Rep. Himes on Attacks on Israel: ‘What Was Hamas Trying to Achieve Here?; ‘This Almost Certainly Ends with Their Eradication’

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HIMES: "Yeah Katie, it’s obviously a horrendous situation for the people of Israel and for the world. This is a brutal, unprovoked attack. Reports are that Hamas and other terrorists have taken Israeli civilians hostage into Gaza. Families, perhaps, which Democrats the seriousness of the attack as well as the values of the attackers. And longer term as John Barry was saying, prime minister Netanyahu, his brand is about security and securing the safety of the Israelis. And so the reaction that will come from the Israelis will appropriately, and of course United States will stand with Israel on this will be very very tough. And I think John Brennan is right. There are a lot of questions about how an operation of this magnitude could be executed as a surprise, but I think that we are entering a period in which the violence is going to be intent he sort of ask yourself, what is the point? What was Hamas trying to achieve here? Because it is almost certainly ending with their eradication in a great deal of suffering to the Palestinian people as well as Israeli people as the Israelis mobilize to rightly."