Netanyahu: I Told Biden That There's No Way to Destroy Hamas Without Rafah Operation

“We have a disagreement with the Americans about the need to enter Rafah,” Netanyahu tells the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. “Not about the need to eliminate Hamas — the need to enter Rafah. We do not see a way to eliminate Hamas militarily without destroying these remaining battalions. We are determined to do it. ”

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“I made it clear to the president in our conversation, in the clearest way, that we are determined to complete the elimination of these battalions in Rafah,” says Netanyahu. “There is no way to do it, except by going in on the ground.”

Ed Morrissey

No ****, Sherlock, although it's no surprise that the authors of the Kabul Bug-Out can't comprehend it. You can't destroy an army with a few snipers and the collective tongue-clucking of Western progressive elites. If Hamas and the Gazans didn't want the consequences of a war, they shouldn't have started one on October 7. 

Hamas has holed up in Rafah with its four remaining organized battalions, hoping that Joe Biden will validate their human-shield strategy and prevent Israel from destroying them. That's not going to work this time. 

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