‘Israel cannot accept this’, says Netanyahu as he rejects Hamas’ demand to end Gaza war
Amid ongoing talks for a ‘pause’ and mounting demands for the release of hostages, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has shut down talks of ceasefire negotiations, citing an unwillingness to comply with Hamas’s conditions for ending the conflict in Gaza.
Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu on Sunday asserted that his country will not accept Hamas’s demands to end the Gaza war, reports said.
Netanyahu stated that his country “cannot accept” Hamas’s demands. “We are not prepared to accept a situation in which the Hamas brigades come out of their bunkers, take control of Gaza again, rebuild their military infrastructure, and return to threatening the citizens of Israel in the settlements surrounding the southern mountains, in all parts of the country,” he said.
Netanyahu’s remarks came during a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Jerusalem, where he decried international criticism and a rise in anti-Semitism surrounding Israel’s defensive actions in Gaza.
His statement came as negotiations resumed in Egypt to strike a deal for a pause in Israel’s Gaza offensive in return for the release of hostages taken by Hamas.
Netanyahu contended the proposed deal would keep Hamas in control of Gaza, and remain a threat to Israel, the BBC said.
Gaza’s deadliest conflict erupted after Hamas launched an assault on Israel, resulting in over 1,170 casualties, primarily civilians, on October 7.
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