Gaza City, October 31 (RHC)-- Israeli troops and tanks have pushed further into the besieged Gaza Strip after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday refused to agree to a ceasefire.

The Israeli prime minister said: “Calls for a ceasefire are calls for Israel to surrender to Hamas, to surrender to terrorism, to surrender to barbarism.  That will not happen.”

Netanyahu’s comments came as Hamas released a video showing three Israeli women held captive in Gaza.  In the video, hostage Daniel Aloni fiercely criticizes the Israeli prime minister for failing to prevent the October 7 attack.   Netanyahu dismissed the video as “cruel psychological propaganda.”