this is much larger than a hostage crisis. On early Wednesday morning when Hezbollah attacked Israel with a rocket barrage, crossed the border, shot up some of our soldiers, killed some, took others hostage, that was an act of war.
Regev characterizes Hezbollah's actions as an act of war, framing the conflict's seriousness.
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Frankly, we don't know. Israel is ready for an unconditional extension of the cease-fire. We've said so all along.
And thirdly, and this is the most important element that we want to make sure that Hamas cannot rearm because that's what happened after the previous rounds.
In other words, I think demilitarization of Gaza has to be part of the end game agenda.
We have to deal with the tunnels because they are a very real strategic threat to our country for all these reasons.