Israel will maintain the offensive in Gaza until the 101 Hamas hostages are released

The Foreign Minister of IsraelGideon Saar, assured this Thursday in Prague that his country will continue its military operations in the Gaza Strip until the 101 hostages who remain kidnapped by the Islamist group Hamas since the terrorist attack on October 7, 2023 are released.

“We will end the war in Gaza when we achieve our objectives“said Saar in a press conference.

“We have three objectives. Return to their homes 101 civilian hostages who were barbarically kidnapped by Hamas on October 7”, he added at the event where he was received by his Czech counterpart, Jan Lipavsky.

The second is to “totally dismantle the military and government infrastructure of Hamas,” said the head of Israeli diplomacy, who compared it to what, he said, Europe did against Hitler’s Nazi regime in Germany during the World War II.

“We are not going to establish commitments with the regime Hamas in the Gaza Strip“said Saar.

“The third objective is to eliminate the threat from the Gaza Strip to the security of the citizens of Israel.“, said.

To Israelthis does not mean “controlling civilian life in Gaza in the future,” Saar clarified, although he added that his country will not make any concessions that affect security.

“They must have their own leaders, and we don’t care who they are, but we care about the principle: not someone who supports terror or encourages against the State of Israel and its citizens”.

The military wing of Hamas It is considered a terrorist group by the US and the EU.