Negotiations with Hamas will ‘only be conducted under fire,’ Gallant vows

By Emanuel Fabian

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5 June 2024, 5:51 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (right) is seen boarding a two-seater F-15 fighter jet at the Tel Nof Airbase in central Israel, June 5, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant vows, following a flight over the Gaza Strip and the northern border in a fighter jet, that hostage negotiations with Hamas will “only be conducted under fire.”

“The strikes and the plumes of smoke where the IDF attacks are clearly visible to the eye, both in the Gaza Strip and in the north,” says Gallant after being taken by the IAF’s 133rd Squadron over Gaza and the Lebanon border in an F-15 jet.

“We are in a process where we will continue and wear down the enemy. Any negotiations with the Hamas terror organization will only be conducted under fire,” he adds.