The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, indicated this Sunday that his country is working against the clock and doing “everything possible” for the release of the more than 200 hostages still in the hands of the Islamist group HamasWith which does not rule out reaching a “possible agreement”. In an interview he offered this Sunday to the CNN channel, Netanyahu stated that the release of the hostages is one of Israel’s two war objectives (the other is “to destroy Hamas”), and that they are working for it 24 hours a day. day.

During another interview offered this Sunday to the American network NBC, the Israeli prime minister hinted that at this time There would be “a potential agreement” regarding the release of those kidnapped since the attacks on October 7. “There could be, but I think the less I say about it, the more I will increase the chances of it materializing,” explained Netanyahu, who specified that they even have some information about the location of the kidnapped people, without giving more details.

“If there is an offer available. Well, we will talk about it when it is there and we will announce it if it is achieved,” said the Israeli Prime Minister, who has highlighted the pressure exerted by Israel’s military forces on Hamas leaders for the release of the hostages. Netanyahu has reiterated in statements to CNN that the The only ceasefire agreement that will be considered will be the one that contemplates the release of the hostagesa goal in which, he clarified, they should have the support “of the entire world.”

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He also added that Israel is helping hospital patients by establishing evacuation routes south of Gaza City, and stressed that Hamas terrorists will not be granted immunity. “We want all civilians to be out of danger,” she assured CNN journalist Dana Bash, but she lamented that Hamas is “doing everything in its power to keep them in danger“Every death of civilians, of babies, is a tragedy, but that tragedy should be attributed directly to Hamas, which maintains its military installations inside hospitals, its command posts inside hospitals, inside schools,” he said. then to NBC while his Army continues killing babies.

Netanyahu has specified to this channel’s journalist Kristen Welker that the only military force that can ensure that the “Terrorism does not reappear and take over Gaza“is the Israeli Army, thus closing the way for the participation of a third country in the conflict unleashed after the attack by Hamas militiamen in Israel.”Gaza must be demilitarized and Gaza must be deradicalized“, he added, alluding to the civil management of the territory.

For his part, the Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, stated this Sunday in an interview with CNN that the best case scenario to solve this conflict is that “a revitalized politician would be able to assume leadership in Gaza” and if it is accepted by Israel, then the two states could reach a “solution” with “international support.” However, Guterres has noted that it will be difficult to achieve.