Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Thursday that anyone who returns hostages from Hamas will be granted safety.

The statement came shortly after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they had killed Hamas terrorist leader Yahya Sinwar in southern Gaza.

“One year ago, Yahya Sinwar, the terrorist chief of Hamas, launched the October 7th massacre against Israel,” Netanyahu said. “It was the bloodiest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust. It was the worst attack on the Jewish state since the founding of Israel.”

He noted that 1,200 people were brutally murdered, thousands more were injured, and more than 250 were taken hostage by the Iranian-backed terrorist group.

“While this is not the end of the war in Gaza, it’s the beginning of the end,” he said. “To the people of Gaza, I have a simple message: This war can end tomorrow. It can end if Hamas lays down its arms and returns our hostages.”

“Hamas is holding 101 hostages in Gaza, who are citizens of 23 countries; citizens of Israel, but citizens of many other countries,” he continued “Israel is committed to doing everything in our power to bring all of them home.”

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“And Israel will guarantee the safety of all those who return our hostages,” he added. “But to those who would harm our hostages, I have another message: Israel will hunt you down and bring you to justice.”

With Israel’s military strike on Iran looming, Netanyahu said that he sees Iran’s “axis of terror … collapsing before our eyes.”

“Nasrallah is gone. His deputy Mohsen is gone. Haniyeh is gone. Deif is gone. Sinwar is gone,” he said. “The reign of terror that the Iranian regime has imposed on its own people and on the peoples of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen – this too will come to an end.”

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Prime Minister Netanyahu:

“One year ago, Yahya Sinwar, the terrorist chief of Hamas, launched the October 7th massacre against Israel.

It was the bloodiest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust. It was the worst attack on the Jewish state since the founding of Israel. pic.twitter.com/U7V2aHd8OY

— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) October 17, 2024