Israeli leaders on Wednesday dismissed an announcement from Hamas declaring its willingness to free all of the hostages in an alternate for ending the warfare in Gaza, vowing to go forward with the deliberate invasion of Gaza Metropolis if the Palestinian terror group doesn’t settle for Jerusalem’s situations to completely halt the combating.
The assertion from Hamas, which stated the terrorist group was nonetheless ready for Israel’s reply to the ceasefire proposal it accepted two weeks in the past, got here after US President Donald Trump demanded the discharge of the remaining dwelling captives.
Hamas careworn that it was prepared “to enter right into a complete deal wherein all enemy prisoners held by the resistance can be freed in alternate for an agreed-upon variety of Palestinian prisoners held by the occupation.” Hamas refers back to the hostages it holds as prisoners.
“This settlement will finish the warfare on the Gaza Strip, consequence within the withdrawal of all occupation forces from the complete Gaza Strip, open the border crossings to permit the entry of all of the Gaza Strip’s requirements and begin the method of rebuilding,” Hamas continued.
The phobia group emphasised that it was able to kind “an unbiased nationwide administration of technocrats” to run Gaza.
Israel has stated it will solely finish the warfare if Hamas releases all hostages in a single go and disarms, and if Gaza is demilitarized and a non-Hamas, no-Palestinian Authority governance is established, all of which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated in his response to the Hamas assertion.
“That is extra spin by Hamas, containing nothing new,” Netanyahu’s workplace stated.
L-R: Protection Minister Israel Katz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Employees Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir on the IAF’s command heart, August 24, 2025. (Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO)
The Prime Minister’s Workplace stated the warfare can finish instantly if 5 situations are met — the discharge of all hostages; the disarmament of Hamas; the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip; Israeli safety management in Gaza; and “the institution of another civilian administration that doesn’t indoctrinate for terror, doesn’t dispatch terror, and doesn’t threaten Israel.”
“Solely these situations will forestall Hamas from rearming and repeating the October 7 bloodbath repeatedly, because it overtly vows to do,” Netanyahu’s workplace added.
In an identical message, Protection Minister Israel Katz known as on Hamas to both settle for Israel’s situations to finish the warfare — together with the discharge of all hostages and disarmament — or see Gaza Metropolis “grow to be like Rafah and Beit Hanoun,” accusing the phobia group of constant to “deceive and utter empty phrases.”
Responding to Netanyahu and Katz, Opposition Chief Yair Lapid stated that whereas the federal government “doesn’t have to just accept Hamas’s situations, it should instantly return to negotiations and attempt to shut a deal.”
“You may’t not even attempt to return our hostages house,” added Lapid.
Head of The Democrats opposition celebration Yair Golan issued a extra stinging criticism, saying that slightly than looking for a deal to free the captives, Netanyahu “is once more selecting to forsake the lives of the hostages and troopers for his personal sake.”
‘No selection however navy rule’
In the meantime, Israeli tv reported Wednesday that IDF Chief of Employees Eyal Zamir is planning to warn the federal government that there can be no choice however to impose navy rule over the Gaza Strip if the plans go forward to beat Gaza Metropolis.
“There can be no selection however to impose navy rule on all of Gaza from November,” Channel 12 information quoted Zamir as saying he’ll inform the federal government.
Zamir is against the federal government’s plan to beat Gaza Metropolis and has urged the federal government to just accept the deal to succeed in a ceasefire that may see the hostages launched.
The TV report stated Zamir will perform the orders to seize Gaza Metropolis, however is warning the federal government to organize for the navy and diplomatic penalties.
IDF Chief of Employees Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir surveys Gaza Metropolis and critiques operational plans with IDF commanders because the navy prepares to advance its offensive within the metropolis, September 3, 2025. (Israel Protection Forces)
The federal government has superior the takeover plan in current weeks regardless of Hamas saying it had agreed to a phased hostage-truce deal nearly an identical to at least one Israel had beforehand authorised. Within the interim, Jerusalem had formally given up on phased offers, demanding a complete settlement to return all of the captives in a single go and see Hamas give up.
The phased deal — which Hamas stated it agreed to on August 18 — would see 10 dwelling hostages launched and the stays of 18 lifeless hostages returned, in alternate for the discharge of a whole lot of Palestinian safety prisoners and a few 1,000 Gazan detainees, and a 60-day ceasefire, throughout which negotiations could be held for the return of the remaining 20 hostages, of whom 10-12 are believed to be alive, and a everlasting finish to the warfare.
