2023-11-11 22:14:55
According to Israel, the terrorist organization Hamas has lost control of the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday evening that Hamas fighters “no longer have a safe place to hide.” The military had also previously announced that Hamas no longer controlled the north of the Palestinian coastal strip.
Netanyahu said everyone from Hamas leader Yahya al-Sinwar “to the last terrorist” was doomed to die. The army has already killed thousands of terrorists, including “commanders who led the terrible massacre on October 7th.”
There will be no ceasefire without the hostages being returned, Netanyahu reiterated. Regarding diplomatic efforts to secure a release, he said the families would be informed as soon as there was something concrete. Until then it is better to remain silent.
Netanyahu reiterated that Israel wanted to retain security control in the Gaza Strip following defeating Hamas. The coastal strip must be demilitarized so that it can no longer pose a threat to Israel. The army will control Gaza as long as it is necessary, Netanyahu said.
The Israeli prime minister is under massive pressure domestically because many of his compatriots consider him to be primarily responsible for the devastating terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7th. Demonstrations calling for the release of the 239 hostages held in the Gaza Strip took place in several Israeli cities on Saturday evening.
In the coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv, demonstrators gathered in front of the art museum in the city center. They held up signs that read, among other things: “Israelis for a ceasefire,” “There are no winners in war” and “There is no military solution.”
Noam Peri, whose father was kidnapped by terrorists from the Islamist Hamas on October 7th, said, according to the Haaretz newspaper: “We can no longer bring back the many murdered people, the friends I grew up with. But the hostages live and we must not give up until they come back.”
There were also demonstrations in other cities such as Jerusalem, Caesarea, Beersheva, Haifa and Eilat. The victims of the massacre on October 7th were also remembered. According to media reports, demonstrators in Haifa demanded the resignation of Netanyahu and his government.
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