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JERUSALEM, May 14 (Xinhua) — The Israeli army will enter the Gaza Strip in the coming days “in full force to complete the offensive and defeat Hamas,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement on Tuesday.
“With your spirit we will achieve complete victory. The elimination of Hamas and the release of all our hostages go hand in hand,” the prime minister said, speaking to wounded reservists on Monday.
“Hamas can say: ‘Here, we want to free 10 more hostages.’ Okay, bring them. We will take them and then enter, but we will never stop the war. We can make a truce for a certain period, but we will go to the end,” he added.
The prime minister noted that Israel has formed an administration that will allow Gazans to leave the enclave. “But the problem is that we need countries that will accept them, and this is what we are working on now,” B. Netanyahu emphasized.
The prime minister estimates that more than 50 percent of Gaza residents would leave if given the chance. –0–