JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (Nov 5) rejected growing calls for a ceasefire in Gaza until all of the more than 240 hostages captured by militant Palestinian group Hamas during its Oct 7 attacks are returned. "There will be no ceasefire without the return of the hostages.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct 28 2023. {Photo: REUTERS/ Abir Sultan).JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected growing calls for a ceasefire in Gaza until all of the more than 240 hostages captured by militant Palestinian group Hamas during its Oct 7 attacks are returned.
"We say this to our friends and to our enemies. We will simply continue until we defeat them. We have no alternative." Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, for his part, demanded an immediate ceasefire earlier when he met Blinken during the US secretary's unannounced visit to the Israeli occupied West Bank.
Blinken has said a ceasefire would only allow Hamas to regroup, but has been trying to convince Israel to agree to location specific pauses that would allow much needed aid to be distributed within Gaza.
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