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COGAT chief addresses Gazans: ‘You wanted hell, you will get hell’

By Gianluca Pacchiani

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10 October 2023, 4:01 pm 8 Edit

Gianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel

Military liaison to the Palestinians, Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, issues a video statement, May 28, 2022. (Screenshot)

The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, known by its acronym COGAT, addresses a message to Gazan residents and Hamas leadership, lambasting Palestinian popular support for the terror group.

In a video statement, Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, head of COGAT, says: “Kidnapping, abusing and murdering children, women and elderly people is not human. There is no justification for that. Hamas has turned into ISIS, and the residents of Gaza, instead of being appalled, are celebrating.

“Human animals must be treated as such. There will be no electricity and no water [in Gaza], there will only be destruction. You wanted hell, you will get hell.”

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