Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the return of Israeli prisoners and hostages in the Gaza Strip constitutes one of the goals of the Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip, stressing that the occupation army intends to invade Gaza by land, claiming that decisions related to the war are taken by consensus, and denied that there were any considerations. politics of these decisions.

Netanyahu reiterated the goal set by his government for the war on Gaza, which is “to eliminate the Hamas movement and kill all its members,” threatening all members of the movement “underground or above” that they are “doomed to death,” and said that decisions related to the war are made by consensus. Between him and the Defense Minister, Yoav Galant, and the former Defense Minister, Benny Gantz.

Benitenahu confirmed that the “War Cabinet” had taken a decision to launch a ground attack on the Gaza Strip, stressing that the time and timing of the operation had been determined in agreement with the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, Herzi Halevy, and added, “I will not specify when, how and how much. I will not mention in detail the set of considerations that the public does not know.” most of it".

Netanyahu's statements come in light of reports of Israeli agreement to postpone the ground invasion of the Gaza Strip for a period not exceeding a few days, so that Washington can send missile defenses to the region, and to exhaust mediation efforts to release Israeli hostages held by resistance factions in the Gaza Strip.