The prime minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear today Monday to Israeli citizens that the war against Hamas in Gaza it’s far from overafter a rare visit to the Gaza war zone in the morning,.

He rejected what he called “false speculation by the Israeli media” that his government might declare a ceasefire in fighting against Hamas Islamists in the Palestinian enclave.

“We are not stopping. We continue to fight and we will intensify the fight in the coming days and the fight will take time and it is not close to the end. We need patience, unity and to stick to our mission,” he said characteristically before deputies of the Likud party, according to a statement.

Netanyahu emphasized that today he visited a brigade of Israeli reservists in Gaza. It is shown in the photos with full equipment. “Everyone asked me only one thing: not to stop and to continue until the end”.