Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (file photo)
The war between Israel and Hamas is still ongoing. So far there has been a huge loss of life and property in this war. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would consider a tactical short pause in fighting to allow aid to Gaza or the evacuation of hostages, but he once again rejected calls for a general ceasefire despite growing international pressure. Reuters reported In an American television interview, Netanyahu said he believed Israel would need to assume security responsibility for the Palestinian territories for an “indefinite period” after the war.
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What did the Israeli PM say on the ceasefire?
Netanyahu said a general ceasefire would hamper his country’s war effort. “As far as a strategic little pause — an hour here, an hour there — we’ve done that before,” Netanyahu told ABC News on Monday. I think we will examine the circumstances by allowing goods, humanitarian goods to come in, or our captors to release individual hostages.” “But I don’t think there will be a general cease-fire.” Israel says that on October 7 Hamas in southern Israel Those held hostage during the attack should be released first.
10,022 Palestinians died
Hamas says that while Gaza is under attack, it will not release hostages or stop fighting. The health ministry in the Hamas-controlled area said at least 10,022 Palestinians have been killed so far, including 4,104 children. International organizations have said that hospitals cannot treat the wounded and that food and clean water are running out and that aid distribution is nowhere near adequate. Washington is working hard to arrange a pause in the fighting to bring in aid. But like Israel, it has argued that Hamas would take advantage of a full ceasefire to regroup.
Gaza is becoming a graveyard for children
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that Gaza was becoming a “graveyard for children”, calling for an immediate ceasefire in the region. “The Israeli Defense Forces’ ground operations and sustained bombardment continue to attack civilians, shelters including hospitals, refugee camps, mosques, churches and UN facilities; no one is safe,” Guterres told reporters. “At the same time, Hamas and other terrorists use civilians as human shields and continue to fire indiscriminate rockets at Israel,” he said.
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