Netanyahu: No Ceasefire Without Release of Our Hostages

On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that there will be no delivery of fuel to Gaza or the application of a ceasefire in Gaza unless hostages are freed.

He asserted: "No entry of gasoline... no ceasefire without the release of our hostages."

More than 10,000 people have been killed by Israeli forces in the continued attacks by the Israelis on Gaza.

A month after the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, the UN Security Council is still unable to issue a resolution to declare a truce.

Members of the council were unable to adopt a draft resolution for a ceasefire while the conflict that broke out on October 7 continued.

CNN quoted Deputy US Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood as saying, “There is no agreement at this stage.”

However, a group of ten non-permanent members of the Security Council had submitted the draft resolution, but the United States and Britain, the two permanent members of the Security Council that have veto power, rejected it.

Western powers, especially Washington and London, oppose the draft resolution including phrases calling for an immediate ceasefire.

“There have been discussions about a humanitarian truce and we are interested in continuing to talk about this,” Wood said.

He continued that there were disagreements within the Security Council about whether this (immediate ceasefire) would be acceptable.”