Israel-Hamas war will end after ‘destruction of Hamas’ and ‘release of hostages’

Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy says the war on Hamas will end when their goals of “the destruction of Hamas” and the “release of hostages” have been achieved. The International Court of Justice is demanding Israel do all it can to avoid acts of genocide in its war against Hamas. Judges in the Hague are considering a case brought forward by South Africa, which alleges Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians. “This war will end when we have achieved our goals – the destruction of Hamas and the release of the hostages,” Mr Levy told Sky News Australia. “We wished that we had a magic wand that we could wave and the hostages would come home, and Hamas would stop being a genocidal terror organisation committed to our destruction, but the first thing Hamas did after slaughtering 1,200 people and abducting 253 was to tell us that it wants to do it again and again. “We’re fighting Hamas so they can’t do it again and again, and we’re fighting to release the hostages we fear are being tortured and executed and raped in its tunnels right now, and there is no way we’re going to abandon them, and so we will continue to fight, not because we want to, but because we must. “Hamas declared war on us, it started this war, and we are going to end this war – and we are going to end this war in a way that makes sure it can never hurt us again.”