Netanyahu: Israel will not release "thousands of Palestinian terrorists" in exchange for the delivery of hostages. "We will not withdraw the Israel Defense Forces from the Gaza Strip and we will not free thousands of terrorists," Netanyahu promised young students at the Bnei David military academy in the occupied West Bank.
Hamas, the head of the group's political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, assured that he will not negotiate other types of conditions either. He also claimed that any agreement with Israel must guarantee the return to their homes of the almost 2 million Gazans who are displaced by violence.