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Defeating Hamas is ‘prerequisite to defeat axis of evil’: Netanyahu

The Israeli prime minister says his military will “one way or another” kill all Hamas leaders.

He added he’s still committed to President Biden’s proposal to end the war on Gaza.

But he spelled out his conditions to finalise an agreement, including the “right” to return to the battlefield until all objectives have been met; preventing weapons smuggling to Hamas through Egypt, “which means continuing our control over the Philadelphi Corridor”; and bringing back as many captives as possible alive in the first round of negotiations.

He's committed to ending Gaza is what he is.


Hamas denies reports of withdrawing from truce negotiations

Izzat al-Risheq, a member of Hamas’s political office, denies reports the group has pulled out of ceasefire talks.

“There is no truth to what was reported by the media about the movement stopping negotiations,” al-Risheq said in a statement.

The comments came after an unnamed “senior Hamas official” reportedly told AFP the group is withdrawing from truce discussions because of Israel’s “stalling” and ongoing “massacres” of civilians in Gaza.

Israeli broadcaster Kan, quoting a “diplomat familiar with the talks”, reported negotiations are still planned for this week in Doha, Qatar.



‘Death and destruction in Gaza is intolerable’

Britain’s new foreign secretary, David Lammy, will press for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of captives during a trip to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.

Lammy will meet Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and make the case for a “credible and irreversible pathway towards a two-state solution”, the foreign office said in a statement.

“The death and destruction in Gaza is intolerable. This war must end now, with an immediate ceasefire, complied with by both sides,” Lammy said.