'Exhibition Coalition Formation' Netanyahu: "Hamas is a Dead Life... Will Smash Them"

Agreement on Forming a Wartime Coalition with the Second Opposition Party
"Hamas More Brutal Than ISIS... Will Be Destroyed"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who agreed to form a wartime coalition with the second opposition party, warned on the 11th (local time) that all members of the Palestinian armed group Hamas are "dead men."

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Immediately after agreeing to form an emergency wartime government with the opposition on the 11th (local time), Prime Minister Netanyahu stated in a late-night TV address, "Israel will crush and destroy Hamas."

He said, "Hamas attacked Israel, beheading soldiers and raping women," adding, "The invaders shot boys and girls in the head, and people were burned alive." He continued, "We have seen beasts, barbarians," expressing anger by saying, "We have seen an enemy more brutal than ISIS (Islamic State)."

Netanyahu emphasized, "We will fight for every family," and "We have launched attacks on all fronts with full force and are fighting."

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant also declared, "I hereby declare to everyone here, we will completely wipe out what is called Hamas. We will eliminate Hamas from the face of the earth."

On the same day, Netanyahu agreed to form a wartime coalition with Benny Gantz, former Defense Minister and leader of Israel's second opposition party, the National Unity Party. However, the wartime cabinet will not handle bills or decisions unrelated to the war. Yair Lapid, former Prime Minister and leader of the first opposition party Yesh Atid, did not participate in this wartime coalition formation.

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