Tel Aviv, 20 December 2023 (dpa/MIA) - There can be no premature halt to Israel's operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, vowing once again to wipe out all resistance by the extremist group.

"We are continuing the war until the end. It will continue until Hamas is eliminated - until victory," Netanyahu said in a video message.

"Whoever thinks that we will stop is detached from reality," he said, saying the war will end when Israel has achieved its goals: "The elimination of Hamas, the release of our hostages and the removal of the threat from Gaza."

He added: "All Hamas terrorists from the first to the last, are dead men walking.

"They have only two possibilities: Surrender or die."

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