Rubio: Hamas ‘must be eradicated’
Al Jazeera and News Agencies 17 February 2025

Extracts:
  • With Trump ‘we will finish the job’
Following the meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Netanyahu said, Israel and the US are both determined to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions and its “aggression” in the Middle East

Rubio said,
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“Behind every terrorist group, behind every act of violence, behind every destabilising activity, behind everything that threatens peace and stability for the millions of people that call this region home is Iran”

Netanyahu said,
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Israel had dealt a “mighty blow” to Iran over the past 16 months since the start of the war in Gaza against Hamas
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and with the support of Trump “I have no doubt we can and will finish the job”
Israel had weakened the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah and had hit hundreds of targets in Syria to prevent a new Iranian-backed front, from opening up against Israel
not enough to knock any of the terrorist groups nor Iran out -- 16 months on....

Meanwhile the Israeli military said it carried out an air strike early on Sunday on people who approached its forces in southern Gaza
The Gaza Interior Ministry said the strike killed three of its policemen while they were securing the entry of aid trucks near Rafah, on the Egyptian border

Hamas said,
1. the attack was a “serious violation” of the ceasefire
2. and accused Netanyahu of trying to sabotage the deal

Osama Hamdan, a senior spokesperson for Hamas, told Al Jazeera,
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Netanyahu and his government’s actions suggest “the ceasefire is in jeopardy” but Hamas will do its best to continue with the agreement

“I will be clear in this” “If Netanyahu decides to attack Gaza another time, it will not be [easy] for him”
Terrorists still calling the shots mad