Benjamin Netanyahu

No ceasefire without the full release of hostages.

Israel objects to any temporary cease-fire unless Hamas frees all 241 hostages.

No ceasefire whatsoever. No ceasefire. We're going to continue the mission to the end.

I oppose any ceasefire, even a temporary one unless Hamas frees all hostages that it holds.

nothing will stop us.

We are making progress, nothing will stop us.

UNRWA is an organisation that perpetuates the Palestinian refugee problem and the narrative of the right-of-return.

Calls for ceasefire are calls for Israel to surrender to Hamas, to surrender to terrorism, to surrender to barbarism. That will not happen. This is a time for war.

It means making a moral distinction between the deliberate murder of the innocent, and the unintentional casualties that accompany every legitimate war.

Just as the United States would not agree to a ceasefire after the bombing of Pearl Harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11, Israel will not agree to a cessation of hostility with Hamas after the horrific attacks of October 7th. Calls…

Our fight inside the gaza strip will be long and difficult, but we are prepared for that. This is our second war of independence. We will fight for the protection of our homeland.

I had ordered the military to present a plan within two days to prevent Hamas from taking control of aid.

This failure will be investigating thoroughly, meaning the intelligence failures, the military failures on October 7th. Everyone will need to provide answers, myself included. But all of this will happen only after the war.

When we go into Gaza in the continuation of the fighting, we'll exact the full price from the murderers.

Mr. Netanyahu had a completely different strategy, was keeping Hamas in power, and it delegitimized Palestinian authority in Ramallah because he never wanted to deal with the Palestinian issue.

We must stand tall, proud and united against evil.

that could only be done with the wholesale destruction of Gaza with tens of thousands of civilian deaths. After destroying the Hamas region, Israel would have to govern 2 million Gazans for an indefinite period. I had no intention of doing…

Hamas is ISIS and just as ISIS was crushed, so too will Hamas be crushed. And Hamas should be treated exactly the way ISIS was treated. They should be spit out from the community of nations.

Hamas is ISIS, and just as ISIS was crushed, so too will Hamas be crushed. And Hamas should be treated exactly the way ISIS was treated. They should be spit out from the community of nations.

Hamas is the same as ISIS.

what we will do to our enemies in the coming days will resonate for generations.

Israel will go on offense against Hamas like never before.

We have begun and I emphasize we have only begun to strike at Hamas. What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will resonate with them for generations.

We always knew who Hamas was. Now the rest of the world knows.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech for the Israeli people. He talked about the importance of coming together of unity, and how this is not going to be quick, not going to be easy.