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Tel Aviv:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that no fuel would be supplied to Gaza and that there would be no ceasefire with Hamas until Israelis held hostage by Hamas factions were freed.
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In a televised statement marking the one-month anniversary of Israel’s war with Hamas, PM Netanyahu warned Iran-backed Hezbollah that it would make the “biggest mistake of its life” if it opened a new front in the war from its base in Lebanon. will”.
The Israel-Hamas war began on October 7 when fighters from the Islamist group Hamas fled the Gaza Strip and entered southern Israel.
According to Israel, Hamas operatives killed nearly 1,400 people – mostly Israeli civilians – in the country’s worst attack since its existence in 1948. At the same time, more than 240 people were taken hostage.
In response, Israel has launched a major offensive against Hamas in the Palestinian Territory, home to some 2.4 million people.
However, as the conflict now enters its second month, international calls for a ceasefire or “pause” in the fighting are growing.
But Netanyahu said that “without the release of our hostages, there will be no gasoline, no cease-fire”.
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