Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced an expansion of military operations in the Gaza Strip, emphasizing that the offensive, dubbed Operation Iron Swords, will continue until Hamas is completely defeated. Netanyahu's statements come amid one of the deadliest periods in the ongoing conflict, with reports from the Gaza Ministry of Health indicating that Israeli forces have been responsible for 25 massacres, resulting in the death of 250 Palestinians and injuring 500 in the last 24 hours. Despite international calls for a ceasefire, including a proposal of a 14-day ceasefire by Egypt, and the involvement of the militant group Islamic Jihad in talks in Cairo, Netanyahu has dismissed the possibility of an imminent end to the conflict, particularly following his visit to troops in northern Gaza on Christmas Day. The prime minister has outlined three conditions for peace: the destruction of Hamas, the demilitarization of Gaza, and the deradicalization of Palestinian society. Netanyahu's visit to troops in northern Gaza and his vow to intensify the fight against Hamas underscore the Israeli government's commitment to a prolonged military campaign.
Israel intensifies Gaza strikes as Netanyahu affirms commitment to dismantle Hamas https://t.co/H3zELhQBMC https://t.co/iwMkt9zfI2
Watch: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu meets with soldiers in northern #Gaza. https://t.co/olyVX1HehQ https://t.co/VP1MfirSkd
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, in an interview for The Wall Street Journal, named three conditions for peace in the Gaza Strip. 📍 Hamas must be destroyed. 📍 Gaza must be demilitarized. 📍Palestinian society must be de-radicalized. https://t.co/X3u8oohfdZ
At least 250 people were killed & 500 others injured over the past 24 hours in central Gaza, the strip's Hamas-controlled health ministry says. More than 20,000 people have been killed since the conflict began in early October. At least 1,200 people have been killed in Israel. https://t.co/cqoUqpe4Zk
Netanyahu visits troops in Gaza https://t.co/kBuzX34c3j
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to keep fighting in Gaza until Hamas is destroyed, defying global calls for a ceasefire amid concerns the conflict could spread with US and Iran-aligned forces again attacking each other https://t.co/mZx5MGgvy7
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted peace can only be achieved in #Gaza if #Hamas is “destroyed,” the territory “demilitarized,” and Palestinian society “deradicalized,” after warning the war is set to intensify. #Israel https://t.co/olyVX1HehQ
Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip continues, with PM Netanyahu saying the war on the besieged enclave is far from over. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://t.co/8yRfaERSdu https://t.co/sT5X5meVId
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted peace can only be achieved in Gaza if Hamas is destroyed, the territory demilitarised and Palestinian society "deradicalised", after warning the war is set to intensify https://t.co/7jBRk5VB6B https://t.co/ZRNb9Y5wRy
PM: For peace, Hamas must be crushed, Gaza demilitarized, Palestinians deradicalized https://t.co/FquXdFfOE7 . Click to read ⬇️
Netanyahu said achieving peace in Israel's war with Hamas requires the destruction of the group, the demilitarization of Gaza and for Palestinian society to be “deradicalized" https://t.co/hmDcVOnMqf
Israel's ground offensive in Gaza will expand over the coming days, Netanyahu has warned, as attacks appeared to intensify on Christmas Day. The Hamas-led Gaza health ministry says 250 Palestinians have been killed and 500 wounded in the past 24 hours 🔗 https://t.co/s5rNr5F0xu https://t.co/lqKRhs3yiC
The death toll in the Israel-Hamas war surged higher as Israel ramped up its strikes on Gaza and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to intensify the fight. https://t.co/VFdJrBGpLb
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue the military offensive in Gaza, while Palestinians mourned more than 100 people who were killed overnight in Israeli airstrikes https://t.co/X6189NLC6U https://t.co/MryJqzkIet
We aren't stopping and won't stop until victory...: Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/ivVR0WIW63 #Netanyahu #IsraelHamasWar #Gaza https://t.co/YdaST6RBRS
The death toll in the Israel-Hamas war surged higher today as Israel ramped up its strikes on Gaza. Health officials there reported 250 Palestinians died and another 500 were injured in the last 24 hours. @WmBrangham reports. https://t.co/AuNEXtbqGD https://t.co/X8eYbPDF4F
NETANYAHU SAYS THEY WILL INTENSIFY OPERATIONS IN GAZA https://t.co/mLtMpayIjQ
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep up the fight against Hamas militants while Palestinians mourned more than 100 people who Gaza health officials said were killed overnight in Israeli airstrikes https://t.co/X6189NLC6U https://t.co/VSOwUQIDHD
'We Are Not Stopping': Netanyahu Vows Israel Will Expand Its Offensive to End Hamas https://t.co/ofA4sPxzaM
Israel’s war in Gaza "will be a long fight" and is far from over, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after visiting Gaza. Netanyahu said the Israeli military is "intensifying" operations inside Gaza , where 250 died in 24 hours, one of the deadliest days yet. @biannagolodryga https://t.co/Aa9eZvyUHc
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue waging war against Hamas in Gaza, despite a growing number of international calls for a cease-fire. https://t.co/z1VchlYpBB
Netanyahu visits Israeli troops in Gaza and vows to continue war https://t.co/EK13luLAgt
Israel's ground offensive in Gaza will expand over the coming days, Benjamin Netanyahu has warned, as attacks appeared to intensify on Christmas Day. 🔗 Read more https://t.co/9gYzp1Q3RG
Netanyahu visits Gaza, says war "isn’t close to finished" https://t.co/qWq7m7FA1V
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Gaza, vows no end to fighting https://t.co/IsEbNj2TQe https://t.co/lFsOIb8j7O
Benjamin Netanyahu visits Israeli troops in northern Gaza and says war will not stop https://t.co/fmFNq9oDrU
Netanyahu in northern Gaza: “This war is going to go until the end. Until we finish them. No less than that.” https://t.co/HzyB8hJU4W
Netanyahu in northern Gaza: “This was is going to go until the end. Until we finish them. No less than that.” https://t.co/bfXlvi4YcZ
Netanyahu during a trip to Gaza The Israeli prime minister promised to “deepen” the fighting in the coming days and noted that there was a “long battle” ahead. https://t.co/kjLo5dY6gI
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Gaza for the second time during the operation. IDF soldiers “asked not to stop” in their actions against the enclave. https://t.co/P8etA6tq6X
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip on Monday, vowing to stay the course of the war even with the death toll mounting. His trip came hours after Gazan health officials reported an overnight strike that killed dozens. https://t.co/J37stmNIvP
Netanyahu in Christmas Visit to Troops in Gaza: We Will ‘Continue Until the End‘ https://t.co/j4XGniFUcM via @BreitbartNews
The Gaza Ministry of Health is reporting that Israeli forces have committed 25 massacres in the last 24 hours, murdering at least 250 Palestinians. These are the confirmed deaths.
PM @netanyahu, having just returned from visiting Israeli troops on the frontlines in Gaza. https://t.co/KmgxXouwV3
PM Netanyahu tells IDF soldiers in northern Gaza Strip: The war will only stop when they [Hamas] are finished https://t.co/zpzhtHZqXK https://t.co/TtJNcQbMNE
BREAKING: NETANYAHU SAYS WAR IN GAZA WILL CONTINUE FOR A LONG TIME WITH NO IMMINENT END https://t.co/bFTkRKXgac
Israeli PM Netanyahu: IDF to intensify offensive on Hamas in coming days, war 'nowhere near' its end. (i24)
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Israeli airstrikes killed more than 100 people in Gaza, Palestinian health officials said, in one of the besieged enclave's deadliest nights of Israel's 11-week-old battle with Hamas https://t.co/MN4q7JURt8 https://t.co/29C4VHvzbl
Breaking | Gaza Ministry of Health: Israeli forces has committed 25 massacres, resulting in the death of 250 Palestinians in the past 24 hours. https://t.co/n3qvkclAef
25 massacres and 250 Palestinians killed in the last 24 hours.
Breaking | News coverage: Gaza Ministry of Health: Israeli forces has committed 25 massacres, resulting in the death of 250 Palestinians in the past 24 hours. https://t.co/qztaEVYigu
Breaking | The Israeli Prime Minister: "The war in Gaza will continue for a long time, and its end is not imminent." https://t.co/nMxMkWEaLE
LATEST: Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel will expand its Gaza ground offensive in the coming days despite international efforts to halt the fighting https://t.co/l3Di4UVflL (via AP)
#Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the #Gaza war is far from over and dismisses what he cast as false media speculation that his government might call a halt to fighting against #Hamas. https://t.co/s9BjE4wzRr https://t.co/IVLbv4BjU1
Israel PM Netanyahu: War in Gaza "will take a long time"
🔴 ISRAEL PM: GAZA CONFLICT NOT NEARING AN END, WILL BE A PROLONGED PROCESS
Israel PM says Gaza war not close to conclusion, will take a long time - @Reuters citing statement
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the expansion of military operations in the Gaza Strip and said it was the “only way” to free the hostages and destroy Hamas. https://t.co/crX4Qf5mdB
Netanyahu expands military operations in Gaza due to escalating conflict https://t.co/DIRNB1QmEm https://t.co/BMGMSgh0am
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the expansion of military operations in the Gaza Strip and stated that this is the "only way" to free the hostages and destroy Hamas.
“ This is the only way to free the hostages and destroy Hamas ”: Netanyahu announced the expansion of military operations in the Gaza Strip “Citizens of Israel, we are expanding military operations in the Gaza Strip. We will continue the war until complete victory. This is the… https://t.co/GrCRCjWVMO
#Israel is expanding military action in the Gaza Strip and will continue the war until victory - PM Netanyahu He said "this is the only way to return the hostages, destroy #Hamas and guarantee that #Gaza will no longer be a threat to Israel." https://t.co/aF6zAMnbcA
Netanyahu announced the expansion of military operations in the Gaza Strip: this is the only way to free the hostages and destroy Hamas. In addition, Netanyahu said that all the goals of Operation Iron Swords in the Gaza Strip will be achieved and cannot be stopped. https://t.co/W4ZDe4K5BT
#Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to fight deeper into #Gaza after his troops endured one of the worst days of losses of their ground war, while militant group Islamic Jihad joins talks in Cairo, a sign diplomacy is still alive. https://t.co/7HT9f2qaqz
❗️Israel is expanding military operations in Gaza and will continue the war until victory – Benjamin Netanyahu https://t.co/LfgMHX7pZZ
Netanyahu: Israeli forces are penetrating deep into Gaza and will fight until Hamas is eliminated. https://t.co/uBjMpYT2ka
Israel will fight Hamas until a complete victory in Gaza, Netanyahu vows "This is the only way to destroy Hamas, bring our hostages back, and ensure that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel," the prime minister said. Read more: https://t.co/s3KaJN0xll
Netanyahu: Israel is deepening the fighting in the Gaza Strip Israel is deepening the fighting in the Gaza Strip and will continue to fight until a complete victory over the terrorist group Hamas is achieved, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. "This is the only way… https://t.co/ENozYr6hYL
Israeli forces are going deeper into the #Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, adding that they will fight on until “total victory” over #Hamas. #Israel https://t.co/7HT9f2qaqz
BREAKING: Israel will keep fighting in Gaza until a complete victory over the Hamas terror group is achieved, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday amid reports of a 14-day ceasefire proposal by Egypt. https://t.co/s3KaJN0xll
PM Netanyahu says Israeli forces going deeper into Gaza, will fight until total victory over Hamas - @Reuters
🔴 NETANYAHU: ISRAELI FORCES TO ADVANCE FURTHER INTO GAZA, WILL FIGHT UNTIL COMPLETE DEFEAT OF HAMAS