Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday night that the hostage release deal with Hamas does not mark the end of the war.
Benjamin Netanyahu © GPO
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday night that the hostage release deal with Hamas does not mark the end of the war.
"We are committed to continuing until all our goals are met: securing the return of all our hostages, eradicating Hamas and ensuring that no group supporting terrorism, indoctrinating its children to terror or paying terrorists and their families, takes control in Gaza.
Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel. We will restore security both to the south and the north, he told a press conference.
In a striking political declaration, Fahad Al Masri, President of the National Salvation Front in Syria, has issued a bold call for a strategic alliance between post-Assad Syria, the United States and Israel, a move that would represent a seismic shift in the region's diplomatic landscape.
Hezbollah rejected a ceasefire plan agreed by the Lebanese and Israeli governments in U.S.-mediated talks, as Israel kept up strikes in southern Lebanon on Thursday and said it wouldn't be withdrawing from the south.
Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a new ceasefire after U.S.-mediated talks, the Trump administration said, raising hopes for progress toward ending the wider U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
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