Israel won’t conform to ceasefire as it could be a ‘give up to Hamas and terrorism’, PM Netanyahu says

Israel won’t conform to a ceasefire as it could be equal to surrendering to Hamas and terrorism, Benjamin Nethanyu has stated.

The Israeli prime minister has been giving a news convention because the nation’s troops push deeper into Gaza, with Israel’s chief army spokesperson warning the army operations within the territory will “escalate”.

He condemned the “barbarians” of Hamas for making an attempt to destroy the “promise” of Israel’s future.

He urged the world to not “surrender to tyranny and terror”.

“Israel did not start this war. Israel did not want this war. But Israel will win this war,” Mr Netanyahu stated.

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Hamas “raped women” and “beheaded men” throughout their assault on 7 October, he added. He described their actions because the “most horrific crimes imaginable”.

“Israel is fighting the enemies of civilisation itself,” he stated.

In a plea for sympathy from the worldwide neighborhood, the Israeli chief stated a distinction should be drawn between Hamas’s “deliberate targeting” of civilians and the “unintentional” casualties of Israel’s strikes in response.

“Hamas is doing everything to keep Palestinian civilians in harm’s way,” he added.

He stated Israel was “going out of our way” to not kill civilians in its assaults on Gaza.

Mr Netanyahu earlier stated that “even the most just wars have unintended civilian casualties”.

“I hope and pray that civilised nations will back this fight,” he added.

Tank ‘fires at automotive’ in Gaza

Meanwhile, Palestinian sources in Gaza have advised Sky News that Israeli tanks are at Netzarim junction on the Salah Al Din street, the primary freeway which spans the complete size of the territory.

Gaza journalist Samy Zyara added that Gaza is now break up in two with individuals unable to journey between the north and south on the route.

Another Gaza journalist has shared a video with Sky News which reveals a tank open hearth on a automotive on the Netzarim junction which is the north of the territory.

Yousaf Al Saifi stated: “I saw the family in the car. They struck [the car] with a shell and they died. We saw it with our own eyes.”

It comes as Israel continues to pound Gaza, with residents on Monday reporting dozens of air strikes within the east of the territory.

The assaults are a part of the response to a shock incursion by Hamas militants who crossed over the border into Israel on 7 October – with the preliminary assault and subsequent rocket hearth leaving greater than 1,400 individuals useless in Israel, based on official Israeli sources.

More than 8,300 individuals have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory assaults on Gaza, the Hamas-led well being ministry has stated.

Earlier immediately, Hamas launched a video of three ladies who had been among the many greater than 200 individuals taken hostage through the 7 October assaults.

Mr Netanyahu condemned the video as “cruel psychological propaganda”.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) later confirmed an Israeli soldier had been freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza in a floor operation.