Israel announced today (Thursday) that the war in the Gaza Strip can be ended on two conditions: the release of all prisoners and the surrender of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

The Israeli Prime Minister's spokesman said to the Arab world, Ofir Gendelman, in a briefing today, "I say to the Gazans, the war can be ended today on two conditions. The first is that all our kidnapped must be released. You are suffering greatly because of their detention by the monsters of Hamas, and the second is that Hamas must surrender, as it has no hope of survival." "Its destruction is inevitable."

He continued, "I say to the Gazans that there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon. After eliminating Hamas, your lives will improve, Gaza will be rebuilt, and you will enjoy security, stability, and prosperity...but there is no hope for achieving this as long as there is Hamas."

Gendelman added, "Israeli army forces are advancing in the southern Gaza Strip and surrounded the house of Yahya Al-Sinwar, the Hamas leader responsible for the October 7 massacres," adding, "The mission of these forces is to arrest him as soon as possible."

He went on to say that armed forces "breached Hamas' defensive lines in Jabalia and Shuja'iya in the north of the Gaza Strip, and in Khan Yunis in its south," stressing that "the city of Khan Yunis is cordoned off and besieged."