'During the first phase, Hamas releases 33 Israeli detainees (alive or corpses),' Hamas said when it laid out the conditions for the ceasefire deal they had agreed to.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that the IDF’s ongoing operation in Rafah serves two primary objectives: returning Israeli hostages and eliminating Hamas. “We have already proven that military pressure on Hamas is essential for the return of our hostages,” Netanyahu said. He said that he rejected Hamas’s ceasefire proposal, saying it was “designed […]
The move raises the risk of an all-out Israeli assault on Rafah, which aid groups warn will be disastrous for some 1.4 million Palestinians taking refuge there.
