Jerusalem - As the war between Israel and the Hamas group enters its 30th day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected any calls for a ceasefire in Gaza until all hostages taken by Hamas in the October 7 attack are released.
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“There will be no ceasefire without the return of our hostages, we say this to both our enemies and our friends… We will continue until we defeat them,” Netanyahu said, repeating the government's position.

Meanwhile, Iran announced that three "Israeli agents" were captured in a joint operation with the Taliban government in Afghanistan.It appears that these three “spies” all have Iranian nationality.