{"id":17497,"date":"2025-03-18T20:59:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=17497"},"modified":"2025-03-18T21:06:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T19:06:59","slug":"netanyahu-boldly-declares-israel-will-act-against-hamas-with-increasing-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/netanyahu-boldly-declares-israel-will-act-against-hamas-with-increasing-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu Boldly Declares: &#8220;Israel Will Act Against Hamas with Increasing Force&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The IDF launched a planned and targeted strike against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, following the organization&#8217;s refusal to release the hostages, along with their rejection of all mediation proposals from the United States and other countries. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a security assessment today with Defense Minister Israel Katz and the heads of the security establishment, before making a statement to the press from the Kirya in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Posted on the Prime Minister&#8217;s X Account:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a security assessment today, at the Kirya, with Defense Minister Israel Katz and the heads of the security establishment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FVYK9Jcbic\">pic.twitter.com\/FVYK9Jcbic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsraeliPM\/status\/1901949347211653373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Later this evening, Netanyahu will hold a security consultation regarding the hostages, with the participation of senior political and security officials and the negotiation team. At 9:00 PM tonight (Israel time) a government meeting will convene, and Netanyahu will release a public update on the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a press conference held this evening, the Prime Minister stated: &#8220;We have returned to fight with intensity.&#8221; Later tonight Netanyahu will hold a security consultation regarding the hostages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":17498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6],"tags":[2210,1476,1477,1483,1746],"class_list":["post-17497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-security","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-gaza","tag-hamas","tag-knesset","tag-swords-of-iron-war"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Netanyahu Boldly Declares: &quot;Israel Will Act Against Hamas with Increasing Force&quot; - 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