Benjamin Netanyahu warns that Hamas will attack AMERICA if the terrorist group is not eradicated by the IDF

Benjamin Netanyahu warned that America and the West “will be next” if Hamas is not eradicated.

Israel’s prime minister told Fox News on Monday that it is essential in the interest of the “civilized world” that the IDF track down the terrorists responsible for the massacre on October 7.

Netanyahu said: “If we don’t win now, Europe will be next and you will be next.” And we must win.

“We must win to protect Israel.” We must win to protect the Middle East. We must win in the interests of the civilized world.

“This is the battle we are fighting and it is being fought right now. “There is no substitute for this victory.”

Addressing Americans again, he stressed: “Our fight is your fight,” before calling the war a frontline against “barbarism” that could “endanger the whole world.”

“Every American, every civilized country will be at risk. We have to win. Total victory,” he added.

Referring to the Iran-led “Axis of Terror,” which also includes Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen, Netanyahu said: “They want to return the Middle East, the world, to the Dark Ages. “

He continued: “And on the other side are Israel, the modern Arab states, of course the United States, all the powers that want to see peace and prosperity for the Middle East and the world.” And this is the battle that is now being delivered.”

But the Israeli prime minister also said that they were “fighting in the interests of the people of Gaza who are in the hands of this dark tyranny which has been cruel and has brought them nothing but bloodshed, poverty and misery.”

As Israeli forces crossed into the Gaza Strip, they claimed to have found a Hamas base “where hostages were being held” under a hospital. Images of the area were released on November 13.

As the world mourns the loss of innocent lives in Gaza, Netanyahu stressed that there will be no ceasefire until all Israeli hostages are returned.

Hamas’ deadly attack on October 7 captured some 240 people and killed at least 1,200 Israeli civilians. In response, Israel launched a siege on the Gaza Strip to finally eliminate the terrorist group.

A member of the Israeli security forces stands near burning cars after a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, southern Israel, October 7

The Israeli side of the Gaza border on November 11

Hamas spokesman Abu Ubaida said in an audio recording on the group’s Telegram channel that they were ready to release up to 70 women and children held in Gaza in exchange for a five-day ceasefire with Israel.

“Last week there was an attempt by the Qatari brothers to free the enemy prisoners of women and children in exchange for the release of 200 Palestinian children and 75 women held by the enemy.

“The ceasefire must include a complete ceasefire and allow aid and humanitarian assistance throughout the Gaza Strip,” he said.

He accused Israel of “delaying and evading” the price of the deal.

Speaking at a news conference in Tel Aviv on Saturday about the war, Netanyahu said Israel “will not stop until we complete our mission” and that the only goal is victory.

He said Hamas had “lost control of Gaza” and now had “nowhere to hide”.

Netanyahu said he remains in daily contact with US President Joe Biden and also has the “political and ethical support” of the US government.

The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas told Qatari mediators on Monday that the group is ready to release up to 70 women and children held in Gaza in exchange for a five-day ceasefire with Israel.

Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for Hamas’ armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, said in an audio recording on the group’s Telegram channel that they had offered a deal.

Several world leaders have come to Israel to show their support, but there are “minorities that put pressure on governments,” he said.

He called on the government not to give in to this pressure, saying, “Our war is their war.”

“No international pressure, no false accusations … will deter us from our cause,” he said.

He rejected calls for a ceasefire, saying: “If you want peace, we have to eliminate Hamas.”

While Israeli forces are currently fighting in the center of Gaza City, the territory’s capital, both sides have seized on the fate of the hospitals as a symbol of the larger war, now in its sixth week.

Israel accuses Hamas of using hospitals as cover for its fighters and claims that Hamas has set up its main command center in and under Gaza’s largest hospital, Shifa, without providing visual evidence. Both Hamas and Shifa hospital staff deny the Israeli allegations.

The military on Monday released images of a children’s hospital its forces entered over the weekend. They showed weapons allegedly found inside, as well as basement rooms where the militants are believed to have kept some of the 240 or so hostages they kidnapped. at the first attack.

Meanwhile, gunfire and explosions erupted Monday around Shifa, which has been surrounded by Israeli forces for days. Tens of thousands of people have fled the hospital to the southern Gaza Strip in recent days, including many displaced people who sought shelter there and patients who were able to move.

People mourn as they collect the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli raids on November 14

US President Joe Biden said on Monday that Shifa “must be protected”.

“It is my hope and expectation that there will be less intrusive measures,” Biden said in the Oval Office.

Early Tuesday, the Israeli military said in a statement that it had begun moving incubators from Israel to Shifa. It was unclear whether the incubators had been delivered and how they would be powered.

The US has pushed for temporary pauses to allow much-needed aid to be distributed more widely. Israel has only agreed to daily windows during which citizens can flee the northern Gaza Strip on foot along two main roads. UN monitors said around 200,000 people had moved south via the two routes since November 5. Israel has described the southern corridors as safe, but at the same time they continue to attack militant targets across its territory, often killing women. and children.

Israel’s goal of separating civilians from Hamas fighters has come at a high cost, with more than two-thirds of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents forced to flee their homes.