Benjamin Netanyahu says “only sustained military pressure” will make it possible to free all the hostages

“Just keep up the military pressure” until “Victory” will free”All our hostages” In the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday, February 12, after freeing two of them during a nighttime military operation. “I salute our brave warriors for the brave action that led to their liberation”, he added. Follow our live stream.

Two hostages were freed. “Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Luis Haar, 70, were jointly carried out by the Shin Beth during a night operation in Rafah. (Internal Security) and the Israel Police., according to a press release from these three services. Abducted from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October 7, the two men were taken to the Sheba Medical Center in the suburbs of Tel Aviv for a preliminary medical examination. “They are in stable condition”The founding director described.

Rafah under threat of an imminent Israeli invasion. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his army to prepare an offensive on Rafah, on the border with Egypt, where 1.4 million Palestinians are currently gathering, according to the UN. The Palestinian town, which has become a huge encampment, is the last urban center that the Israeli army has not yet penetrated.

International warnings against Israel. Some states have warned against it “Humanitarian Disaster” In the event of an attack on a heavily populated city. Benjamin Netanyahu assures that his country will “A safe passage for the civilian population so they can leave” The city, without specifying where citizens can take refuge.

Another hundred hostages. About 250 people were kidnapped in Israel on October 7 and taken to Gaza. A week-long ceasefire in November allowed the release of 105 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinians detained by Israel. Before the release of the last two hostages, Israel estimated that 132 were still detained in Gaza, of whom 29 were believed to have died.