Israel will start stopping negotiations, Netanyahu says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he had instructed negotiations to start the release of all the remaining hostages and end the war in Gaza on “acceptable” conditions for Israel.

Netanyahu told the Israeli forces on Thursday evening that his government also agreed to plans to assault Gaza City in the northern region, despite the large -scale international and local opposition.

Hamas has agreed to a proposal to put the Qatari and Egyptian brokers for a 60 -day ceasefire on Monday, which will witness, according to Qatar, the issuance of half of the hostages in Gaza.

But the response for the first time, Netanyahu did not accept the deal currently on the table.

In a video statement during a visit with the headquarters of the Gaza Department in Israel on Thursday evening, Netanyahu said that “he immediately ordered the start of negotiations to launch all our hostages.”

“I came to agree to the plans of the (Israeli Defense Forces) in the Israeli Defense Army to control Gaza City and defeat Hamas,” he said.

Netanyahu added: “These two matters – the defeat of Hamas and the launch of all our hostages – walk side by side,” without providing details about the next stage of the talks.

This week, Israeli officials have expressed opposition to the ceasefire deal that only involves the partial release of the hostages.

Last Saturday, Netanyahu’s office made a statement saying that Israel “will only agree on an agreement, provided that all hostages will be launched in one”, and that the conditions necessary to end the war included the disarmament of Hamas, the delivery of the Gaza Authority, the Israeli control over the vicinity of Gaza, the non -Hamas installation and the non -present power.

Israel believes only 20 of 50 hostages are still alive after 22 months of war.

The Palestinians said that there was a large bombing in the eastern regions of Gaza City on Thursday, a day after the army said it had taken the first steps in the attack.

The Israeli Defense Army warned Medical officials and international organizations to prepare for the planned evacuation of the entire population of Gaza City, which number a million To the shelters in the south before the forces move.

The Hamas -running Ministry of Health in Gaza said it rejected “any step that would undermine the remainder of the health system.” UN groups and relief groups have pledged to stay to help those who could not or choose not to move.

Netanyahu announced the intention of Israel to take control of the entire Gaza Strip after indirect talks with Hamas in the ceasefire and hostage last month.

The Israeli army launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas -led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, where about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others took hostage.

At least 62,192 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the Ministry of Health in the region. The ministry’s figures were transferred by the United Nations and others as a more reliable source of statistics available to the victims.