Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would not agree to a ceasefire after six months of war against Hamas in Gaza until the hostages being held in Gaza are released.
\nHis comments made at the start of a weekly cabinet meeting came as a new round of truce talks in Egypt are set to begin.
\nNetanyahu said that despite growing international pressure, Israel would not give in to \u201cextreme\u201d demands from Gaza\u2019s Islamist rulers Hamas, which sparked the war on Oct. 7 with its deadly attack on southern Israel.
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel will not agree to a ceasefire until the hostages held in Gaza are released. Netanyahu made these comments at a cabinet meeting, as new truce talks in Egypt are set to start. Israel refuses to give in to demands from Hamas, who initiated the war with an attack on southern Israel on October 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[383,5478,4538,3345,3520,1423,2259,145,298,1025,187,3525,299,1346,493,3775,1792,1354,1026,939,4381,293,18],"class_list":["post-7264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-attack","tag-bejamin-netanyahu","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-cabinet","tag-cabinet-meeting","tag-ceasefire","tag-egypt","tag-gaza","tag-hamas","tag-hostages","tag-international","tag-international-pressure","tag-israel","tag-meeting","tag-netanyahu","tag-pressure","tag-prime-minister","tag-release","tag-talks","tag-truce","tag-truce-talks","tag-war","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n