{"id":11709,"date":"2023-10-31T07:39:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T07:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/31\/israel-pm-netanyahu-rejects-calls-for-ceasefire-in-gaza-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2023-10-31T07:39:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T07:39:38","slug":"israel-pm-netanyahu-rejects-calls-for-ceasefire-in-gaza-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/31\/israel-pm-netanyahu-rejects-calls-for-ceasefire-in-gaza-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel PM Netanyahu Rejects Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial;\">Israel: Days after the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, 31 October, said that it \u201cwill not happen\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to make clear Israel\u2019s position regarding a ceasefire. Just as the United States would not agree to a ceasefire after the bombing of Pearl Harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9\/11, Israel will not agree to a cessation of hostilities with Hamas after the horrific attacks of 7 October,\u201d Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n<p>Indicating signs of escalation in its assault in Gaza, he further said, \u201cThe Bible says that there is a time for peace and a time for war. This is a time for war \u2013 a war for our common future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israel has been continuously attacking Gaza after the Hamas militants entered Israel, launched rockets, and took hostages on 7 October, claiming lives of over 1,400 people. The retaliatory assault in Gaza has killed over 8,000 Palestinians, including 3,457 children, as per Gaza health authorities.<\/p>\n<p>In view of this, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees\u2019 chief Philippe Lazzarini said \u201cThis surpasses the number of children killed annually across the world\u2019s conflict zones since 2019. This cannot be collateral da<span style=\"text-transform: initial;\">mage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Israel: Days after the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, 31 October, said that it \u201cwill not happen\u201d. \u201cI want to make clear Israel\u2019s position regarding a ceasefire. Just as the United States would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11711,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11709\/revisions\/11711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}