Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Violating Its Own Ceasefire. Netanyahu Fox News Sunday

Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Violating Its Own Ceasefire.Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas has already violated its own ceasefire that it proposed Sunday morning. “Hamas doesn’t even accept it’s own ceasefire. It’s continuing to fire at us as we speak," he said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." Hamas announced a 24-hour ceasefire with Israel beginning at 2 p.m. local time. But Netanyahu said that Hamas hadn't abided by its own announcement, saying that the organization has not ceased in its campaign against the Israel on Sunday. “Hamas is simply continuing all its operations, and Israel will not let this terror operation decide when it’s convenient for them and not convenient for them to attack our people," he said, suggesting that Hamas entertains the idea of ceasefires only when it has to restock its weapons supplies. The prime minister also noted that Hamas had rejected several ceasefire offers in the past, including an Egyptian-brokered deal to which Israel had agreed. He added that he hoped for a cessation of fighting soon and that a solution could only come from Egypt, calling for a plan that provided economic relief for the Palestinians but also the "de-militarization of Gaza" in terms of Hamas's rockets supply and tunnelling into Israeli territory. Netanyahu skirted several questions about whether Israel would broaden its offensive in the Gaza Strip, saying repeatedly: “We’ll take whatever action is necessary to protect our people.” He also addressed concerns that Israel was losing the public relations battle in the conflict, particularly given the mounting civilian casualties among Gazans and Palestinians and the disproportionate death count on both sides. The AP reported Saturday night that 1,047 Palestinians had died since the conflict began, with more than 6,000 wounded, compared with fewer than 50 Israelis. The United Nations estimated last week that 75 percent of those Palestinians who had been killed were civilians. Netanyahu again criticized Hamas for wanting to "pile up more and more dead bodies" and using Gazans as human shields against Israeli rockets targeting Hamas operatives and their weapons supplies. Hamas is trying to "mislead the entire world," he said, in their efforts to create a lopsided body count. He said that the international community was giving Hamas "a tremendous victory" by suggesting that Israel could not act against an organization using civilians as a human shield as it receives rocket fire. Read more about: CNN, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas, Palestine