Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US President Joe Biden and said that the current four-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip could be extended. The newspaper reports this Israeli times.
“The Prime Minister indicates that the current four-day ceasefire may be extended to allow the release of more hostages: 10 more hostages for each day,” the release said.
As noted, the Israeli Cabinet chief told the American leader that after the current ceasefire agreement expires, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will continue at full strength to achieve its goal of destroying the Palestinian Hamas movement.
Prior to this, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an official visit to the Gaza Strip statedHe said that the Israeli army’s operation will continue until complete victory against Hamas. According to him, nothing can stop the IDF.
The situation in the Middle East escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, when Hamas announced the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The aim of Israel’s response to Operation Iron Sword was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be sent through the Rafah checkpoint only after October 20, and it was stated that their volume was insufficient.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. It is not known exactly when the operation started, but before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region. As part of the Israeli army’s ground operation on 5 November surrounded We cut off Gaza city from its food source.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu promised to destroy It is Hamas.