US EditionNetanyahu Presents U.S. With Estimate of 60,000 Hamas Rifles in Gaza, Urges Disarmament First
Netanyahu says Hamas must be fully disarmed, citing 20,000 fighters and 60,000 firearms, to enable Gaza's future and advance ceasefire talks.
- On Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News that disarmament of Hamas is the main condition to move to phase two of the Gaza ceasefire, and U.S. President Donald Trump shares this view.
- According to Netanyahu, Hamas fields about 20,000 armed operatives holding roughly 60,000 weapons, and disarmament requires dismantling hundreds of kilometers of terror tunnels.
- Asked about methods, Netanyahu said international force proposals have failed and disarmament must proceed cooperatively or by other means, adding Hamas refuses but deserves a chance.
- If disarmament occurs, Netanyahu said Israel must control Gaza to prevent terror, and only then could a new governing authority in Gaza emerge.
- Addressing domestic unrest, Netanyahu said settler violence involves about 70 youths who are not West Bank residents, acknowledged violence cannot be accepted, and said he is working to stop rioters.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he had achieved “great things” in the Gaza Strip, but he warned that there are still other “to be finished,” namely, “disarming” the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), to which he has attributed 20,000 fighters, “all armed with Kalashnikov rifles.” “We have accomplished great things, but we still have things to finish. One of them is disarming Hamas,” he said in an interview with t…
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Israeli Prime Minister Says Hamas Must Hand Over All Weapons and Tunnel Network – “It Still Has Tens of Thousands of Kalashnikovs and Hundreds of Kilometers of Tunnels”
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