Israel rejects the possibility of a peace agreement with Hamas militants. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that this will only bring the next conflict closer. Netanyahu recorded the address amid rumors that Israel and Hamas were about to sign a ceasefire agreement. He categorically rejected the possibility of such an agreement. “We are not ready to accept a situation in which the Hamas battalions come out of their bunkers, take control of Gaza again, rebuild their military infrastructure, and return to threatening the citizens of Israel in the surrounding communities, in the …