Netanyahu implies negotiations continue to free hostages

Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, seemed to imply on Saturday that fresh talks were in progress to free the Israeli hostages that Hamas continues to hold in Gaza.

Netanyahu claimed that in order to free the hostages and win the war, the Israeli military must keep using force in Gaza.

"Without the military pressure, we wouldn’t have reached a framework to release 110 hostages, and only ongoing military pressure would lead to the release of all our hostages," he said, referring to the exchanges of Hamas captives for Palestinian detainees that took place during last month's truce. "The instruction I give to our negotiating team is based on that pressure. And without it, we don’t have anything."

During the live press conference, Netanyahu did not provide any confirmation regarding the anticipated meeting's specifics.