Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday night that Hamas in the Gaza Strip has “already felt our strength” since the Israel Defense Forces returned to fighting, warning that future ceasefire negotiations with the terror group “will only take place under fire.”
“Going forward, Israel will act against Hamas with increasing intensity. And I want to assure you: This is just the beginning,” he vowed in a primetime address from the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv. The prime minister noted that “for many weeks, we worked tirelessly to achieve one goal: to exhaust efforts to return our hostages. We extended the ceasefire [in Gaza] for weeks, despite not receiving any hostages.”
He continued, saying “we sent delegations to Doha. We sent delegations to Cairo. We brought up proposals together with the mediators. We accepted the proposal of the American envoy, [Steve] Witkoff.” However, Hamas “repeatedly rejected every offer,” he said. “We will continue to fight to achieve all the goals of this war—releasing all our hostages, eliminating Hamas and ensuring that the Gaza Strip will no longer be a threat to Israel,” Netanyahu promised. (Read More)
