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.

  • @errantoEnglish
    35•1 year ago

    They can destroy the organization. but they won’t be able to quash the resistance movement. they will only make the current generation even more determined to avenge their ancestors. and the cycle keeps going

    • @saltonEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      Removed by mod

      • @errantoEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        They lived more peaceful times before the colonizers showed up. even under Ottoman rule the three religions coexisted in relative peace in Palestine.

        • @[email protected]English
          9•1 year ago

          I mean, sure. If you count genocides of several races at the hands of the ottomans peace. I guess it’s technically not war.

          • @[email protected]English
            5•1 year ago

            Good time to remind people educated in American schools that the Ottoman Empire was kind of a big deal itself.