'According to international law, you're allowed to target the leaders of Hamas even if they are embedded among civilians,' said Tzipi Hotovely
“Everything we target is senior people in Hamas,” she said. “The master planners of the horrific terrorist attack on our people on 7 October.
In the aftermath of the attack launched by Hamas a month ago, the Israel Defence Forces have embarked on a retaliatory bombing campaign. While there is, concerns have been raised about the proportionality of the attacks. More than 1,400 Israelis have been killed since the Hamas attack on 7 October, according to Israeli authorities – the vast majority in the initial assault. Around a further 240 are also believed to have been taken hostage inside Gaza.
Last week, the UN appointed Iran to take the chair of a human rights social forum, with many critical of the appointment due to Tehran’s decades-long record of human rights abuses and support of terrorist groups, including Hamas.“I think the UN forgot that one of the reasons it was established after the Second World War was because of the atrocities of the Holocaust,” she said. “It is losing all the credibility by putting Iran in as the chair of a human rights committee.
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