āI think Israel will, for an indefinite period, will have the overall security responsibility, because weāve seen what happens when we donāt have it,ā NetanyahuĀ said in an interviewĀ with ABC News on Monday. āWhen we donāt have that security responsibility, what we have is the eruption of Hamas terror on a scale that we couldnāt imagine.ā
The prime minister suggested he was open to allowing ālittle pausesā in fire for the transport of humanitarian goods and hostages to leave, but reiterated there willĀ not be aĀ āgeneralā cease-fire unless hostages taken by Hamas are released.