In the wake of the shocking invasion of southern Israel by Hamas militants on October 7, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to destroy Hamas. “We are fighting a cruel enemy, worse than ISIS,” Netanyahu proclaimed, comparing the attack by Hamas with the Islamic State, whose caliphate was destroyed by U.S., Iraqi, and Kurdish forces in 2017. Given that the horrific terror attack killed more than 1,400 Israelis (and other nationalities) and led to the kidnapping of around 240 others, the Israeli desire to crush Hamas is understandable. Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan compared the attack to the toppling of the World Trade Center and the attack on the Pentagon in 2001, declaring, “This is Israel’s 9/11.” Indeed, the attacks by Hamas on 10/7 killed more Jews in one day than any other event since the Holocaust, and on a per capita basis they were worse than the attacks by al-Qaeda on the United States in 2001.
ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All