IDF Spokesperson: ‘Hamas’s Goal Is to Bait Us into Killing Civilians’

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SPIELMAN: “So, I heard this on the media, just like you. What I can tell you, is that this is another example of beating right into Hamas’ playbook. If we’ve asked people to evacuate a hospital, I can’t verify this specific case, it’s because Hamas are using those hospital grounds or near those grounds to launch rockets. And, again, I think any normal person anywhere in the world and in America, if they wanted to carry out a war, why would they do it from a hospital knowing that the IDF is going to respond? Our goal is to try to move civilians out of the way, which if we did call that would be what we meant to do. Hamas’ goal is to bait us into killing civilians. They win either way. They kill Israeli civilians. They take it as a win. They bait us to killing their own civilians. They take it as a win. That’s why they have to be destroyed and completely their capability taken out, because they’re playing this game with the world that recycles itself, Wolf, as we’ve seen every few years. It’s an evil that has to stop.”