IDF Spokesman: Ground operation will be canceled if prisoners are released
Israel is ready to abandon the ground operation in the Gaza Strip if Hamas releases all hostages and surrenders unconditionally. About this in a conversation with ABC radio in Melbourne stated Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Jonathan Conricus.
If these conditions are not met, then a ground operation in Gaza will become inevitable, added the representative of the army of the Jewish state. He recalled that Hamas currently holds 212 people captive.
At the same time, Conricus was unable to unequivocally answer the question of which goal is a higher priority for HATZAL—the release of the hostages or the destruction of Hamas.
The military operation in the Gaza Strip should begin in the very near future. It could last about three months, according to the forecast given by the head of the military department, Yoav Galant. Hamas must eventually be destroyed, he said.
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