"Israel will continue its operation with increasing force, until Hamas releases the hostages," Katz said. "We are keeping to the proposal by US Special Envoy Witkoff to release all of the hostages, living and no longer alive, ahead of time and in two groups with a ceasefire in the process - without endangering Israel's security interests."
He warned, "If the Hamas terror group refuses to release the hostages, I have instructed the IDF to take over additional areas, while evacuating the civilian population, and expand the security areas around Gaza for the purpose of protecting the Israeli towns and the IDF soldiers, by a permanent Israeli hold on the land." "As long as Hamas remains steadfast in its refusal, it will lose more and more land, which will be added to Israel," he stressed. (Read More)
