Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a video on Tuesday evening explaining why Israel had returned to war against Hamas in Gaza after the Palestinian terrorist organization refused a new ceasefire deal.
As Breitbart News reported, Israel launched airstrikes early Tuesday on Hamas leaders, after consulting with the Trump administration.
In a video statement in English, Netanyahu provided an explanation of the reasons for war:
Hamas is responsible for this war.
It invaded our towns, murdered our people, raped our women and kidnapped our loved ones.
Hamas refused offer after offer to release our hostages.
In the past two weeks, Israel did not initiate any military action in the hope that Hamas would change course. Well, that didn’t happen.
While Israel accepted the offer of President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, Hamas flatly refused to do so.
This is why I authorized yesterday the renewal of military action against Hamas.
Israel does not target Palestinian civilians. We target Hamas terrorists.
And when these terrorists embed themselves in civilian areas, when they use civilians as human shields, they are the ones who are responsible for all unintended casualties.
Palestinian civilians should avoid any contact with Hamas terrorists, and I call on the people of Gaza, get out of harm’s way. Move to safer areas. Because every civilian casualty is a tragedy and every civilian casualty is the fault of Hamas.
I thank President Trump for his unwavering support for Israel. Our alliance with the United States has never been stronger.
To those who criticize Israel, I ask, what would you do if terrorists murdered and kidnapped your children?
You would do what we are doing.
In the face of pure evil, free societies have no choice but to fight.
So, I want to assure all our friends around the world, Israel will fight and Israel will win. We will bring our people home and we will destroy Hamas.
We will not relent until we achieve all these vital goals and we will not rest until we give our country a future of peace, prosperity and hope.
Some Israelis are worried that the remaining hostages — 59 in total, of whom 24 are still alive, including one American — could be harmed. The Times of Israel reports that hostage families are divided over the renewed war.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days, available for pre-order on Amazon. He is also the author of The Trumpian Virtues: The Lessons and Legacy of Donald Trump’s Presidency, now available on Audible. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
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