Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu opened Sunday morning’s cabinet meeting by emphasizing that Israel would not accept any ceasefire deal which compromised on its security.
Netanyahu said Hamas had lost the recent round of fighting in Gaza, during which it suffered “harsh blows”, and vowed that Israel would not squander its military victory by capitulating during negotiations in Cairo.
“Only if there is a clear answer to Israel’s security needs, only then will we agree to reach an understanding,” Netanyahu insisted. “If Hamas thinks it can cover its military loss with a political win, it is mistaken. If it thinks that raining rockets will cause us to surrender, it is mistaken.”
Meanwhile, Ministers have railed against Hamas’s demands it be allowed to open air and seaports, and that Israel lift its restrictions on travel and imports into Gaza, which are aimed at stopping the flow of arms into the Islamist-ruled enclave.
“It will be a ‘duty free’ for rockets,” quipped Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich.
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