Netanyahu offers a reward of five million dollars from Gaza for each freed hostage

MADRID 19 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, crossed into the Gaza Strip this Tuesday and, from an undetermined location near the coast of the Palestinian enclave, recorded a video in which he offered a reward of up to five million. of dollars – just over 4.7 million euros – for each hostage released from captivity in the hands of Hamas.

“Anyone who takes a hostage out will find with us a safe way for him and his family to leave (Gaza). We will also give a deposit of five million dollars for each hostage. Choose, the choice is yours,” said the first Minister Netanyahu in a video with his Defense Minister, Israel Katz, and published on his official profile on the social network X.

However, Netanyahu has stressed that whatever the actions of the population of the Gaza Strip, the result of the Israeli military operation will end up being the same, since Netanyahu is convinced that the Army will manage to bring Israel back. to all the hostages kidnapped by Hamas during its offensive on October 7, 2023, where more than 240 people were taken to Gaza.

“I am here, on the shores of Gaza (…) Our heroic soldiers are doing a wonderful job here, in the center of the Strip, in all parts of the Strip. They have achieved excellent results in our important objective,” he said. added the Israeli leader, who has taken the opportunity to emphasize that Hamas “will not govern Gaza” when the Israeli offensive ends.

Netanyahu has reiterated a speech repeated in recent days, and that is that after attacking the military structures of Hamas, Israel assures that it is now focused on dismantling the governmental framework of the Islamist group in the Gaza Strip, where it governs after the 2006 elections. “We are moving towards their government capabilities,” he said.

Hamas launched an unprecedented attack against Israel in October 2023 in which almost 1,200 people were killed and another 240 were kidnapped. Approximately a year ago, the parties reached an agreement that culminated in the release of dozens of hostages, which added to the Israeli operations in which others – mostly dead – have been rescued, the figure is close to a hundred. still kidnapped by the Islamist group in Gaza.

The Israeli Army launched shortly after the Hamas attacks a military operation in Gaza focused on the main structures of the Islamist organization and which has already left more than 43,800 dead, mostly women and children, but among whom there are also some prominent figures of Hamas, such as its last two leaders: Ismail Haniye and Yahya Sinwar.