CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Hostage negotiations with Hamas will “only be conducted under fire,” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday during a flight over the Gaza Strip and the Lebanon border, rejecting the Palestinian terror group’s repeated stance that it won’t negotiate while fighting is ongoing.
“The strikes and the plumes of smoke where the Israel Defense Forces attacks are clearly visible to the eye, both in the Gaza Strip and in the north,” Gallant said aboard an F-15 jet of the Israeli Air Force’s 133rd Squadron.
“We are in a process where we will continue to wear down the enemy. Any negotiations with the Hamas terror organization will only be conducted under fire,” he asserted.