Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said Israel will not stop fighting in the Gaza Strip until all hostages are returned, the Times of Israel reported.

“Hamas must realize that the rules of the game have changed, and if it does not immediately release all the hostages, the gates of hell will open, and it will face the full intensity of IDF action in the air, at sea and on land until it is completely annihilated,” he said during a visit to Tel Nof airbase.

“We will not stop fighting until all hostages will not be returned home and will not eliminate all threats to the residents of the south”, - said in a statement of the Israeli defense Minister.

Israel violated the ceasefire in Gaza with strikes on the Palestinian enclave. The victim of these bombings were at least 404 people.