(Ynet News) Maj.-Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland - In the wake of recent events, Israel cannot be satisfied with any other goal than the elimination of Hamas in Gaza as a military and governing body. Anything less would be an Israeli failure. For twenty years, Israel refrained from formalizing this goal. Now, it is essential. The UN secretary-general has initiated humanitarian aid to Gaza. The Israeli condition for any aid should be a visit by the Red Cross to Israeli hostages. Until this happens, no aid of any kind should be permitted to enter into Gaza. The Americans should understand that Israel has no choice. It is comparable to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which led to an atomic bomb in Japan. There is no other option for ensuring the security of the State of Israel. We are fighting an existential war. The writer is a former head of Israel's National Security Council.
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