Benjamin Netanyahu

The Houthi terror regime is learning the hard way that it is paying and will continue to pay a very heavy price for its aggression against the state of Israel.

Israel deeply regrets the tragic mishap that occurred at the hospital in Gaza.

Israel does not have a policy of starvation. Israel has a policy of preventing starvation.

These two things — defeating Hamas and releasing all our hostages — go hand in hand.

to begin immediate negotiations for the release of all hostages and an end to the war on terms acceptable to Israel.

You’re right. We are going to be fighting this war for decades to come. That’s the way it’s been. That’s the way it’s going to be.

Those two things, the defeat of Hamas and the release of all our hostages, go hand in hand.

We’re at the decisive stage.

In parallel, I instructed to begin immediate negotiations for the release of all our hostages and the end of the war, on conditions that are acceptable for Israel.

I came here to approve the IDF plans for taking control of Gaza City and defeating Hamas.

We can see clearly that Hamas is under immense pressure.

Those who call to end the war delay the hostages’ release and guarantee that the horrors of October 7 will return.

Those who are calling today for an end to the war without Hamas' elimination are not only hardening Hamas' position and delaying the release of our hostages, they are also ensuring that the horrors of October 7 will repeat themselves and…

In fact, we have decided, and I’ve ordered and directed the military to bring in foreign journalists, more foreign journalists, a lot.

No one in Gaza would have survived after two years of war if Israel was implementing a starvation policy.

Israel’s goal was not to stay in Gaza — just free it of Hamas.

We want, first of all, to enable safe zones to be established so the civilian population of Gaza City can move out.

The timeline that we set for the action is fairly quickly.

We intend to take over Gaza in order to assure our security, remove Hamas there.

We intend to, in order to assure our security, remove Hamas there, enable the population to be free of Gaza, and to pass it to civilian governance that is not Hamas and not anyone advocating the destruction of Israel.

Well, we don’t want to keep it. We want to have a security perimeter. We don’t want to govern it.

We are not going to occupy Gaza — we are going to free Gaza from Hamas.

That’s what we want to do. We want to liberate ourselves and liberate the people of Gaza from the awful terror of Hamas.

We intend to, in order to assure our security, remove Hamas there, enable the population to be free of Gaza, and to pass it to civilian governance that is not Hamas and not anyone advocating the destruction of Israel.

We don't want to keep Gaza. We want to have a security perimeter. We don't want to govern it.