Nov 26, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conducted an inspection tour in the Gaza
Strip, his office said on Sunday.
The statement did not specify the location of the visit, but it is noted that the Israeli military had penetrated areas north, west, and south of the Gaza City, withdrawing from several unspecified locations before the temporary humanitarian pause began.
"Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited in the Gaza Strip, where he received
security briefings with commanders and soldiers and visited one of the tunnels
that has been revealed," said his office.
"We
are here in the Gaza Strip with our heroic soldiers. We are making every effort
to return our hostages, and in the end, we will return them all," said
Netanyahu.
"We
are continuing until the end-until victory," he pledged.
A four-day
humanitarian pause, mediated by Qatar, Egypt, and the US, went into effect on
Friday, temporarily halting Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip.
In the
first two days of the humanitarian pause, Hamas and Israel exchanged 41
Israelis and foreigners for 78 Palestinians in Israeli jails.
Under the
agreement, the hostages and prisoners will be released in batches during the
course of four days.
Israel
launched a massive military campaign in the Gaza Strip following an Oct. 7
cross-border attack by Hamas, a Palestinian resistance group.
It has
since killed at least 14,854 Palestinians, including 6,150 children and over
4,000 women, according to health authorities in the enclave. The
official Israeli death toll stands at 1,200.
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