As the Israeli military killed at least 54 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press ahead with his genocidal war in the besieged territory.
Mahmoud Basal, the spokesman of the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza, said the fatalities took place after Israeli bombardments targeted several areas across the devastated territory, including Gaza City, Khan Younis, Beit Lahia and al-Bureij refugee camp.
“Fifty-four people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn… and the number is likely to rise as the bombing continues until this moment,” Basal said.
The Israeli military ramped up airstrikes and expanded its ground offensives in Gaza after shattering a nearly two-month ceasefire with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas in mid-March.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu, in a televised speech on Saturday, said that the regime would continue the genocide in Gaza until “Hamas is defeated.”
He claimed that that military pressure was the only way to force the resistance movement to agree to the exchange of captives and abductees from both sides.
Hamas has repeatedly stated that any exchange of captives and abductees is dependent on Israel ending its brutal war and withdrawing its occupying forces from Palestinian territory.
The Israeli prime minister also vowed to bring home remaining captives from Gaza without yielding to Hamas’ demands, insisting that the military campaign in the Palestinian territory had reached a “critical stage.”
Netanyahu’s speech came as large protests erupted in Tel Aviv, pressing for a deal with Hamas to hand over Israeli captives in exchange for ending the genocide in Gaza.
An Israeli campaign group called on the regime’s premier on Saturday to secure a deal to bring the captives from Gaza, even if it meant ending the war.
“Netanyahu has no plan. Tonight, we heard endless talk about what not to do… There is one clear, feasible, and urgent solution that can be achieved now: reach a deal that will bring everyone home - even if it means stopping the fighting,” the group said.
Israel launched its deadly bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, after Hamas-led resistance groups carried out a historic operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.
In its operation, Hamas took 251 Israelis captive, 58 of whom now remain in Gaza, including the bodies of at least 34 confirmed dead by the occupation’s military. Several of the captives have been killed in the Israeli military’s strikes on the blockaded territory.
After one and a half years of war, the Tel Aviv regime has failed to achieve its declared objectives of “eliminating Hamas” and freeing captives, despite killing over 51,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former war minister, Yoav Gallant, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity on November 21, 2024.
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