The Israeli Minister of Defense, Yoav Galant, considered that the negotiations conducted by the Israeli government “for the release of the hostages,” in reference to the Israeli prisoners held by the resistance factions in the Gaza Strip, come “thanks” to the military operations of the occupation army in the besieged Gaza Strip, stressing that The Israeli war on the Gaza Strip will only end with a "final blow."

These statements came during a visit during which Galant met with members of the 11th Brigade (reserve infantry brigade) who left the besieged Gaza Strip a few days ago, on a field tour he conducted with the participation of the commander of the 99th Division, Barak Hiram, and the brigade commander, Nadav Maysles, according to what was stated in a statement issued by the Ministry of Security. Israeli, this evening, Sunday.

According to the statement, the soldiers and commanders reviewed before Gallant “the brigade’s activities within the framework of the ground operation in Shujaiya, west of Gaza City, and in the camps in the central regions of the Gaza Strip,” and he claimed that “the terrorists in Gaza are surrendering above and below the ground, and are providing us with sensitive information about Hamas,” according to his words.

Galant said, "I followed the brigade's activities in all stages of the war on the western side in Shuja'iyya and in the camps of the central regions and in other areas. Thanks to what you did and are doing, these days we are conducting a negotiation process for the release of the hostages. The terrorists who enjoy luxury cars, planes and hotels are trying to tighten their positions." .

He added, "As for those in the field, you know very well what is happening to them: hundreds of terrorists surrender, thousands are killed, weapons depots are destroyed, terrorists surrender today and yesterday, above ground and underground. These matters are not implicitly understood." He continued, "This war cannot end." By points, but by knockout only.”

He added, "We must eliminate Hamas if we want to live in this place. Every terrorist within a radius of hundreds of kilometers of the State of Israel must know that there is only one result for committing an act of this kind (referring to the October 7 attack), which is elimination." on the military and authoritarian capabilities of the Hamas movement.”

He continued, "As long as we have kidnappers in the Gaza Strip, we have no moral right to stop searching for the women, children and soldiers who are there - we have to continue until the end. Searching and working does not necessarily lead to only an operational result; this also means that those on the other side Ready to talk to us."

He added, "This is the difference between the situation we were in years ago and the current situation. We returned 110 hostages to the territory of Israel through negotiations, as a result of the other party needing to calm down and stop eliminating it. The result is that the enemy is ready to talk to us. Therefore, we We will continue and intensify this (military) pressure.”

Earlier today, Israeli reports stated that the Israeli army withdrew the 4th and 55th Reserve Brigades from the Gaza Strip after completing their mission. On Saturday, the Israeli army announced the withdrawal of the 7107th Combat Engineering Battalion from Gaza, and in mid-January, it withdrew the 36th Division, which is one of the 4 military divisions it deployed in the war on Gaza.