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

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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[-] ours@lemmy.film 21 points 1 year ago

What Hamas has done is horrendous and undefendable but there's no military solution to removing extremism. They'll just end up killing many more civilians than Hamas has murdered and cementing the next generation of extremists.

Israel will likely be able to crush Hamas as an organization but I doubt anything better will rise from its ashes. I'm certain it was Hamas' goal to trigger such a reaction and with the escalation triggering a wider conflict.

[-] bedrooms@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think it was Hamas' calculation. That scenario assumes Hamas members literally dead.

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