Eisenkot aims to out-hawk Netanyahu ahead of elections
Responsible Statecraft · middle east
Gadi Eisenkot, a leading Israeli politician hoping to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in elections later this month, pledged Thursday that he would “destroy Hamas’s military wing” within 18 months of taking office.Eisenkot, a former chief of Israel’s general military staff, said the defeat of Hamas could come through “President [Donald] Trump’s framework” for disarming the group or “through the use of military and operational capabilities.” Netanyahu’s Likud party struck back by claiming Eisenkot would require help from Arab parties to form a coalition government. “How would you destr
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