Netanyahu Vows Not to Let Up in War Against Hamas

Published on December 26, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep up the fight against Hamas terrorists. Mr. Netanyahu visited Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday. “We are not stopping. The war will continue until the end, until we finish it, no less,” Mr. Netanyahu said during the Gaza visit. Retaliating against the Hamas terrorist group for its deadly Oct. 7 cross-border rampage, Israel has been under pressure from its closest ally the United States to shift operations in Gaza to a lower-intensity phase and reduce civilian deaths. But Mr. Netanyahu told lawmakers from his Likud party that the war was far from over and dismissed what he cast as media speculation his government might call a halt to the fighting. He said Israel would not succeed in freeing its remaining hostages without applying military pressure....

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