Prime Minister Netanyahu said that he was determined to free hostages and "eliminate Hamas," after hostages' families approved publishing videos showing their emaciated loved ones.

"I was shocked yesterday," the statement read. "You see them languishing in the dungeon. But the Hamas monsters that surround them have thick, fleshy arms. They have everything they need to eat. They are starving them like the Nazis starved the Jews."

"And when I see this, I understand exactly what Hamas wants," Netanyahu said. "It does not want a deal. It wants to break us through these horror videos, through the false horror propaganda that it spreads around the world."

"But we will not cave," the prime minister said. "I am filled with an even stronger determination to free our kidnapped sons, to eliminate Hamas [and] to ensure that Gaza no longer poses a threat to the State of Israel."

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