Israel: Netanyahu wants to end the Gaza War under this condition

Israel’s head of government Benjamin Netanyahu described the killing of the Hamas leadership as a prerequisite for termination of the war in the Gaza Strip. “Getting rid of them would remove the main obstacle to the release of all our hostages and the end of the war,” said Netanyahu on Saturday. Israel had recently flown air strikes on Hamas leader in Qatar. This met with criticism internationally, and US President Donald Trump also expressed his displeasure. Its Foreign Minister Marco Rubio is expected to visit Israel on Sunday.

“The Hamas terrorist chiefs living in Qatar do not take care of the people in Gaza,” said Netanyahu in the online service X. “You have blocked all attempts from a ceasefire to end the war endlessly.” The Israeli army had flown to destinations in Katar’s capital Doha on Tuesday, which, according to army information, was directed against the management level of the Islamist Palestinian organization Hamas.

The forum of the hostage families sharply criticized the government’s actions on Saturday. The attack in Qatar had “demonstrated without doubt that there was an obstacle to the return of the hostages and the end of the war: Prime Minister Netanyahu,” said the initiative. “Every time an agreement is evident, it is sabotaged by Netanyahu.”

The United States also expressed criticism of the Israeli air strikes in Qatar. According to US Foreign Minister Rubio, this has no impact on the close relationship with Israel. “This will not change the nature of our relationship with the Israelis,” he said on Saturday before he left to Israel. However, it must be talked about the consequences of the attack on the diplomatic efforts to end the war in the Gaza Strip. “Of course we weren’t happy about it, the president was not happy about it,” added Rubio. Trump had said that he was “extremely sad about the location of the attack” and described Qatar as “strong ally and friend of the United States”.

Meanwhile, Israel continued his military operation in the Gaza Strip. According to the Hamas civil protection, 32 people were killed in Israeli attacks on Saturday. Due to the massive restrictions for media in the Palestinian area, the information cannot be checked independently.

Israel had expanded his offensive to take the city of Gaza in the past few days. According to the army, more than 250,000 people have fled to other parts of the Gaza Strip since then. The civil protection controlled by Hamas, on the other hand, said that only around 68,000 inhabitants had managed to leave the city.

According to UN estimates, around one million people had recently been in the city of Gaza and the surrounding area. According to Israel, the city is one of the last strongholds of the radical Islamic Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

On Saturday, the Israeli army dropped leaflets, in which the residents of the western districts of Gazas were asked to leave the areas. The Israeli army proceeds in the area with “very big hardness” and is determined to “smash and defeat Hamas,” said the embassy to the Palestinian residents. People were asked to get to safety via Al-Raschid-Straße on the coast in areas south of the city of Gaza.

Internationally, the expansion of the Israeli offensive in Gaza is sharply criticized. The UN, which has found a famine in parts of the Gaza Strip, fears a worsening of the catastrophic humanitarian situation.

The Hamas and their allies had triggered the Gaza War on October 7, 2023 with their attack on Israel. According to Israeli information, more than 1200 people were killed in the major attack. 251 people were delayed as hostages in the Gaza strips. 47 people are still held by Hamas, 25 of them are already dead according to Israeli information.

In response to the Hamas robbery, Israel is massively military in the Gaza Strip. According to the Hamas authorities, more than 64,700 people have so far been killed.