The official spokesman for the Israeli army, Jonathan Conricus, makes his statements that the ground operation in the Gaza Strip will be canceled when Hamas releases all its detainees, and that it announces its surrender unconditionally.
In an interview with Australian Radio, Conricus said:
If Hamas came out of its hideouts in which it hides Israeli civilians, which it is currently doing, and returned all 212 Israeli hostages and surrendered unconditionally, we would stop the war.
-If they don't:
It is very likely that we will have to go in and get this done
While he did not answer a question about why the ground attack was postponed despite days of speculation, he said instead that Israeli forces would “completely dismantle Hamas” and completely destroy its military capabilities so that it no longer poses a threat to Israeli citizens.
He also did not provide a specific answer to the question addressed to him about whether the Israeli army's top priority was the complete destruction of Hamas or the liberation of all the hostages it held.
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