Netanyahu says Israel will dismantle ‘bloodthirsty monsters’ of Hamas

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has promised to ‘dismantle’ Hamas, whom he described as ‘bloodthirsty monsters’ at the first cabinet meeting of the new national emergency government in Tel Aviv. Benny Gantz, a top Israeli opposition politician and a former defence minister, announced on Wednesday he had reached an agreement to enter a wartime unity government with Netanyahu. Speaking before the session, which began with a moment of silence for Israeli victims of the violence, Netanyahu said: "Hamas thought that we would come apart – we will dismantle Hamas”
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