Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that his country reserves the right to resume fighting in Gaza with American support, pledging to return all hostages held in the Palestinian Strip to their homes.
The Prime Minister said in a televised speech, “We reserve the right to resume the war if necessary, with American support,” on the eve of the ceasefire taking effect.
He said, “We are thinking about all our hostages. I promise you that we will achieve all our goals and return all the hostages.”
He added, “Under this agreement, we will return 33 of our brothers and sisters, most of them alive.”
-He stressed that the first phase of the agreement, which lasts 42 days, is a “temporary ceasefire.”
He added, “If we are forced to resume the war, we will do so forcefully,” pointing out that Israel has “changed the face of the Middle East” since the start of the war.
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