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Netanyahu announces the killing of Hamas leaders as a target

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced this on Monday The war in the Gaza Strip will not end until the Hamas leaders are killed, which he expected “will take months, not years.”Despite renewed fighting in the northern and central regions that were previously under military rule.

“Our goal is to achieve complete victory over Hamas. We will kill Hamas leaders, so we must continue to operate in all areas of the Gaza Strip. The war must not end before this date. “It will take us time, months, (but) not years,” the president said during a meeting of his party, the Likud coalition.

The victims' family members were not able to attend this meeting. 136 people are still kidnapped after 122 days of war In the Gaza Strip, local media reported today, despite their arrival being guaranteed in previous meetings.

Behind closed doors, Netanyahu took credit for the release of 110 hostages in November, and told members of his party about it. “We will continue to work on this issue.” but what Hamas seeks to impose demands that it will not accept.

The president, who reiterated this, explained that “the key to their (the hostages’) freedom must be similar to the previous agreement.” “It will not be done at any cost.”

In the November exchange, a total of 105 hostages (following five previous hostages) were released in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners, many of whom are in administrative detention without trial, EFE reports.