Israel-Gaza Battle, One Step Away From Victory, No Ceasefire Till…: Netanyahu On Gaza Battle

Netanyahu accused Iran of being behind a number of assaults towards Israel “via its proxies”. (File)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday stated Israel was “one step away from victory” within the Gaza struggle and vowed there can be no truce till Hamas frees all hostages.

He was talking in a cupboard assembly marking six months of the struggle that broke out on October 7 after an unprecedented assault on Israel by Hamas militants.

“We’re one step away from victory,” Netanyahu stated. “However the value we paid is painful and heartbreaking.”

Talking as truce talks had been anticipated to renew in Cairo with worldwide mediators, he stated: “There shall be no ceasefire with out the return of hostages. It simply will not occur.”

He harassed that “Israel is prepared for a deal, Israel shouldn’t be able to give up”.

“As a substitute of worldwide stress being directed at Israel, which solely causes Hamas to harden its positions, the stress of the worldwide group ought to be directed towards Hamas. This can advance the discharge of the hostages.”

Israel has confronted a storm of worldwide outrage over the killing of seven support employees of the US-based meals charity World Central Kitchen in a Gaza air strike on April 1.

US President Joe Biden in a telephone name with Netanyahu on Thursday demanded an “fast ceasefire” and hinted at making US assist for Israel conditional on curbing the killing of civilians and bettering humanitarian circumstances.

Netanyahu in the meantime accused Iran of being behind a number of assaults towards Israel “via its proxies”.

“Anybody who hurts us or plans to harm us — we’ll harm him. We put this precept into observe, on a regular basis and in current days,” Netanyahu added.

Fears that the struggle in Gaza may unfold have intensified after Iran vowed to hit again for the killing of seven of its Revolutionary Guards in an air strike Monday on the consular annex of its embassy in Damascus.

Iran’s leaders have pledged retaliation, and the chief of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah motion, Hassan Nasrallah, has referred to as the consulate strike a “turning level”.

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