Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) still possesses about 20,000 fighters with tens of thousands of Kalashnikov rifles, despite the military operations carried out by the Israeli occupation army over two years in the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu - wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of committing war crimes in Gaza - added in an interview that these fighters still hold about 60,000 stored rifles, emphasizing that the war goals have not been fully achieved, foremost among them "the complete elimination of Hamas", according to his expression.
Netanyahu continued his speech saying "Israel emerged from the seven-front war imposed on us as the strongest country in the Middle East".
Regarding the deployment of international forces in the Gaza Strip, Netanyahu explained that there is an attempt to bring in an international force but this attempt has not succeeded so far "but we will give it a chance".
In response to a question about transitioning to the second phase of the ceasefire in Gaza, Netanyahu said "I think we should give the matter a chance".
He said he is making a special effort to stop retaliatory actions in the occupied West Bank, and that he wants peaceful coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians living in the West Bank, noting that Israel must ultimately have military control over the West Bank.
In another interview, Netanyahu said "We will recover the remains of the last hostage in Gaza by any means necessary".
Regarding the separatist region of Somaliland, the Israeli Prime Minister said that "Somaliland wants to join the Abraham Accords and differs democratically from the rest of Somalia".
Netanyahu issued a warning to Iran saying "We do not want escalation with Iran and if it dares to target us, the consequences will be catastrophic for it", adding that Tehran must accept the reality that it should not possess nuclear enrichment capability.
Hamas still possesses about 20,000 fighters with tens of thousands of Kalashnikov rifles, despite the military operations carried out by the Israeli occupation army over two years in the Gaza Strip.
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Netanyahu: Hamas still possesses 20,000 fighters and tens of thousands of Kalashnikov rifles