— If we surrender to the dictatorship of Hamas, We will lose the accomplishment of this war, I will not surrender to the murderers who have committed the top massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. specified surrender will endanger the country and its citizens," Netanjahu said in a speech published on Sunday.
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The Israeli Prime Minister recalled that Hamas this week rejected another Israeli offer to extend the truce.
No agreement on the Hamas-Israel line
As of 19 January, a ceasefire was in force in the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israel resumed fighting on March 18, after the parties could not establish the conditions for extending the truce.
The Israeli government wants the further truce to affect the release of further hostages, but stresses that its aim is besides to destruct Hamas' military force and to remove it from power in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, for his part, declares that The release of the kidnapped must warrant the end of the war and the withdrawal of the Israelis, as originally foreseen.
The end of the war under Hamas would show that terrorism pays off And it would be a message to all Israel's enemies that by kidnapping hostages you can defeat our country," Netanyahu emphasized.
The Prime Minister besides criticized Israelis who "irresponsibly call for the end of the war by surrendering to the demands of Hamas", Accusing them of duplicating the propaganda of this terrorist group and in effect dismissing it alternatively than approximating the minute of the release of hostages.
According to a poll from late March 69 percent of Israelis support the end of the war in exchange for the release of all hostages. Since the resumption of the fighting in Israel, regular anti-government demonstrations have taken place. Protesters accuse the Prime Minister of returning to war for political reasons, ignoring the destiny of the hostages. The agreement with Hamas is opposed to the utmost right-wing Netanjah coalitions on which the endurance of his government depends.
