Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Palestinians that they needed to immediately leave Gaza because the Israel Defense Force (IDF) was preparing to turn it into “rubble.”
The warning from Netanyahu came after Palestinian terrorists murdered hundreds of Israeli civilians in rocket attacks and shooting throughout Israel on Saturday.
“Dear citizens of Israel, this morning, on Shabbat and a holiday, Hamas invaded Israeli territory and murdered innocent citizens including children and the elderly. Hamas has started a brutal and evil war,” he said. “We will be victorious in this war despite an unbearable price. This is a very difficult day for all of us. Hamas wants to murder us all. This is an enemy that murders children and mothers in their homes, in their beds, an enemy that abducts the elderly, children, and young women, that slaughters and massacres our citizens, including children who simply went out to enjoy the holiday.”
“What happened today is unprecedented in Israel and I will see to it that it does not happen again,” he continued. “The entire government is behind this decision. The IDF will immediately use all its strength to destroy Hamas’ capabilities. We will destroy them and we will forcefully avenge this dark day that they have forced on the State of Israel and its citizens.”
Netanyahu then warned that “all of the places which Hamas is deployed, hiding in, and operating from in that wicked city, we will turn them into rubble.”
“I say to the residents of Gaza: Leave now because we will operate forcefully everywhere,” he said. “At this hour, the IDF is clearing the terrorists out of the last communities.”
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening:
"This morning, on Shabbat and a holiday, Hamas invaded Israeli territory and murdered innocent citizens including children and the elderly. Hamas has started a brutal and evil war." pic.twitter.com/ckPXuXNHk0
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) October 7, 2023