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Netanyahu says Israel will ‘crush and destroy’ Hamas; every Hamas member is a ‘dead man’ (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Pips@lemmy.film to c/news@beehaw.org

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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.

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[–] megopie@beehaw.org 25 points 1 year ago

Honestly it’s sound more and more like Netanyahu let this happen, if not created the circumstances for it to happen, just to create a rally round the flag effect because his goose was cooked legally and electorally