Benjamin Netanyahu
“Hamas is trying to hide the fact that it continues to oppose a hostage release deal and is thwarting it,” the Israeli premier said.
“We will work to erect a stronger barrier here to stop smuggling attempts. We do it in coordination with our neighbors,” the premier vowed.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was snubbed.
Recordings of police interrogations of the prime minister and his family have generated acute interest in the film.
Karim Khan’s comparison between Hamas terrorists and Israeli politicians is “a moral disgrace of the highest order,” said the Israeli prime minister.
The statement came after a tense conversation earlier in the day with the father of Ori Danino, one of the six hostages murdered by Hamas in Rafah.
Netanyahu spoke as the Security Cabinet met to discuss the rise in Palestinian terrorism in Judea and Samaria.
“We are surrounded by a murderous ideology led by Iran’s axis of evil,” the Israeli prime minister said.
If an election were to be held today, the ruling Likud Party would secure 29 seats out of the Knesset’s 120.
“We’re open to considering it. But I don’t see that happening right now. And until that happens, we’re there,” said the Israeli leader.
Benny Gantz and Gadi Eizenkot charged that the Israeli prime minister wasn’t telling the truth when he vowed to bring the hostages back alive.
“With or without British arms, Israel will win this war and secure our common future,” the Israeli prime minister responded on social media.
