Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called out the leaders of France, the United Kingdom, and Canada in a video statement, claiming they’re “emboldening Hamas to continue fighting forever.”
Netanyahu was addressing the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington, D.C. Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, a couple expected to soon be engaged, were killed on Wednesday night as they left an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee at the Capital Jewish Museum. Elias Rodriguez, a 31-year-old man from Chicago, has been charged with first-degree murder and other crimes. A witness at the scene reported that Rodriguez said: “I did it for Gaza” and “Free Palestine.”
In his statement, the Israeli leader said that Hamas “want to destroy the Jewish state” and annihilate the Jewish people,” adding that he fails to understand how this “simple truth evades” French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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