Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the military will dismantle the Hamas tunnel network in the Gaza Strip "with or without a cease-fire."
Netanyahu said on Thursday he will not accept any truce that won't allow Israel to complete its mission of destroying the sophisticated tunnel network, which has been used to carry out deadly attacks inside Israel.
Israel launched its air campaign on 8 July to stop unrelenting rocket fire from Gaza toward Israel. It expanded the operation with a ground offensive on 17 July with the primary purpose of blocking Hamas infiltration attempts through the tunnels.