Israel is not putting a timeline in meeting its target of freeing all the 239 hostages, including two Filipinos, or ending the armed conflict with Hamas terrorists as "the war was imposed on us," Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss said.

In a presentation to the media last Monday, Fluss gave an update on the progress of the more than one-month war while pressing for the release of the Hamas hostages, including 33 children.

Nobody knows if they are alive or if they remain as hostages, which is the reason for Israel to demand that Hamas allows the Red Cross to check on them.

"Israel also wants the international community to put pressure on Hamas to release the hostages and to stop the terrorists from their agenda of murdering Jews," Fluss said.

"We must make sure that Hamas will not happen again," he added.

Innocents murdered, abducted

"Just think about it, it is not human. The message is, release the hostages, release the children. Let them go home," Fluss added.

The ambassador then pointed to a poster of a baby who was among the children still being held by the terrorists.

"The real picture is the 10-month-old baby that was kidnapped, taken from his home. For me, this is really the story."

The baby is Kfir Bibas, who was nine months old when he was abducted together with his parents and four-year-old sibling five weeks ago.

"This is an ongoing campaign. This war was imposed on Israel, and it is a response to a murderous terrorist attack and butchering," Fluss said.

Also presented to the media were video recordings, which were mostly confiscated from the 7 October marauders by the Israeli Defense Forces.

Fluss said some had sensitive graphic content, prompting the embassy not to release them to the media.