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Source: https://www.jpost.com/international/article-772916
UK Defense Secretary: Israel Mustn't Stop War on Terrorists Who Cut Off Heads
(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - Great Britain would not be told to halt its war on a terror group that attacked its sovereign territory and cut off the heads of its citizens, UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps told the BBC on Sunday. "If Britain had been subject to an attack of terrorists coming and murdering [1,200] people and cutting off heads, and we knew where those terrorists had gone, no one would say to Britain stop going after them." Shapps said that it was important to note that Israel was taking steps to prevent civilian deaths and that its actions must be placed within the larger context of how nations act in wartime. He compared the IDF bombings of Gaza with the British and American bombing of the German city of Dresden during World War II. "We have sort of forgotten that in war, very sadly, people lose their lives. When Britain bombed Dresden, 35,000 people lost their lives," Shapps said. He noted that Israel was pursuing terrorists within tunnels in which thousands of rockets were stored. "How can we ask Israel not to go and destroy those bunkers?" Shapps asked. In this war, Great Britain "should absolutely be on the side of right, and right is going after Hamas."