Israel is not committed to any ceasefire or prisoner release with Hamas

Israel is not committed to any ceasefire or prisoner release with Hamas

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel did not commit to any ceasefire or prisoners’ release with Hamas in a statement early on Monday.

The agreement only stipulates a safe corridor that would allow Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander’s release he said.

Negotiations for a possible deal to secure the release of all hostages in Gaza would continue "under fire, during preparations for an intensification of the fighting", Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office.

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