Thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday in central Tel Aviv to demand the return of hostages within the Gaza Strip, even at the price of ending the conflict within the enclave.
The Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper mentioned hundreds gathered in Hostages Square, together with a whole bunch of relations of the captives.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the meantime, reaffirmed Saturday that he wouldn’t finish the 19-month conflict till “Hamas’s civil and military capabilities are fully eliminated.”
In a pre-recorded video message, Netanyahu additionally referenced the institution of so-called “security zones” in Lebanon and Syria, in violation of the sovereignty of each international locations.
“Hamas rejected a proposal to release half of the living hostages and many of the bodies of the deceased, demanding an end to the war — this is unacceptable,” he mentioned.
Hamas chief in Gaza, Khalil Al-Hayya, introduced late Thursday the group’s readiness to right away start “comprehensive package negotiations” with Tel Aviv to launch all the hostages in change for an agreed variety of Palestinian prisoners, a cessation of the conflict, full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, the beginning of reconstruction and the lifting of the blockade.
Netanyahu additionally reiterated Israel’s “full commitment” to stopping Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, as nuclear negotiations continued in Rome between the US and Iran.
More than 51,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in a brutal Israeli onslaught since October 2023, most of them girls and kids.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants final November for Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for conflict crimes and crimes towards humanity in Gaza.
Israel additionally faces a genocide case on the International Court of Justice for its conflict on the enclave.
Source: www.anews.com.tr