Ready to strike: Israeli soldiers moving a tank at a staging area near the border with Gaza Strip in southern Israel last Sunday. — AP
AFTER the invasion of southern Israel by Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Oct 11 to destroy Hamas.
“We are fighting a cruel enemy, worse than ISIS,” Netanyahu said, comparing Hamas with the so-called Islamic State group, which was largely defeated by US, Iraqi and Kurdish forces in 2017.
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