“As your prime minister, I will not capitulate to the murderers who committed the worst massacre against the Jewish people since the Holocaust,” Netanyahu said in a recorded message aired on Saturday. The prime minister vowed not to end the “war of rebirth” until Hamas was destroyed and no longer posed a threat to Israel — and all of the hostages were returned. Netanyahu doubled down on the use of military and diplomatic pressure as a means to get the 59 hostages — only 24 of whom are believed to be alive — home, a tactic that has come under fire in Israel.
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Published at: 2025-04-19 22:35:10
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