CEASEFIRE CALLS
After Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday after a 12-day conflict, Netayahu confronted renewed calls to agree a ceasefire with Hamas after greater than 20 months of conflict in Gaza.
“And now Gaza. It is time to end it there too. Deliver again the hostages, finish the conflict,” opposition chief Yair Lapid of the centre-right Yesh Atid occasion wrote on X.
Netanyahu mentioned on Sunday that Israel’s conflict towards Iran was “contributing to the successes in Gaza, however it should nonetheless take a bit extra time”.
The October 2023 assault on Israel by Palestinian militant group Hamas that sparked the Gaza conflict resulted within the deaths of 1,219 individuals, principally civilians, in keeping with an AFP tally based mostly on official figures.
Of the 251 hostages seized by Palestinian militants in October 2023, 49 are nonetheless held in Gaza, together with 27 the Israeli army says are lifeless.
Israel’s retaliatory army marketing campaign has killed not less than 56,077 individuals, additionally principally civilians, in keeping with the Gaza well being ministry. The United Nations considers its figures dependable.
