Israel warns Hamas: Accept hostage deal, or we’ll enter Rafah
“If there is an option to make a deal, we will do it,” Katz said, although he stressed that this would not impact the overall goal of the war, which was to destroy Hamas.
Israel Katz, Foreign Minister to the United Nations points at family members of hostages in the audience during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, at U.N. headquarters in New York, US March 11, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/DAVID 'DEE' DELGADO)ByTOVAH LAZAROFFUpdated: