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Benjamin Netanyahu: “We moved the population out, and then you have to fight the…”

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Binyamin Netanyahu on how Israel justifies its war in Gaza

Published | Video Starts at 04:01

… meters below, 50 meters above, everything booby trapped, and you don't come in and just bomb the place to smithereens, which we didn't. I mean, we had everything booby trapped, We moved the population out, and then you have to fight the Hamas in there. The ratios, the ratios in Mosul, the ratios in Fallujah, the ratios elsewhere. There's nothing comparison. And that was nothing compared to what our soldiers, our brave soldiers had to face in Gaza. (04:01–04:06)

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Asserts that Israel moved the population out before engaging Hamas.

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