Netanyahu offers $5 million to Palestinians for every Israeli hostage they help free

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu connected Tuesday took steps to unafraid the merchandise of the Israeli hostages inactive held by Hamas successful Gaza, offering a $5 cardinal reward per captive to immoderate Palestinian who helps to unafraid their freedom.

Netanyahu made the announcement during a travel to the Netzarim Corridor successful Gaza, which splits Northern Gaza and Gaza City from the remainder of the Strip, wherever brutal warring has occurred for much than a twelvemonth arsenic Israel looks to eradicate Hamas.  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with IDF commanders successful the Netzarim Corridor successful Gaza to sermon Hamas activity. Nov. 19, 2024. (Photo provided by TPS)

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"To those who privation to permission this entanglement I say: Whoever brings america a hostage, volition find a harmless mode retired for himself and his family," the premier curate said, speaking alongside Defense Minister Israel Katz, reported Israeli property bureau TPS. "We volition besides springiness $5 cardinal for each hostage. Choose, the prime is yours, but the effect volition beryllium the same. 

"We volition bring them each back," Netanyahu said.

Fox News Digital could not instantly scope Netanyahu’s bureau oregon the White House for remark connected ongoing efforts to instrumentality the hostages.

The Hostage Family Forum besides told Fox News Digital that it had nary remark astatine the clip of this report.

There are inactive 101 hostages believed to beryllium held by Hamas of the 251 radical who were abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, including 7 Americans. 

These are the American hostages who were taken by Hamas terrorists connected Oct. 7, 2023. (Fox News Photo)

At slightest 33 of the hostages inactive held by the violent web are believed to person been killed. Their bodies proceed to beryllium held by Hamas arsenic expected bargaining chips, including 3 Americans. 

Ruby Chen, the begetter of 1 of the American hostages, Itay Chen, who was ambushed adjacent the borderline portion serving successful the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) connected Oct. 7, said helium "doubts" Netanyahu's reward strategy volition beryllium successful.

"I deliberation [Netanyahu's] inaugural is simply a fume surface and tactical but not strategic," Chen said. 

The father of Itay said Netanayhu is maneuvering with this latest announcement by refusing to item what Israel volition not do, similar permission Gaza, and alternatively "say what helium is consenting to connection to get each the hostages" alternatively than a smaller fig of hostages during a cease-fire. 

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Netanyahu, who besides met with Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, main of unit of the IDF, vowed that Hamas would ne'er beryllium capable to instrumentality to powerfulness successful Gaza.

"Hamas volition not regularisation successful Gaza," Netanyahu reportedly said. "We are eliminating its subject capabilities successful precise awesome fashion. We are moving connected to its governing abilities, and we are not yet done. Hamas volition not beryllium successful Gaza."

Prime Minister Netanyahu meets with IDF commanders successful Gaza, Nov.  19, 2024. (Photo provided by TPS)

The premier curate championed the occurrence of IDF forces successful combating the violent radical and, on with his defence minister, spoke with IDF reserve brigade commanders connected the Gaza seashore astir ongoing challenges and operational activity. 

The IDF successful September assessed that Hamas had mostly been defeated and that the remnants of the violent radical proceed to run done guerrilla combat-based activities that volition instrumentality clip to dismantle. 

Israel has not elaborate a timeline for erstwhile it volition extremity its subject operations successful Gaza and bid talks earlier this twelvemonth appeared to travel to a standstill implicit seemingly insurmountable disagreements regarding information corridors successful the Strip. 

Palestinians fly amid an Israeli subject operation, successful Jabalia successful the bluish Gaza Strip, Oct. 22, 2024. (Reuters/Dawoud Abu Alkas)

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It remains unclear where bid talks basal today betwixt Israel and Hamas. 

The U.S., representing Israel, was moving intimately with Qatar and Egypt, which represented the Hamas side, for weeks successful a determination to extremity the brutal warring that is reported to person killed immoderate 43,000 radical successful Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry, much than fractional of whom were reported to beryllium women and children. However, these figures bash not item the fig of violent deaths. 

Earlier this period Qatar said it could nary longer beryllium progressive successful mediation efforts owed to a deficiency of willingness by some Hamas and Israel to prosecute successful bully religion attempts to extremity the deadly conflict.