Posted on 05/28/24
| News Source: JPost
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the IDF strike that killed 45 Palestinian civilians in Gaza a “tragic mistake” as he vowed never to wave the white flag of defeat as he rejected domestic and international calls to end the war.
“Those who say they are exhausted that they are not ready or can not withstand the pressure,” Netanyahu told the Knesset plenum on Monday, “should hold up the white flag of defeat. I will not wave that kind of flag. I will continue to fight until we wave the flag of victory,” he stated.
In a brief but rousing speech delivered as the international community increasingly believes that Hamas can not be defeated militarily, Netanyahu vowed to battle on.
His address was frequently interrupted by heckling from the gallery where relatives of the remaining 125 hostages, who shouted at him, “bring them home now.”
They held up a large poster of the five young female observers held captive in Gaza, which had the slogan written on it, “Look them in the eye.”