One thing I will agree with here is the killing of Israeli civilians and especially the recording and sharing of this was just awful. Also the call for each side to mutually annihilate each other is downright insane. Taking of hostages, killing, maiming civilians was wrong and unacceptable. Those Israeli families who lost lovedones, who's lovedones are presently hostages, their pain is real.
So is the pain of those in Gaza and the west bank.
This is why it is vital that all hostages are released and an immediate cease-fire is implemented. Where do we go from here?
There is nothing we can do. They are at each other's throats. Let them fight it out.
Deputy political leader Moussa Abu Marzouk says Hamas will release hostages only if Israel stops fighting.
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Hamas leader refuses to acknowledge killing of civilians in Israel
Ghazi Hamad, deputy foreign minister for Hamas, said that the terrorists 'did not want to harm civilians' during their bloody rampage through southern Israel, which saw over 1,400 Israelis killed.
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Hamas leader has issued a chilling warning that the terror group's October 7 massacre will happen 'again and again' until Israel is 'annihilated' - vowing that the terrorists will pay any price to achieve their aims.
Ghazi Hamad, deputy foreign minister for Hamas, cynically told a broadcaster that the terrorists 'did not want to harm civilians' during their bloody rampage through southern Israel, which saw more than 1,400 Israelis murdered in cold blood.
He said the terror group had only done so due to 'complications on the ground' - a grim throwaway reference to the Nova festival massacre which saw scores of innocent young people gunned down, mutilated and kidnapped.
His belligerent speech saw him vow to launch repeat attacks - telling a broadcaster that 'on October 7, October 10, October 1,000,000 - everything we do is justified'.
Mr Hamad earlier boasted that the terror group 'demonstrated that
Israel is beatable' and that the killing of Israelis inside their homes or as they fled the festival 'destroyed the myth of Israel as a military superpower'.
"In some of his latest comments, Mr Hamad claimed that 'everything [Hamas] do is justifiable', declaring that 'we are the victims' as he vowed to remove Israel from what he claimed is Palestinian land.
He declared that the terror group is ready to pay the ultimate price, saying 'we are a nation of martyrs, and we are proud to sacrifice martyrs'.
Mr Hamad bragged that Hamas' surprise attack on October 7 is 'changing the Middle East' in comments made on the same day Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired missiles and drones from Yemen - in a terrifying escalation of a war that could engulf the region.
In response to the October 7 massacre, Israel launched withering airstrikes on Gaza, obliterating entire neighbourhoods and killing 8,796 people.
The death toll is expected to soar as
Israeli troops continue with their large-scale ground invasion.
When asked about the thousands of people killed in Gaza since Hamas launched its rampage three weeks ago, Mr Hamad told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera: 'We are paying a great price in blood, but it was necessary.'
He bragged that the slaughter of 1,400 Israelis was a 'victory' for Hamas. 'October 7 was a victory: we have destroyed the myth of Israel as a military superpower,' Mr Hamad said.
'There are counties willing to enter into security pacts with Israel because they are convinced it will be able to face Iran or other threats,' he continued.
'Instead, Hamas has demonstrated that Israel is beatable. We couldn't do it for free, but we are ready to pay again."