After Hamas returns what it says are four slain hostages to Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offers a message of unity and victory over Hamas.
“On this day we are all united,” says Netanyahu in a video message. “We are all united in unbearable grief.”
“We all ache with pain that is mixed with rage. We are all furious at the monsters of Hamas,” he says, adding that Israel must “settle the score with the vile murderers — and we will settle the score.”
He then quotes Psalm 94: “O God of vengeance, O Lord; O God show vengeance.”
Netanyahu promises to achieve the longstanding goals of the war.
“We will bring back all our hostages, destroy the murderers, eliminate Hamas, and together — with God’s help — we will secure our future,” he pledges.
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