TEL
AVIV – On Saturday,
Former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said that the
war must be stopped immediately and a prisoner exchange deal must be reached,
not a temporary ceasefire, Khaberni reported.
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In an article published by the Israeli newspaper,
Haaretz, he said, “We expect difficult days and the number of casualties has
become escalating and disturbing. I believe that the time has come to announce
Israel’s readiness to stop the fighting. Yes, stop the fighting. Not a
ceasefire or a temporary cessation for a few days, but stop the fighting and
reach a prisoner exchange deal and negotiate the future of [
Gaza].”
Olmert
added that the “defeat of Hamas” is far-fetched and quite difficult. “The
possibilities of achieving the complete elimination of Hamas were non-existent,
since the moment when
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that it was
the main goal of the war,” he said.
Adding,
“Even at that time, it was clear to anyone who thought about it that the
complete destruction of [
Hamas] was just unfeasible, even under conditions
other than those in the Gaza Strip.”
Olmert
pointed out that “intelligence information has been proven since then to be
extremely limited, and the information we had before
October 7 was sufficient
for us to realize that an advanced tunnel network was spread throughout the
strip.”
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