Israel-Hamas war: Netanyahu says no Gaza ceasefire until hostages are returned
File photo of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been facing growing calls for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, said on Sunday (Nov 5) that there would be no ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave until over 200 Israeli hostages were freed by Hamas."There will be no ceasefire without the return of the hostages. This should be completely removed from the lexicon," Prime Minister Netanyahu told crews at the Ramon Air Force base in southern Israel, the news agency Reuters reported.
"We say this to our friends and to our enemies. We will simply continue until we defeat them. We have no alternative," he added.
Since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7, Netanyahu has repeatedly denied a blanket ceasefire which his government saidwould allow Hamas to regroup and resupply.
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"We're continuing with all our force and Israel is refusing a temporary truce that doesn't include the release of our hostages," Netanyahu said on Friday (Nov 3).
Israel 'exposes' network of Hamas tunnels
Earlier on Sunday (Nov 5), the Israeli military said it exposed a networkofHamas tunnels, command centres and rocket launchers beneath and adjacent to hospitals in northern Gaza.
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"Hamas systematically exploits hospitals as part of its war machine," Israel's chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told reporters. Rear Admiral Hagari showed videos, photographs and audio recordings that he said demonstrated Hamas' strategy of using hospitals as cover and preventing civilians from leaving combat zones.
More than 800 rocketsfired from Gaza at Israel during the war fell short and landed inside the enclave, killing many Palestinians, he added.
For weeks, the Israeli government has focused attentionon Gaza's main hospital, al-Shifa, accusing Hamas of using it as a shield for underground operational centres.
And now, Hagari made a similarallegationfor two other hospitals in northern Gaza- theSheikh Hamad Hospital which is funded by Qatarand a hospital built by groups from Indonesia.
He said thatthe videos of the Qatari hospital showed an opening to Hamas tunnels and Hamas gunmen firing at Israeli soldiers from within the hospital. Meanwhile, a satellite image of the hospital built by Indonesian groups showed rocket launchers located across the street from the hospital.