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November 20, 2024 | 06:10 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suddenly visited Gaza on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. As reported by Reuters, he stated that Hamas would not rule the Palestinian enclave after the war had ended and that Israel had destroyed the Islamist group's military capabilities.
Netanyahu also said Israel had not given up trying to locate the 101 remaining hostages believed to be still in the enclave and he offered a US$5 million reward for the return of each one.
"Anyone who dares to harm our hostages will have blood on their head. We will hunt you down and get you," Netanyahu said.
"Whoever brings us a hostage will find a safe way, he and his family, to get out," he said. "Choose, the choice is yours, but the result will be the same. We'll get them all back."
The comments were made in a video recording by Netanyahu during his visit to Gaza with Israel's defense minister and the head of its army, where he also received a briefing on operational activities.
Before the end of President Joe Biden's administration, the United States continued to strive for a ceasefire in Gaza. According to State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on Tuesday, senior U.S. and Israeli officials will discuss the high number of civilian harm in Israel's war in Gaza.
U.S. officials have identified nearly 500 potential incidents of harm to civilians in the Palestinian enclave since Oct. 7, 2023, sources said last month.
No action had been taken on any of the incidents, the sources said, under a State Department mechanism meant to assess incidents where civilians are killed or injured with U.S.-provided weapons and recommend actions to avoid future harm.
Biden has offered strong backing to Israel since Hamas-led gunmen attacked Israel in October 2023 but has raised concerns over Israel's conduct in the assault it launched on Gaza and its impact on Palestinian civilians.
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