Israel will continue to fight until his war goals are achieved, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared in televised speech on Tuesday (18).
The prime minister used the occasion to alert Hamas: “This is just the beginning,” Netanyahu said at the military headquarters in Tel Aviv.
He described Israel’s new attacks on Gaza as a “return to battle with strength,” arguing that military pressure is needed to release the remaining hostages. The Israeli army will continue to fight Hamas with ascending force, he added.
“The military attack on Hamas and the liberation of our hostages are not contradictory objectives – they are interconnected objectives,” he said.
The ceasefire in Gaza was interrupted on Tuesday (18) in the morning (local time).
Understand the conflict in the Gaza Strip
The government of Israel and Hamas agreed with a ceasefire for the Gaza and gradual release of Palestinian hostages and prisoners. Learn details of the negotiation in this matter.
Israel has performed intense air strikes in the Gaza Strip since 2023, after Hamas invaded the country and killed 1,200 people, according to Israeli counts. In addition, the group keeps dozens of hostages.
Hamas does not recognize Israel as a state and claims Israeli territory for Palestine.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to destroy Hamas military capabilities and recover people detained in Gaza.
In addition to the aerial offensive, the Israeli army makes terrestrial forays into Palestinian territory. This caused much of the population of Gaza to be moved.
The UN and various humanitarian institutions warned of a catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, lacking food, medicine and disease dissemination.
This content was originally published on alert to Hamas, Netanyahu says “it’s just the beginning” after attack on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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