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The only reason why we got the first phase (of the ceasefire) was through military action, where (Hamas) felt that they were going to be wiped out,
Hand said
We will not move on until everyone comes back home. I don’t know about the goals of the government, but for the people, that’s the main goal. The only goal,
Segev told EuronewsI'm glad they're trying to make a stand. They were doing it with their faces uncovered, which is a very risky thing,
Hand told EuronewsThey are civilians, let’s say, going against an armed terrorist organisation, they would be crushed. They don’t have a chance, no,
he saidIt would not be my prerogative to make [annexation] the policy of the president.”
At his confirmation hearing on March 25th, however, he tried to distance the administration from his past views
I am leading the country through a seven-front war,
he lectured the judges in DecemberWe know we will only have about half of our men for the next round,
says the personnel officer of a reserve unit scheduled for deployment in Gaza next monthEveryone around him is against a deal,
says an Arab diplomatI’m asked if we will forever live by the sword,
he saidThe organization is treating each new proposal with responsibility, flexibility and a positive outlook,
said Basem Naim, a Hamas political official,
We are fighting here against a terrorist organisation that only understands force,
Gal Gilboa-Dalal said
On the other hand, I am terrified that these bombings and this operation... will endanger the hostages there. There's no way to know what the terrorists might do to them or if a missile might accidentally hit them,
he addedThis moment felt closer than ever and unfortunately, it's drifting away from me again,
he said of his brother Guy Gilboa-Dalal, taken from a music festival near the Gaza border and last seen in a video shared by Hamas last monthWe do not want Hamas! We are tired,
said protester Muayed Zahir, who took part in a rally in Gaza City
The more Hamas continues in its refusal to release our hostages, the more powerful the repression we exert will be,
Netanyahu told a hearing in parliament, which was occasionally interrupted by shouting from opposition members
I say this to my colleagues in the Knesset, and I say it to Hamas as well: this includes the seizure of territories, along with other measures I will not elaborate here.”
He addedEvery time the occupation attempts to retrieve its captives by force, it ends up bringing them back in coffins,
the group said in a statement
In just one week, 142,000 people have been displaced,
the spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, António Guterres, said,I don’t know who organised the protest,
one man told Agence France-PressIn other words, while Hamdan was clearly targeted for making No Other Land … he was also targeted for being Palestinian — like countless others every day who are disregarded. This, it seems, gave the Academy an excuse to remain silent when a filmmaker they honored, living under Israeli occupation, needed them the most,
wrote Abraham