Hamas appears to be carefully considering negotiations between the Israeli military and the Islamic organization Hamas over the cessation of fighting and the release of hostages. Meanwhile, a senior official of the political wing of Hezbollah, a Shiite Islamic organization in neighboring Lebanon that continues to fight with Israel, responded to an interview with NHK and stated, ``We will continue to resist as long as the attack on Gaza does not end,'' expressing a stance of complete resistance. I emphasized.
Israeli forces continue to carry out attacks on the Gaza Strip, and health officials in the Gaza Strip say the death toll has reached 27,019.
Israel and Qatar, which is acting as a mediator, have proposed that Hamas release the hostages in stages in exchange for a cessation of fighting, and Middle Eastern satellite television station Al Jazeera reported on the 1st that Hamas officials have not yet responded to the proposal. "We have not done so and are considering it."
On the other hand, fighting continues between Israel and neighboring Lebanon's Shiite Islamic organization Hezbollah, and the Israeli military announced on the 1st that it had attacked a Hezbollah stronghold.
Tensions are also rising on the border with Lebanon, with Israeli media reporting that Defense Minister Gallant said this week that "the military will soon be in action and the forces in the north will be reinforced."
Against this backdrop, Congressman Hassan, who serves as a senior official in the political wing of Hezbollah, told NHK in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on the 1st, ``Israel has not achieved any results in Gaza and is headed for defeat. They have destroyed bases and caused economic damage,'' he said, emphasizing the results of the attack.
He then stated, ``As long as the attack on Gaza does not end, we will continue our resistance,'' and emphasized that Hezbollah would maintain its stance of complete resistance.
On the 1st, Israeli Defense Minister Gallant inspected troops in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, which the Israeli military has besieged as an important Hamas stronghold, and said, ``We are achieving our goals in Khan Yunis. "We will eliminate the terrorist forces that have arrived and pose a threat," he said, indicating a stance of further intensifying the offensive in the southern Gaza Strip.
He went on to say, ``The release of the hostages is nearing due to military operations targeting terrorists above ground and underground. Hamas only responds to military pressure.'' , I emphasized again.