Netanyahu urged to maintain military pressure in Gaza after release of two Israeli hostages

Benjamin Netanyahu defended this Monday his strategy of maintaining military pressure on Gaza as a way to free the hostages, after the Israeli army managed to free two captives in an operation in Rafah.

“I salute our brave warriors for their courageous act that led to liberation.” Of the two hostages, the Israeli Prime Minister said. “Only continued military pressure until complete victory will lead to the release of our hostages,” the president said in a statement.

For its part, the Forum of Families of Hostages and Disappeared Persons celebrated that Israeli forces managed to free two captives, Fernando Simon Marmon and Norberto Luis Har, although it again warned Netanyahu that “the detention of the hostages Time is Running Out.” Hands of Hamas.

More than 130 hostages remain in Gaza

More than 130 hostages still remain alive in Gaza -It is believed that only a hundred of them are alive and the rest are dead-““They are in danger every moment.”So “the Israeli government should use all options on the table to free them,” the relatives said.

Relatives and friends of the hostages are increasing pressure on authorities to reach any agreement with Hamas, including the release of their loved ones, while Netanyahu has assured that Hamas’s demand for a ceasefire is not acceptable and has yet to be met. Appealed to continue. Military route.

Tonight’s complex operation, which led to the release of both captives, is the second that the Israeli military has managed to successfully carry out since the beginning of the war more than 4 months ago, after it also freed an Israeli soldier in October Was successful in freeing.

On October 7 they took more than 240 people

On October 7, the day the conflict began, when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, Palestinian fighters took more than 240 people hostage in Gaza.

Including the two prisoners released today, A total of 112 have been issued, The highest in a week-long ceasefire last November.

According to Palestinian sources, the rescue operation in Rafah this morning took place after Israeli forces attacked the city – where about 1.4 million Palestinians live – with intense bombardment, resulting in the deaths of about a hundred people.