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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Hamas had rejected all elements of a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza that would help facilitate the release of hostages.
On Monday, Netanyahu said Israeli forces would retain control over the Philadelphi Corridor along the Egypt-Gaza border, vowing “not to give in to pressure” over the issue. “You need something to squeeze them, to prevent them, to put pressure on them to release the remaining hostages,” he said.State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters on Wednesday that Washington recognised “the very real needs that Israel has to ensuring that there can’t be smuggling across the Philadelphi Corridor”, but said “we think that there are ways to address” the issue.
Israel’s retaliatory military offensive in Gaza has so far killed at least 40,861 people, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.At protests in several Israeli cities this week, Netanyahu’s critics have blamed him for hostages’ deaths, saying he has refused to make necessary concessions for striking a ceasefire deal.
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