In World War I there was a historic Christmas truce. In the conflict in Gaza Strip, this break has not even been respected. It’s more, Benjamin Netanyahu has been in the north of the Strip with the Israeli Army after a night in which the bombings have intensified and left more than 250 Palestinians killed in the last 24 hours.

This Monday, Netanyahu visited the northern Gaza Strip, where he told his troops that the war against Hamas will continue “until the end.” “Don’t stop. The war continues until the end. Until they finish, nothing less than that,” Netanyahu said.

“I am here with you in the northern Gaza Strip and I am unusually impressed. We are proud of you and we trust you. We see the determination and the desire to continue until the end“Netanyahu continued, in a clear intention to maintain his offensive against the Strip.

Until now, 20,700 Palestinians have died, of which three quarters have been women and children, something that even bothers Netanyahu, even the relatives of the more than 100 hostages that Hamas still has in its power. Many of them have sneaked into Parliament and boycotted the Israeli Prime Minister’s speech, demanding that he negotiate immediately.

A three-phase peace plan… rejected by Israel

The peace solution could go through Egypt, which is a mediator within a peace plan in three phases raised for Gaza. The first of these phases would involve a truce in exchange for releases, with a two-week ceasefire in exchange for 40 Israeli hostages. Hamas has denied having rejected the proposal, as published this Monday.

Hamas conditions any new hostage-for-prisoner exchange agreement on a permanent ceasefireoption that Israel rejects because he is determined to continue the war until the destruction of the Islamist group.

Iran It could also enter into the conflict and extend it. The Revolutionary Guard is demanding revenge after the death of one of its commanders in an Israeli attack on Damascus, threatening Israel that they will pay a high price.