing the three objectives that he has repeated since October: returning those kidnapped, eliminating Hamas throughout the Gaza Strip, “including Rafa”, and ensure that Link “He no longer poses a threat.”

According to Netanyahu, Israeli troops eliminated “19 of the 24 Hamas battalions, including senior commanders”.in addition to capturing militiamen and “purging” the Al-Shifa Hospital, the most important in the Gaza Strip and now completely inoperative after two weeks of Israeli siege and destruction.

“We destroyed rocket factories, weapons, ammunition and we continued to systematically destroy the underground (in reference to the Hamas tunnels). We are one step away from victory. But the price that is being charged to us is painful and painful,” he said, summing up these six months.

In Linkaccording to the latest data from the Gaza Ministry of Health of the Government of Hamas, 33,175 people died, two-thirds women and children. Additionally, nearly 75,890 people were injured and around 7,000 bodies remain under tons of rubble.

Call for Israeli national unity

Netanyahu also blamed Iran for the attack carried out by Hamas on October 7which left 1,200 dead on Israeli soil and triggered the war, and called on its citizens to unite “in the need to continue fighting until complete victory” in Gaza.

“This war has revealed to the world what Israel has always known: Will He is the one behind the attack against us through his representatives. And these are a lot of attacks. Since October 7th, we have been attacked on many fronts by Iranian affiliates: Hamas (in Gaza), Hezbollah (on the northern border), the Houthis (from Yemen), militias in Iraq and Syriaand also other attacks”, he listed.

And he warned that Israel “is prepared – in defense and attack – for any attempt” that seeks to harm it from anywhere. However, he recalled that this requires national “unity”; in a clear allusion to members of the War Cabinet, such as Benny Gantz, or opposition leaders, such as Yair Lapid, who call for early elections.

“Precisely at this moment, an extreme and violent minority is trying to drag the country into division. There is nothing our enemies want more. “They want internal division and gratuitous hatred to stop us just short of victory,” said Netanyahu, who opposes the elections while the offensive in Link.

“The absolute majority of the people are united in the need to continue fighting until victory”, he added, despite the fact that for a week there have been massive demonstrations demanding, among other demands such as the return of captives, the end of their government.

Source: Elcomercio

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