Israel is working toward the eradication of Hamas, but all or most of the hostages they are holding must be released first from Gaza, Amir Avivi, founder and director of Israel’s Defense and Security Forum, said on Newsmax Sunday.
But the moment Hamas stops returning hostages, Avivi told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Weekend,” “this is the moment the IDF will go in and the gates of hell will open for Hamas.”
“I had the chance to visit the Southern Command last week, and I can tell you that the IDF is doing all the preparations to go into Gaza and completely eradicate Hamas,” he added. “But there is a clear interest morally, but also from an operational point of view, to make sure that we get all our hostages or most of them, at least until the stage where Hamas doesn’t give any hostages anymore.”
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