In an interview with Britain’s Sunday Times, Ophir Falk, chief foreign policy advisor to Netanyahu, said that it was “a deal we agreed to — it’s not a good deal but we dearly want the hostages released, all of them.”
An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with Britain’s Sunday Times that Israel had agreed to the framework for President Joe Biden’s plan to bring an end to the war in Gaza, though he said it was “not a good deal.”
Israel’s official position remains unclear, and NBC News has reached out to the Isreali Prime Minister’s Office for confirmation.
Biden announced Friday that Israel had proposed a three-part plan that would ultimately lead to a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, as well as the release of all hostages who have been held there for the last eight months.
On Saturday, Netanyahu appeared to undermine the plan, releasing a statement that called a permanent cease-fire in Gaza a “nonstarter” until long-standing conditions for ending the war are met, reiterating that “Israel’s conditions for ending the war have not changed: the destruction of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities, the freeing of all hostages and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel.”
He added that Israel’s conditions “have not changed — the release of the hostages and the destruction of Hamas as a genocidal terrorist organization.”
“The forum demands the return of all hostages, some for rehabilitation and other for burial, and not to miss the opportunity that has arisen to bring them home.”
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An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with Britain’s Sunday Times that Israel had agreed to the framework for President Joe Biden’s plan to bring an end to the war in Gaza, though he said it was “not a good deal.”
Israel’s official position remains unclear, and NBC News has reached out to the Isreali Prime Minister’s Office for confirmation.
Biden announced Friday that Israel had proposed a three-part plan that would ultimately lead to a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, as well as the release of all hostages who have been held there for the last eight months.
On Saturday, Netanyahu appeared to undermine the plan, releasing a statement that called a permanent cease-fire in Gaza a “nonstarter” until long-standing conditions for ending the war are met, reiterating that “Israel’s conditions for ending the war have not changed: the destruction of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities, the freeing of all hostages and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel.”
He added that Israel’s conditions “have not changed — the release of the hostages and the destruction of Hamas as a genocidal terrorist organization.”
“The forum demands the return of all hostages, some for rehabilitation and other for burial, and not to miss the opportunity that has arisen to bring them home.”
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