Saying the war in Gaza is “not close to being over,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from a Christmas Day trip to Gaza to tell members of his Party that he would intensify operations in the besieged region, the BBC reports.
The war has caused tens of thousands of refugees, ousted from their homes in the Holy Land this holiday season. Faced by a crowd of family members of the 132 hostages believed still held by Hamas, Netanyahu announced, “We will not be able to release all the abductees without military pressure … we will not stop fighting.”