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Netanyahu vows to 'open the gates of hell' on Gaza at news conference with Rubio

17 February 2025 05:57 GMT

Some key quotes from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking next to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the press conference:

  • “President Trump and I are working in full cooperation and coordination between us. We have a common strategy, and we can’t always share the details of this strategy with the public, including when the gates of hell would be opened, as they surely will if all our hostages are not released, until the last one of them.”

  • “We will eliminate Hamas’s military capability and its political rule in Gaza. We will bring all our hostages home, and we will ensure that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel.”

  • “The unequivocal support of the United States on Gaza will help us achieve these objectives faster and set us on a path for a different future.”

  • “Israel and America stand shoulder-to-shoulder in countering the threat of Iran. We agreed that the ayatollahs must not have nuclear weapons, and we also agreed that Iran’s aggression in the region has to be rolled back.”