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Netanyahu: Israel Has No Choice but to Finish the Job and Complete the Defeat of Hamas

(Prime Minister's Office) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a press conference for the foreign press on Sunday: "Hamas still has thousands of armed terrorists in Gaza. It vows to repeat the Oct. 7 massacre and to do so again and again. It openly professes its goal to destroy the State of Israel....It's instructive that now, many Gazans are fighting back. They are begging us, and they're begging the world: 'Free us and free Gaza from Hamas.'" "No nation can accept a genocidal terrorist organization committed to its annihilation [to remain] a stone's throw [away] from its citizens....Gaza will be demilitarized. Israel will have overriding security responsibility. A security zone will be established on Gaza's border with Israel to prevent future terrorist incursions. A civilian administration will be established in Gaza that will seek to live in peace with Israel." "Given Hamas's refusal to lay down its arms, Israel has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas....We have about 70-75% of Gaza under Israeli military control....Israel's Security Cabinet instructed the IDF to dismantle the two remaining Hamas strongholds in Gaza City and the Central Camps....This is the best way to end the war, and the best way to end it speedily." " We will do so by first enabling the civilian population to safely leave the combat areas to designated safe zones. In these safe zones they will be given ample food, water and medical care, as we have done before."
2025-08-12 00:00:00
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