Netanyahu says Israel will block Palestinian state
Netanyahu said he had been blocking Palestinian statehood "for decades."
There are now three remaining deceased hostages in Gaza, following Thursday's return of the body of Meni Goddard. Israeli authorities have been releasing the bodies of Palestinians in exchange for the return of hostage remains.
The ceasefire is broadly holding in Gaza. Elsewhere, Israel is continuing strikes on what it says are Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces is also continuing raids in parts of the occupied West Bank.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, last week that the war "has not ended," warning that "those who seek to do us harm are re-arming."
Netanyahu and other officials, meanwhile, have reiterated their intention to block future Palestinian statehood ahead of a planned United Nations Security Council vote on the U.S. plan for post-war Gaza.
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UN says 'many obstacles' remain to Gaza aid efforts
Tom Fletcher, the United Nations' under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said in a Monday statement that the UN and its partners "have fed more than a million people" in Gaza since the signing of a ceasefire there last month.
"Nutrition sites have been reopened and hospitals are treating more patients," Fletcher said. "Roads have been cleared. Vital immunizations are being resumed. Water lines repaired. Winter clothes and blankets are being distributed and mental health and psycho-social services delivered."
But Fletcher said that "many obstacles remain" that are preventing the adequate flow of aid into the devastated Palestinian territory.
"We're working to overcome red tape, enable essential humanitarian partners, open more crossings and routes and navigate continued insecurity," Fletcher said.
"With these constraints eased, we can do much more to save many more lives," he added.
-ABC News' Cindy Smith and Will Gretsky
Netanyahu says war 'has not ended'
The war "has not ended," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday in an address to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament.
"Those who seek to do us harm are re-arming," he said. "They did not give up their aim of destroying us."
Netanyahu said Hamas "will be disarmed" and "Gaza will be demilitarized."
"It will either happen the easy way, or it will happen the hard way," he continued. "But it will happen."
-ABC News’ Jordana Miller
More Israeli strikes in Lebanon
Israeli forces are striking Lebanon again after multiple strikes last week.
The Israel Defense Forces said it has killed at least three "Hezbollah terrorists.”
Last week's strikes were condemned by the Lebanese government and army. The Israelis claim they are stopping Hezbollah from re-arming.
-ABC News' Will Gretsky
Kushner meets with Netanyahu in Jerusalem
President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his office in Jerusalem on Monday.
Netanyahu's office shared a photo of the meeting on X, and issued a statement in which it said Gaza ceasefire talks and the status of the remaining deceased hostages were among the topics to be discussed.
-ABC News' Jordana Miller