ISRAEL’S Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli has thanked the Indian leadership, people of India for standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel in its fight against Hamas. “I want to thank the leadership of India, the people of India for being with us shoulder-to-shoulder in this fight against brutal jihadist barbaric Islamist. This is not just our war, this is your war too and we will win it together with your support,” he said. He further said: “I want to tell the people of India - we share the same values, we cherish life, we cherish good...We believe in human values.”

 

He said that there are more than 120 confirmed hostages. “We will make every effort to bring them back home. It won’t be simple. As you know, Hamas has absolutely zero mercy, zero human values. So, we have no expectations from Hamas. Still, we believe we might, with Intelligence, with efforts, maybe we can rescue some of them,” he said.

“My recommendation for Hamas militants - lay down your weapon, raise up your hands, come from your tunnel and maybe there will be mercy,” he added.

 

One of the towns that bore the brunt of the Hamas’ attack is Sderot in the South of Israel. Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi says, Hamas must be destroyed. “I have six children. All of them live in this situation. More than 50,000 people live in this situation. All of this time, I have asked the Government to destroy Hamas” said the Sderot Mayor while speaking to ANI. “We now see that the Hamas is the new ISIS of the world. Now, it’s not just Israel’s but everybody’s role to destroy the Hamas. It is like the Hezbollah, the ISIS,” he added.