Jan 10, 2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
While describing the Gaza conflict as "a very just war", First Lady Michal Herzog insisted that "the people of Israel do not want war; they do not want civilians to be hurt."
Herzog went on to say that "the people who are hurting the people in Gaza are the terrorist regime that uses them." She added that Israelis "would be very happy for the innocent people of Gaza to have a better life and not under the terror of Hamas".
"The Hamas terrorists
(...) have a jihadist ideology. And this is not about resistance or freedom
fighting. This is about pure hate," Herzog said.
Asked about
the sexual crimes allegedly committed by Hamas members against
Israeli women on October 7, Israel's first lady said they are
"one of the most filmed and photographed crimes in the world".
"And
yet, people turn around and ask: 'so what is the evidence?'"
On January
8, two UN experts demanded that those who committed sexual violence
during the October 7 Hamas attacks be held accountable, saying that mounting
evidence of rape and genital mutilation could amount to crimes against
humanity.
"It
does come late," Herzog admitted, noting that it took UN Women eight weeks
to condemn Hamas's sexual crimes. However, she welcomed "this
change in the UN view".
France24
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