Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would “crush and destroy” Hamas in response to its attack. Netanyahu said every Hamas member was a “dead man.”

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would “crush and destroy” Hamas in response to its attack.

Netanyahu said every Hamas member was a “dead man.”

Netanyahu made the remarks in a late-night televised address as Israeli planes pounded Gaza in response to the unprecedented attack.

    •  Syndic   ( @Syndic@feddit.de ) 
      3•1 year ago

      Yeah, somehow I doubt that Mossad will go after the leaders hiding in Qatar. And that’s not because they can’t, there are a lot of Nazis who could vouch for their capabilities when it comes to assassinate people in other countries.

  •  donuts   ( @donuts@kbin.social ) 
    20•1 year ago

    Revenge rhetoric. It seems to me that there is zero practical way of crushing Hamas. It’s not like they wear Hamas uniforms or carry Hamas membership cards. In fact, there’s no guarantee that key Hamas leaders are even still in Gaza right now, as they could have easily fled the area. To make matters worse, the members of Hamas who are still in Gaza are likely to be in plain clothes and fighting with guerilla tactics in a familiar and dense urban environment, it’ll be a bloody fight and many Palestinians will wind up getting caught in the crossfire. It’s also very likely that we start seeing broadcast Hamas executions of Israeli hostages, which will only increase hostility.

    The situation in Israel and Palestine is already awful, but I imagine it’s going to rapidly become much worse over coming days. I feel so sorry for the innocent people on both sides of this conflict whose lives are being ruined for literally nothing.

    •  Syndic   ( @Syndic@feddit.de ) 
      2•1 year ago

      In fact, there’s no guarantee that key Hamas leaders are even still in Gaza right now, as they could have easily fled the area.

      They never were in the first place. It’s well known that the key leaders are sitting in luxury in Qatar.

  •  AutoTL;DR   ( @autotldr@lemmings.world ) BEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined with a top political rival on Wednesday to create a war-time Cabinet overseeing the fight to avenge a stunning weekend attack by Hamas militants.

    In the sealed-off Gaza Strip ruled by Hamas, Palestinian suffering mounted as Israeli bombardment demolished neighborhoods and the only power plant ran out of fuel.

    Medical teams and rescuers struggled to enter other areas where roads were too destroyed, including Gaza City’s al-Karama district, where a “large number” were killed or wounded, according to the Hamas-run Interior Ministry.

    The risk of the war spreading was evident Wednesday after the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired anti-tank missiles at an Israeli military position and claimed to have killed and wounded troops.

    Hamas said it launched its attack Saturday because Palestinians’ suffering had become intolerable under unending Israeli military occupation and increasing settlements in the West Bank and a 16-year-long blockade in Gaza.

    Associated Press writers Amy Teibel and Isabel DeBre in Jerusalem, Jack Jeffrey and Samy Magdy in Cairo and Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut contributed to this report.

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