To read, after Tel Aviv launched unprecedented violent raids in its severity on the Gaza Strip since the armistice in January, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the air strikes on Gaza on Tuesday “are just a beginning.”
He said in a televised intervention that Hamas “felt our strength in the last 24 hours. I want to assure you and them: It is just a beginning,” according to the French News Agency.
He also added that the negotiations on the release of the hostages who are still in Gaza “will not take place from now on except under the fire,” considering that the military pressure is “indispensable” to ensure their return.
“It resumed the war to thwart the agreement”
This came as Hamas announced earlier on Tuesday that it had not rejected the proposal of the US President’s special envoy, Steve Witkeov, and dealt with him positively.
The movement’s spokesman, Abd al -Latif al -Qanoua, said that Netanyahu “resumed the war to thwart the agreement.”
He also added in a statement, that Hamas is in constant contact with the brokers, and it deals with high responsibility, adding that “our interest in the continuation of the agreement and we will continue to deal with flexibility and positive.”
“Game rules have changed”
On the other hand, Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz Hamas warned that “the rules of the game changed.”
He also said during his visit to the Tel Nouf Air Force Base that “if (Hamas) does not release the hostages immediately, the gates of hell will open, and the full force of the army will face … in the air, the sea and the field, until it is completely eliminated,” according to the statement of the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
Information about re -stacking its ranks
Israel had held Hamas responsible for escalation in the destructive Palestinian sector.
The Israeli Foreign Minister, Jadaoun Saar, also stipulated that all Israeli prisoners detained in Gaza in exchange for a ceasefire.
While the Israeli army claimed that the attack came after information about Hamas’s restoration of its ranks and preparing for new attacks, which the movement later denied, considering that it was just a justification for a return to war.
Negotiations stumble
It is noteworthy that the Israeli escalation, which killed more than 400 Palestinians, came after the negotiations that were launched weeks ago in Doha, and their failure to reach an extension of the truce.
While Israel called for the extension of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, which began on January 19, Hamas confirmed its adherence to what was previously agreed and move to the second stage of the agreement.
He also came amid the escalation of pressure at the Israeli interior on the Netanyahu government by some extremist voices, which demanded a return to war instead of moving to the second stage.
