Prime minister rejects ceasefire calls, saying army’s advance in Gaza puts pressure on Hamas ‘monsters’
Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out a ceasefire in Gaza, declaring “this is a time for war”, as he hailed the rescue of a hostage as evidence that Israel’sThe Israeli prime minister congratulated the Israel Defence Forces and security agency Shin Bet for freeing Ori Megidish, an army private, but Israeli joy was tempered by aMegidish was freed on Sunday night, three weeks after she was abducted with more than 220 other hostages, as Israel escalated its ground operation...
The Israeli government has rejected the offer. The strategic affairs minister, Ron Dermer, said if there was a proposal to release the hostages the government would consider a “temporary pause” in hostilities to extract them safely. It is thought likely that the three women would have appeared in the video under duress. The Geneva conventions prohibit the taking of hostages.
Addressing Netanyahu directly, Aloni accused Netanyahu’s administration of leaving her community defenceless during the Hamas attack. “We are getting punished for your political, national neglect,” she said. “Nobody came. Nobody heard us.” Aloni was kidnapped from the Nir Oz kibbutz with her six-year-old daughter, Emilia, and the family of her twin sister Sharon Aloni Konio.
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