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Benjamin Netanyahu: “Hamas in Gaza had a de facto state, and it used it to launch…”

Featuring: Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud | Prime Minister of Israel | International

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BREAKING NEWS: Israeli PM Netanyahu Holds Press Briefing As Israel Prepares To Fully Occupy Gaza

Published | Video Starts at 31:52

It's so easy to verify, you know, and look at the pa, okay, look at the Palestinian national movement today is divided, okay? Divided between two forces, okay? The Palestinian Authority in Judea and Samaria and Hamas in Gaza, okay? Hamas in Gaza had a de facto state, and it used it to launch a war of terror against Israel. Because their doctrine, that is that the destruction of Israel should proceed with forceful and direct military and terrorist moves. That's what they did on October 7th, and that's what they'll do again if we don't destroy them. (31:52–31:56)

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Asserts that Hamas had control in Gaza and used it to attack Israel.

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