Israeli Defense Minister: Deepening Gaza operations makes hostage deal more likely

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Tel Aviv [Israel], February 11 (ANI/TPS): As international attention starts to turn towards Gaza’s southernmost town of Rafah, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday that raising the pressure on Hamas would help bring about a negotiated prisoner release. Meanwhile, Israeli officials called for the resignation of the director of a UN agency embattled by new revelations of being penetrated by Hamas. “The more we deepen our operations, the closer we get to a realistic deal in order to return the hostages,” Gallant said. He was speaking at a display of items seized from Hamas by the …

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