IOF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari has cast the goal of eradicating the Hamas movement as unattainable, drawing a response from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Hamas is an idea. Those who think it can be made to disappear are wrong,” Hagari told Channel 13 news in an interview, adding that anyone promising this is misleading the public.
“If the government doesn’t find an alternative — it will remain” in Gaza, he argued.
In response, Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that his security cabinet “has defined as one of the war goals the destruction of Hamas’s military and governance capabilities.”
“The IOF is of course committed to this,” the statement added in way that reflects outrage.
The IOF Spokesperson’s Unit subsequently issues a statement saying the military is committed to the government’s stated war goals, including destroying Hamas’s governing and military abilities, adding that Hagari talked in the interview about “eradicating Hamas as an ideology and an idea.”
“Any claim otherwise is taking the remarks out of context,” it added.
The Israeli occupation army has been committing massacres against civilians in Gaza since October 7, 2023, in a war allegedly aimed at eradicating the Palestinian resistance in the Strip.
Source: Al-Manar English Website
