An Israeli security source claimed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to end the war of extermination in the Gaza Strip by next October, two years after it began in October 2023.

Israel Hayom newspaper quoted an unnamed senior Israeli security source on Monday as saying in closed-door talks that "Netanyahu wants to end the war in Gaza by next October."

The source added, "This is the maximum target date, and if the conditions are right and the objectives (of the war) are achieved, the war will end before that," he claimed.

The source continued: "The rationale is that the war will not last more than two years."

The Israeli government did not immediately comment on the date mentioned by the Israeli security source.