Israel’s top Gaza priority is destroying Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, adding that it would be pursued along with hostage recovery and that both goals were in a plan to wind down the offensive approved at the highest level of his government, Reuters reports.

“This is not something that I am adding now. This is not something that I am adding because I am under pressure within the coalition. It is something we agreed on unanimously in the war cabinet,” Netanyahu said in a video statement.