Israeli PM rejects ceasefire plan, army continues assault in Gaza

(240122) -- HEBRON, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People check the rubble of a building, demolished by Israeli forces, in the West Bank city of Hebron, Jan. 21, 2024. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a proposal of a ceasefire deal reportedly being advanced by Qatar, the United States, and Egypt, while the Israeli army continued to pound the Palestinian enclave. Netanyahu rejected the key elements of the plan, including the prospect of establishing a Palestinian state. "I will not compromise on full Israeli security control of all territory west of the Jordan River," he said in a video address to the nation, referring to the West Bank, a territory Israel captured along with the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Middle East war. (Photo by Mamoun Wazwaz/Xinhua)