Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu: 'Though Israel Didn't Start This War, Israel Will Finish It'
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu delivers remarks about his nation's response to the attack by Hamas.
Transcript
00:00 Israel is at war. We didn't want this war. It was forced upon us in the most brutal and savage way.
00:08 But though Israel didn't start this war, Israel will finish it.
00:13 Once the Jewish people were stateless, once the Jewish people were defenseless.
00:19 No longer. Hamas will understand that by attacking us, they have made a mistake of historic proportions.
00:27 We will exact a price that will be remembered by them and Israel's other enemies for decades to come.
00:34 The savage attacks that Hamas perpetrated against innocent Israelis are mind-boggling.
00:40 Slaughtering families in their homes, massacring hundreds of young people at an outdoor festival,
00:47 kidnapping scores of women, children and elderly, even Holocaust survivors.
00:52 Hamas terrorists bound, burned and executed children. They are savages.
00:59 Hamas is ISIS. And just as the forces of civilization are united to defeat ISIS,
01:05 the forces of civilization must support Israel in defeating Hamas.
01:10 I want to thank President Biden for his unequivocal support.
01:14 I want to thank leaders across the world who are standing with Israel today.
01:18 I want to thank the people and Congress of the United States of America.
01:22 In fighting Hamas, Israel is not only fighting for its own people,
01:27 it is fighting for every country that stands against barbarism.
01:31 Israel will win this war. And when Israel wins, the entire civilized world wins.
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