Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that the Hamas terrorist group has lost all control of the northern Gaza Strip.
“First of all, I would like to hug the families of the martyrs to whom more martyrs were added yesterday – the heroes of Israel. Our hearts are with the families,” Netanyahu said. “I say here to all the families of our loved ones who fell in the difficult war – we are doing everything to be worthy of their sacrifice and heroism. We will not stop until the mission is completed.”
“There is no substitute for victory. We will eliminate Hamas and save our hostages,” the PM added. “The IDF has completed the encirclement of Gaza City. They are on the outskirts of Shifa Hospital and have killed a lot of terrorists.”
“Hamas has lost control in the north of the Gaza Strip,” he continued. “They have no safe place to hide. Until the last of the terrorists, all of Hamas, are dead.”
Netanyahu also ruled out the possibility of the Palestinian Authority (PA) controlling Gaza, saying “There will not be a civil authority there that educates their children to hate Israel, to kill Israelis, or to eliminate Israel. There cannot be an authority there that pays the families of murderers. There cannot be an authority who didn’t condemn the massacre. There will have to be something else, but in any case our security control. I stand by it and don’t intend to give up.”
“We are also prepared on the northern front, we are operating there under fire from the air and ground. I warned Hezbollah, do not make the mistake of entering the war, your entry into the war will undermine the fate of Lebanon. We are also fighting on other fronts, Every day we act against terrorism in the Red Sea, in Syria, and in any area that is required,” he added.
