Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Monday, arguing that it would be “a surrender to Hamas.”
“Calls for a ceasefire are calls for Israel to surrender to Hamas. This will not happen,” Netanyahu said at a press conference in Tel Aviv, urging the international community to join his country in demanding the “immediate” release. and unconditional” of the held hostages. by Hamas in the Palestinian enclave.
The Islamist group Hamas launched a surprise attack in southern Israel on October 7 with the launch of thousands of rockets and the incursion of armed militiamen, taking more than two hundred hostages.
In response, Israel declared war on Hamas, a movement that has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007 and is classified as terrorist by the European Union and the United States, bombing several of the group’s infrastructure in the Gaza Strip and imposing a total siege. to the territory with a cut in the supply of water, fuel and electricity.
The conflict has already caused thousands of deaths and injuries, between soldiers and civilians, in both territories.
Source: TSF
