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Netanyahu: Israel is nearing the ‘end of the campaign’ against Hamas in Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Israel is approaching the end of the war in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserts in a speech at the opening of the new Knesset Museum in Jerusalem, at the site where the parliament operated in 1950-1966.
“Precisely during these days when great victories are being achieved against those who came to destroy us, when we stand before the end of the campaign and work to defeat the remnants of the Iranian axis and free all of our hostages, we are here celebrating the fact of our existence and independence in the heart of our eternal capital, Jerusalem,” Netanyahu declares.
The prime minister faced harsh criticism earlier today from the Hostages Families Forum after comments he made last night referencing freeing the 20 living hostages in Gaza, seemingly ignoring those held captive whom Israel has declared dead.
He stresses in his speech that, “We are struggling for all of them, the living and the fallen as one.”
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