Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel "has no choice but to finish the job" to defeat Hamas .

Speaking to foreign media in Jerusalem on Sunday, he defended a planned military offensive, stating, "our goal is not to occupy Gaza, our goal is to free Gaza." He also pushed back against what he described as a "global campaign of lies," as criticism of the plan intensified both within Israel and abroad.

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