IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the military is working to both eliminate the Hamas terror group and return the hostages it is holding in the Gaza Strip back to Israel.
“We are operating according to objectives that were set out for us: dismantling Hamas, protecting the borders, and a national effort to return the hostages,” Hagari says.
“All of these together are part of our judgment, our assessments, our progress, and the decision-making,” he says.
“We will make the most correct operational decisions, with these objectives as our compass,” Hagari continues.
“Bringing the hostages home is a national effort of utmost importance, and all our activities, operational, intelligence, are aimed at realizing this objective,” he adds.
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