Israel Ministers Talk of Crushing Hamas Vowing to Fight
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Israeli cabinet ministers said the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers must be crushed while the militant group vowed to keep fighting, as efforts to piece together a shattered truce faltered.
Should missile fire from the Palestinian territory continue for weeks, “we won’t have any choice but to defend ourselves and win this battle,” Minister of Intelligence and Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz told Channel 10 television yesterday, a day after the three-day truce unraveled amid a hail of rockets. “This means we will have to seriously consider the possibility of taking full control of Gaza for a number of weeks.”