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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/12/14/i-did-not-turn-back-till-i-destroyed-them/
The Notion that Israel Should Stop the War before Hamas Is Destroyed Is Dangerous
(Israel Hayom) Amb. Dror Eydar - The Israeli public understands in the wake of Oct. 7 that we are not dealing with a normal entity that seeks territory or political independence, but with savages whose thirst for blood is only equaled by their passion to rape our daughters, and for whom the population of Gaza is not worthy of life, but just to serve as human shields. In Hamas' eyes, all Israelis deserve to die. One cannot compromise with an entity whose foundational charter believes in the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews - a charter that is a modern-day Mein Kampf. If we were to do so, it would be as if the Allies had stopped fighting the Nazis as they invaded Europe. In the Middle East, victory must be seen to be overwhelming and must resonate in a way the enemy understands and according to its codes. We must achieve such a victory even if we must fight on for many more months. We cannot suffice with eliminating ten thousand Hamas terrorists and leaving another twenty thousand free to operate in Gaza. Hamas must be eradicated, not just dealt a heavy blow. This is our moral duty to the victims, to the residents of the western Negev communities, to all the citizens of Israel, and to the soldiers of the IDF who are putting their lives at risk. Only then perhaps we will have a chance at peace, when they understand what price those who did to us as Hamas did will pay. In the meantime, we must fight on with full force. The writer served as Israel's Ambassador to Italy.