Netanyahu Dismisses Claims Of Imminent Cease-Fire Deal During ‘Fox & Friends’ Appearance

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday morning dismissed reports that negotiators were close to agreeing a cease-fire deal.

“It’s exactly inaccurate,” Netanyahu told “Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade during an interview. “There’s a story, a narrative out there that there’s a deal out there … that’s just a false narrative.”

Netanyahu stressed that Israel has agreed to several deals proposed by the negotiators from the U.S., Egypt and Qatar, but that each time the deal lapsed because Hamas “has consistently said no to every one of them.”

“They don’t agree to anything: Not to the Philadelphi Corridor, not to the keys of exchanging hostages for jailed terrorists, not to anything,” Netanyahu said, adding that the terrorist group “just want us out of Gaza so they can retake Gaza and do as they vowed to do.”