On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked Defense Council Minister Benny Gantz, saying that the latter was “issuing a final ultimatum to him instead of Hamas.”

Netanyahu said in a statement issued by his office: “While our soldiers are fighting to destroy Hamas brigades in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Gantz chooses to issue an ultimatum to the prime minister instead of issuing an ultimatum to Hamas.”

He added: "The conditions set by Benny Gantz during a press conference held on Saturday are washed-up words and their meaning is clear: the end of the war, the defeat of Israel, the release of most of the prisoners, leaving Hamas intact, and the establishment of a Palestinian state."

He continued: "Our soldiers did not fall in vain, and certainly not in order to replace Hamastan with Fatehistan (referring to the Fatah movement and the Palestinian Authority, which are headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas)."