‘Don’t die for Sinwar, surrender now,’ Netanyahu tells Hamas

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Hamas to give up its arms, exclaiming that the hundreds of its combatants who had surrendered in Gaza and who had been arrested marked the start of the terror group’s demise.

“The war is still ongoing but it is the beginning of the end of Hamas,” Netanyahu said as he urged the terrorist group’s fighters not to sacrifice themselves for their leader Yahya Sinwar.

“I say to the Hamas terrorists: It’s over. Don’t die for Sinwar. Surrender – now!”

“In the past few days, dozens of Hamas terrorists have surrendered to our forces. They are laying down their weapons and turning themselves in to our heroic soldiers.” Netanyahu said.

He issued his statement as violence on the northern border heated up and amid strong calls for a humanitarian ceasefire to the Gaza war, including from Russia and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.