Our duty to destroy Hamas: Israel on air strikes

October 25, 2023 11:04

Gaza's 2.3 million people have been running out of food, water and medicine since Israel sealed off the territory following the devastating October 7 attack by Hamas on towns in southern Israel.

The Gaza Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas, said Israeli airstrikes killed at least 704 people over the past day, mostly women and children. Israel said Tuesday it had launched 400 airstrikes over the past day, killing Hamas commanders, hitting militants as they prepared to fire rockets into Israel and striking command centers and a Hamas tunnel shaft.

Israel reported 320 strikes the day before.

Hamas is sworn to Israel's destruction. Israel, for its part, has vowed repeatedly since the massacre to crush Hamas.

On Tuesday, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen told the U.N. Security Council that the proportionate response to the October 7 attack is a total destruction to the last one of the militants. "It is not only Israel's right to destroy Hamas. It's our duty," he said.

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