Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared Hamas to ISIS in a fiery speech Monday night, vowing that the Jewish nation’s retaliation against the terrorist organization for the murder and kidnapping of civilians “will reverberate with them for years to come.” generations.”
“We have only just begun to attack Hamas,” the 73-year-old world leader said in televised remarks, as rockets continued to rain down on the Gaza Strip.
He stated that Israel is in a fight “for our home, a war to ensure our existence, a war that we will win.
“What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will reverberate with them for generations,” Netanyahu continued, before speaking about the horrors Israeli citizens have had to face over the past four days.
“The atrocities carried out by Hamas have not been seen since the atrocities of ISIS: children tied up and executed with the rest of their families, girls and boys executed by shooting in the back and other atrocities that I will not describe here.” he said.
“Hamas terrorists tied up, burned and executed children. “They are savages,” Netanyahu declared. “Hamas is ISIS.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared Hamas to ISIS in a televised speech on Monday night.@IsraeliPM / X
“We have always known who Hamas is,” he continued, referring to the Israeli people. “Now, the whole world knows who Hamas is and we will defeat it just as the enlightened world defeated ISIS.”
Netanyahu concluded by saying: “This vile enemy wanted war and will get it.”
The Israeli prime minister also reportedly told US President Biden that the country has no choice but to unleash an all-out ground operation in Gaza.
“We have to go in. We can’t negotiate now,” Netanyahu told Biden, according to three unnamed sources familiar with the conversation who spoke about it with Axios.
He said Israel had to respond to atrocities committed by Hamas with force because a country cannot show weakness in the Middle East.
Netanyahu reportedly told US President Biden that Israel has no choice but to unleash an all-out ground operation in Gaza.REUTERS Netanyahu’s speech came as rockets continued to rain down on Gaza.REUTERS
“We need to restore deterrence,” Netanyahu reportedly told the US president, who decided not to try to convince him to escalate to a ground operation, the sources said.
As of Tuesday, the four-day war had already claimed at least 1,600 lives, as Israel saw shootings in Gaza streets and neighborhoods reduced to rubble.
Hamas had also kidnapped up to 150 civilians, including women and children, who were forcibly removed from their homes.
As of Tuesday, the four-day war has already claimed at least 1,600 lives.REUTERS
He warned on Monday that he would begin executing those hostages.
“Every attack against our people without warning will be met with the execution of civilian hostages,” the terrorist organization’s Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement.
Just a few hours later, Abu Obaida – the spokesman for the brigades – told Al Jazeera: “We have decided to put an end to this and, from now on, we declare that any attack on our people in their homes without prior warning will be considered regrettable. “We face the execution of civilians we are holding.”
The exact number of hostages held by Hamas is unknown, but on Tuesday the Israel Defense Forces announced that it has notified 50 families whose loved ones are being held hostage in the Gaza Strip.
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