OAN Staff James Myers
3:25 PM – Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly announced in a closed-door meeting that fighting in Gaza would continue despite the ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Jewish News Syndicate.
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“If there is an agreement, and I hope there will be, Israel will then return to fighting. The resumption of fighting is aimed at achieving the objectives of the war, so it is difficult to obfuscate or hide this. There is no reason to do so. This is not a deal breaker. It is an encouragement to people,” the news agency quoted the prime minister as saying.
Some negotiators have expressed concern about Netanyahu's stance as Hamas demands international guarantees in the later stages of the deal. The Islamist terrorist organization has also reiterated that it wants a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
Jerusalem's three war goals are to eradicate Hamas as a military and political organization and bring about all of October 7th.th Bring home the hostages and prevent Islamist groups in the Gaza Strip from becoming a security threat to Israel again in the near future.
Meanwhile, negotiations for the release of the 34 hostages remain stalled after the terrorist group refused to release 12 specific hostages, threatening to return only their “bodies” instead. Hamas has agreed to release the 22 hostages alive, but says it wants to replace the 12 living hostages with corpses. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the proposal, according to sources.
The agreement also included Israel providing Hamas with a list of 34 hostages to be transferred in the first phase. Additionally, 100 hostages remain in Gaza, including 64 hostages that Israel believes are alive.
December 20ththPrime Minister Netanyahu said in an interview. wall street journal“We're not going to agree to end the war before we eliminate Hamas. We're not going to leave them in power in Gaza, 30 miles from Tel Aviv. That's not going to happen. .”
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