AFP Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Updated Friday, February 9, 2024-17:03
Guerra Netanyahu rejects Hamas' response to reach a truce: "It is surrendering to delirious demands"
Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
has asked the army to deliver a "combined plan" for the "evacuation" of civilians from Rafah and the "destruction" of the Islamist movement Hamas in that city in the southern Gaza Strip.
"It is
impossible to achieve the objective of the war without eliminating Hamas
and leaving
four
Hamas battalions in
Rafah
" and for that it is also necessary for "civilians to evacuate the combat zones," Netanyahu's office said in a statement.
Last Wednesday, Netanyahu rejected a Hamas truce proposal, related to the agreement outlined and agreed on January 28 at the meeting held in Paris between the United States, Qatar, Egypt and Israel: "Surrendering to the delirious demands of Hamas does not "Only it will not lead to the release of the hostages but it would invite another massacre and a huge disaster for Israel," he stated.