Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that the Palestinian militant group Hamas should not view his country’s willingness to reach a truce deal in Gaza as a “weakness”.
“We are working to reach another deal for the release of our hostages. But if Hamas interprets our willingness to reach a deal as weakness, as an opportunity to dictate surrender terms that would endanger the State of Israel, it is gravely mistaken,” he said in a speech.
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