Israel’s PM conditions ceasefire in gaza strip
Source: Daily Post
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has said fighting will continue in the Gaza Strip as long as their condition is not met.
On Monday November 6, 2023, Benjamin gave a condition on a U.S. broadcaster ABC:
“There will be no ceasefire, general ceasefire, in Gaza without the release of our hostages. As far as tactical little pauses, an hour here, an hour there, we have had them before. I suppose we will check the circumstances in order to enable goods, humanitarian goods to come in, or our hostages, individual hostages to leave but I don’t think there’s going to be a general ceasefire.”
The Prime Minister, it should be recalled had previously discussed about a temporal ceasefire with U.S President, Joe Biden. According to the White House, another issue discussed was the possibility of “tactical pauses” that will permit the civilian population leave war areas, provide humanitarian aid to victims in the Gaza Strip and to ensure the further release of hostages.
While noting that at least 240 people, including U.S citizens are still in Hamas (Islamist group) captivity, which rules the Gaza Strip, PM Benjamin Netanyahu said a general ceasefire will run counter to Israel’s war aims.
“It will hamper out effort to get our hostages out because the only thing that works on these criminals in Hamas is the military pressure that we are exerting.”
Health officials in Gaza disclosed that more than 10,000 Palestinians have already been killed in the Gaza Strip since the war started a month ago.
