Netanyahu Rejects Gaza Truce Talks, Shuts Down Al Jazeera's Israel Office
Netanyahu Rejects Gaza Truce Talks, Shuts Down Al Jazeera's Israel Office
M.U.H
06/05/202450
New Delhi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has shut down talks of ceasefire negotiations, citing an unwillingness to comply with Hamas's conditions for ending the conflict in Gaza.
Despite the absence of an Israeli delegation in Cairo, Netanyahu asserted Israel's position, stating that his country "cannot accept" Hamas's demands. "We are not prepared to accept a situation in which the Hamas brigades come out of their bunkers, take control of Gaza again, rebuild their military infrastructure, and return to threatening the citizens of Israel in the settlements surrounding the southern mountains, in all parts of the country," he said.
Netanyahu's remarks came during a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Jerusalem, where he decried international criticism and a rise in anti-Semitism surrounding Israel's defensive actions in Gaza. "If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone," Netanyahu said.