Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday from the shores of the Gaza Strip a $5 million reward offered to anyone who brings back a hostage held in Gaza.
“Anyone who brings us a hostage will find with us a safe way for them and their family to get out” of Gaza, Mr. Netanyahu said in a video released by his office, in what Israelis call the Netzarim corridor .
“We will also give a reward of $5 million for each hostage,” the leader added.
The Netzarim corridor is a buffer zone set up by the Israeli army which cuts off the north of the Gaza Strip from the rest of the small Palestinian territory.
Even further into the Gaza Strip
Wearing a military helmet and bulletproof vest, Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with his back to the Mediterranean Sea.
This is the fourth time since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas that Mr. Netanyahu’s services have broadcast videos of the Israeli Prime Minister filmed inside the Gaza Strip.
Never before had images been filmed so deep inside the coastal territory devastated by more than a year of war.
“Anyone who dares to harm our hostages is considered dead. We will chase you and we will catch you,” he said.
Accompanied by his Defense Minister, Israel Katz, the Israeli Prime Minister reaffirmed that one of the objectives of the war is that “Hamas does not govern in Gaza”.
“We are also making efforts to locate the hostages and bring them back. We are not giving up on it. We will continue to do this until we have found them all: the living and the dead,” he added.
During the unprecedented attack by commandos of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on October 7, 2023, 251 people were kidnapped on Israeli soil. A total of 97 hostages remain in Gaza, 34 of whom were declared dead by the army.
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