‘How can you agree to cease-fire in Gaza?’ Israel again vows to destroy Hamas
United Nations meeting on Tuesday. It declared that the war in Gaza is not only its war but “the war of the free world". Eli Cohen, Israeli Foreign Minister also dismissed calls for ‘proportionality’ in the country's response to Hamas' surprise attacks on Israel on October 7 that killed 1,400 people and led to over 5,700 Palestinian deaths in Gaza, according to The Associated Press reports.
“Tell me, what is a proportionate response for the killing of babies, for rape (of) women and burning them, for beheading a child? How can you agree to a cease-fire with someone who swore to kill and destroy your own existence?" Cohen asked. Speaking to the UN Security Council, he said the proportionate response to the Hamas rocket attack is a total destruction to the last one of Gaza, calling the extremist group the “new Nazis". “It is not only Israel's right to destroy Hamas.
It's our duty. It's a wake-up call for the entire free world. I urge the civilized world to stand united behind Israel to defeat Hamas," he said.
He warned that today it is Israel, and tomorrow Hamas along with the attackers will be at everyone's doorstep, starting from the West, AP reported. Currently, the Israeli Air Force is under the intelligence guidance of the Shin Bet thwarted terrorists of the terrorist organization Hamas tonight. Cohen also accused Qatar of financing Hamas and said the fate of more than 200 hostages taken from Israel, some of whose families came to the UN meeting, was in the hands of its emir.
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki demanded an end to the Israeli attacks. He warned that more attacks and killings and weapons and alliances won't make Israel safer. “We are here today to stop the killing, to stop … the ongoing
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