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Washington Post
6 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Netanyahu vows to occupy Gaza as U.S. touts ‘all or nothing' hostage plan
Negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire appear to have reached an end — or at least a point of extreme brinkmanship — as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated he plans to expand military operations to occupy the entire Gaza Strip. In a statement released by his office, Netanyahu said he would convene his security cabinet this week to 'direct the [Israel Defense Forces] how to achieve the three war objectives we have set … defeating the enemy, releasing our hostages and ensuring that Gaza will never again threaten Israel.'
Al Mayadeen
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Mayadeen
Resistance operations expose Israeli failure in Gaza: Hamas
Hamas asserted that the continued precise operations by its armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, alongside the PIJ's al-Quds Brigades, prove "Israel's" failure to break the will of the Palestinian people or defeat their Resistance. In a statement published on Wednesday, the group said these operations demonstrate the Resistance's strength, its control over the battlefield, and its ability to exact a heavy price from "Israel", adding that the Israeli government bears full responsibility for failing to reach an agreement due to the obstacles it keeps putting and dragging out the negotiations to serve Netanyahu's personal gains. Hamas also criticized the statements made by the head of the occupation government regarding "absolute victory", dismissing them as part of an effort to promote illusions and unrealistic claims about achieving the war's objectives, particularly what it called the delusion of retrieving the captives through military force. Regarding the negotiation process, Hamas reaffirmed its "continued positive engagement with mediators' efforts" and any serious proposals that could lead to a comprehensive agreement," while simultaneously emphasizing that "any deal must guarantee a cessation of aggression and war against our people, a permanent ceasefire, and a complete withdrawal of occupation forces from the Gaza Strip." Hamas has accused Benjamin Netanyahu's government of undermining international mediation efforts, even as Gaza remains under siege and relentless bombardment since the war began on October 7, 2023, killing tens of thousands of Palestinians and causing widespread destruction. Meanwhile, Palestinian Resistance factions continue their military operations from within the enclave, while ceasefire negotiations have so far failed to produce a decisive breakthrough. The Israeli occupation forces announced on June 25 that seven of their personnel, consisting of one officer and six soldiers, had been killed during a lethal ambush executed by the Palestinian Resistance in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. An initial Israeli military investigation revealed that the incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon when Resistance fighters triggered a pre-planted explosive device along a route frequently used by invading Israeli forces, targeting a Puma-type Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) that was transporting a combat engineering unit. The explosion set the APC ablaze while the soldiers remained trapped inside, leading to the deaths of all seven personnel in the resulting fire, with the intensity of the incident reportedly complicating the identification process for several hours due to the state of the remains.
