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Source: https://www.asianage.com/opinion/columnists/281221/naor-gilon-why-hamas-is-a-threat-to-israel-to-the-world-and-to-palestinians.html

Why Hamas Is a Threat to Israel, the World and the Palestinians

(Asian Age-India) Naor Gilon - Soumya Santosh, 32, from Kerala state, was on a video call with her husband in India on May 10, 2021, when a Hamas rocket hit the house she had been working in as a caregiver in the Israeli city of Ashkelon. She was killed immediately, while the elderly woman in her charge was hospitalized in serious condition. Many people like her, some foreigners, others Israelis, would be alive today were it not for indiscriminate terror attacks by Hamas. We all believe in peace. We believe that even in the midst of the bitter animosities, conflicts can and should be resolved peacefully. Hamas is a radical Islamist terrorist organization, the Palestinian equivalent of the Islamic State. Its stated goal is the destruction of Israel. Hamas has fired over 27,000 rockets and mortar bombs at Israeli civilians since 2001, including over 4,300 in May 2021. The writer is the Israeli ambassador to India.

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