Israel determined to keep fighting until Hamas is eliminated, Netanyahu tells US official
Israel will continue its fight against Hamas “until absolute victory,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he told US national security adviser Jake Sullivan Thursday.
Sullivan is meeting with top Israeli officials over the next two days as the White House pushes the Israelis to be more precise in their operations against Hamas in Gaza — while struggling to square President Joe Biden's comments about "indiscriminate bombing" in Gaza with its insistence that Israel is "intent" on limiting Palestinian civilian casualties.
"I told our American friends: Our heroic soldiers have not fallen in vain. Out of the deep pain of their having fallen, we are more determined than ever to continue fighting until Hamas is eliminated – until absolute victory,” Netanyahu said in a video statement after the meeting with the US official.
He also said returning Israeli hostages is “a key objective. We do not let go of that goal, not even for a moment, also at this very moment.”
During the meeting, Netanyahu thanked Sullivan for Washington’s support in the fight against Hamas, an Israeli readout of the meeting said.
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