Israel Ups Ante, Vows to Wipe Hamas ‘Off Face of the Earth’
- Premier Netanyahu: ‘Every Hamas terrorist is a dead man’
- Leaders presage imminent ground attack against Hamas fighters
Israeli soldiers walk through Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel, on Oct. 11.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hours after forming an emergency government and wartime cabinet, foreshadowed a major ground attack on Gaza by promising to destroy Hamas.
“Every Hamas terrorist is a dead man,” Netanyahu said at a late-night briefing, flanked by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Benny Gantz, the leader of an opposition party.