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“Don’t feed the crocodile because it will come after you”, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed to European leaders as “the onus is on Hamas” to accept the US-brokered deal and return the hostages it still holds, in an exclusive Euronews interview on Sunday.
The Israeli premier spoke to Euronews just days before the two-year anniversary of the 7 October 2023 attack on southern Israel, when Hamas-led militants killed 1,200 people and took around 250 hostage.
Hamas currently holds 48 hostages, around 20 of whom are believed to be still alive.
Under the Washington-led plan, which US President Donald Trump unveiled earlier this week alongside Netanyahu, Hamas would immediately release the remaining hostages, living and dead.
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