Israel-Palestine|The attacks

   

Netanyahu and Biden. Susan Walsh/AP 

 

Details: Netanyahu told Biden that Israel must launch a ground invasion of Gaza Israel has no choice but to launch a ground offensive in Gaza.  

 

This is what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a telephone conversation with US President Joe Biden on Sunday, according to three American and Israeli sources to Axios.  

 

- We have to go in. We cannot negotiate now [...] we must restore deterrence, he is reported to have said.  

The White House and Netanyahu's staff do not want to comment on the data.  

 

US authorities are now preparing for a "protracted and devastating" war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, according to the Times of Israel.  

 

On Sunday, government sources told the Washington Post that the US expects a ground invasion within 48 hours.  

 

Al Jazeera's correspondent testifies on Monday of a massive military buildup on the border with Gaza. 

 

Benjamin Netanyahu. Menahem Kahana / AP 

 

Netanyahu: Our offensive against Hamas has only just begun  

 

On Monday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a televised address to the nation, in which he stated that the offensive against Hamas in Gaza "has only just begun", AP writes. 

 

- What we do to the enemy in the coming days will echo through the generations.  

 

Furthermore, Netanyahu said that Israel, in addition to launching a "massive" attack on the terror-labeled group, will also arm itself on Lebanon's border in the north as well as in the occupied West Bank, according to AFP.

Explosions in Gaza. Adel Hana / AP 

 

Hamas opens for ceasefire - "Has achieved our goals"  

 

Hamas opens to discuss a ceasefire with Israel, as the terrorist group has now "achieved its goals". This is stated by senior representative Moussa Abu Marzouk in a telephone interview with Al Jazeera, writes Reuters.  

 

The group is open to "all political dialogues", he adds. 

 

The statement comes shortly after Hamas announced that it intends to begin executing Israeli civilian hostages if Israel bombs civilian buildings in Gaza without warning.  

 

At the same time, Sky News learns that Qatar is trying to mediate an exchange of prisoners and hostages between Israel and Hamas.