Israeli envoy calls Hamas ‘terror org like no other’ calls Oct 7 attack bigger than 9/11

Anjali Sharma

GG News Bureau

UNITED NATIONS, 20^th Oct. Israel permanent representative to the UN, Gilad Erdan on Thursday called the attack on Oct 7 by Hamas on Israel “barbaric even bigger than 9/11.” labeled Hamas as a terror organization like ‘no other’.

Ambassador Gilad Erdan slammed the Security Council for not specifying Hamas as a terrorist group for political reasons during the ongoing session.

“The most barbaric and widescale terror attack in decades, bigger than 9/11, was perpetrated 11 days ago and it seems like this Council has already forgotten. The pictures and footage from the October 7 pogrom are seared into my brain, in every Israeli’s brain, forever…Thousands of barbaric Hamas Nazis invaded Israel and brutally murdered 1,400 innocent Israelis. Some were raped, others beheaded, and some were burned alive,” Erdan said.

He stressed “Many were children…Mothers watched as their babies were slaughtered…This was planned and carried out deliberately by the terrorists that rule Gaza. Not by accident, not by mistake, but deliberately…There are some here that choose not to designate Hamas as a terror organization for political reasons, it still doesn’t change the facts,”.

Erdan stated that Hamas has deliberately targeted civilians, and “this makes Hamas a terror organization no different than ISIS.”

He told the Council members “Up until today, you have not even done the most basic thing. You have not condemned as a council Hamas’s brutal terror attack. It is really unfathomable. You cannot unite even on that basic thing. You are not focused on what needs to be done to free Gaza from Hamas and ensure that the oppression of the Gazan people by their tyrants ends. Instead, the Council is fixated only on humanitarian corridors and aid. These are important and noble causes, but they are certainly not a solution to prevent Hamas’ next atrocious massacre.”

“Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza 18 years ago. Hamas was elected by the people of Gaza. I hear a lot that they do not represent them.  And after murdering the Palestinian Authority officials by throwing them off rooftops, Hamas proceeded to convert every inch of the Gaza Strip to a war machine,” he said.

He stated that sirens are blaring all across Israel, and civilians are running for their lives, as he painted a scene of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Mr. Erdan said “Millions in Israel are running to find shelters. Hamas does this so that once Israel strikes back they can parade the bodies of the civilians in Gaza that they hid behind. Their strategy is to exploit their civilian casualties as propaganda, to leverage the international community to tie Israel’s hands,” he said.

“Their goal is to increase civilian casualties in Gaza. This is part of their script. They know that they cannot beat Israel on the battlefield. Of course, they know it. So they want to terrorize our citizens deliberately, only citizens and then weaponize the UN to prevent Israel from obliterating them so they can rebuild, rearm, and continue terrorizing Israelis.

They have a lot of patience while working towards annihilating Israel. A lot of patience. This is Hamas’ script. This is their playbook. And shockingly, even after the recent slaughter, it’s still working for them,” he added.

He noted that every piece of information that comes out of Gaza cannot be trusted.

Erdan underlined “Hamas runs Gaza. Hamas runs all of Gaza’s institutions. So whatever comes out of the Strip is not the truth. It is what Hamas wants you to hear”.