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Rift grows between Netanyahu and Israeli military over Hamas elimination
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/20/idf-hamas-netanyahu-gaza-israel/Rift grows between Netanyahu and Israeli military over Hamas elimination
Differences are emerging as the Israeli army says Hamas is an idea that cannot be eliminated, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to seek a “total victory” over the group in Gaza.
By Adela Suliman
Updated June 20, 2024 at 6:40 a.m. EDT|Published June 20, 2024 at 6:33 a.m. EDT
A television interview followed by a sharp government response is the latest evidence of a deepening rift between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the military over the elimination of Hamas and a broader day-after plan for the end of the Gaza war.
Netanyahu and his office have repeatedly stated that the main goal of the war is the destruction of Hamas, but they have avoided talking about how the Gaza Strip would be governed afterward — something the military insists needs to be established.
An Israel Defense Forces spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said in an interview late Wednesday with Channel 13: “Hamas cannot be destroyed. Hamas is an idea. Those who think it can be made to disappear are wrong.”
In what has been viewed as a rare and pointed message from the military to Israeli political leadership, Hagari continued: “What we can do is foster something new to replace Hamas. Who will that be? What will it be? That’s for the political leadership to decide.”
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Differences are emerging as the Israeli army says Hamas is an idea that cannot be eliminated, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to seek a “total victory” over the group in Gaza.
By Adela Suliman
Updated June 20, 2024 at 6:40 a.m. EDT|Published June 20, 2024 at 6:33 a.m. EDT
A television interview followed by a sharp government response is the latest evidence of a deepening rift between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the military over the elimination of Hamas and a broader day-after plan for the end of the Gaza war.
Netanyahu and his office have repeatedly stated that the main goal of the war is the destruction of Hamas, but they have avoided talking about how the Gaza Strip would be governed afterward — something the military insists needs to be established.
An Israel Defense Forces spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said in an interview late Wednesday with Channel 13: “Hamas cannot be destroyed. Hamas is an idea. Those who think it can be made to disappear are wrong.”
In what has been viewed as a rare and pointed message from the military to Israeli political leadership, Hagari continued: “What we can do is foster something new to replace Hamas. Who will that be? What will it be? That’s for the political leadership to decide.”
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