Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has no “choice” except to continue to fight in Gaza – National

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced again on Saturday that Israel No “no choice” except to continue to fight in Gas And he will not end the war before destroying Hamas, freeing the hostages and ensuring that the territory will not pose a threat to Israel.

The prime minister also repeated his vow to make sure Iran never receives a nuclear weapon.

Netanyahu is under increasing pressure at home not only from hostage families and their supporters, but also from reservist and retired Israeli soldiers who call into question the continuation of the war after Israel destroyed the cessation of the fire last month. In his statement, he claims that Hamas had rejected Israel’s last proposal to release half of the hostages for the continuous cessation of fire.

The prime minister spoke after the Israeli strikes killed more than 90 people in 48 hours, Gaza Health Ministry said on Saturday. Israeli troops are increasing their attacks to put pressure on Hamas to release the hostages and disarm.

The children and women were among the 15 people killed overnight, according to the hospital staff.

At least 11 people were killed in the southern town of Han Eunis, several of them in a tent in the Mouvas area, where hundreds of thousands of displaced people remain, hospital workers said. Israel has identified it as a humanitarian zone.

The mourners pressed and kissed the faces of the dead. A man caressed the child’s forehead with his finger before closing the body bags.

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“Omar is gone … I wish I was,” a brother called.

Four other people were killed at strikes in Rafa, including her mother and daughter, according to the European hospital where the bodies were taken.

Later on Saturday, Israeli air strike of a group of civilians west of Nusherat in Central Gaza killed one person, according to Al-Avda Hospital.

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The Israeli military said in a statement said he had killed over 40 fighters over the weekend. Separately, it is said that a soldier was killed on Saturday in North Gaza and confirmed that it was the first death of the soldier, as Israel resumed the war on March 18.

Israel vowed to increase the attacks in Gaza and occupy infinitely large “security areas” inside the small coastline of more than two million people. Hamas wants Israeli forces to withdraw from the territory.

Israel has also blocked the gas over the last six weeks, again banning the entry of food and other goods.

This week, help groups raised the alarm, saying that thousands of children have become malnourished and most people almost do not eat one meal a day as stocks are decreasing, according to the United Nations organization.

On Friday, the head of the World Health Organization at the Eastern Mediterranean Service Dr. Hanan Balki called on the new US ambassador to Israel, Mike Hakabi, to encourage the country to raise the gas blockade so that medicines and other help can enter.

“I would want him to come in and see the situation first -hand,” she said.

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The war began when the Hamas fighters led southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people, mainly civilians and abducting 251. Most of the hostages were released into termination agreements or other deals. Currently, Hamas owns 59 hostages, 24 of them are thought to be alive.

Israel’s offensive has since killed over 51,000 Palestinians, mainly women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and fighters.

The war has destroyed huge parts of gas and most of its food production opportunities. About 90 percent of the population has been displaced, with hundreds of thousands living in tents and bombed buildings.

Imprivacy is increasing on both sides, with rare public protests against Hamas in Gaza and continuing weekly rallies in Israel, pressing the government to reach a deal to bring all hostages to home.

– with files from the Associated Press’ Jamie Kihen

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