Asked about imposing collective punishment on Gaza, the Israeli prime minister replied: “Despite the civilian casualties, no one told the Allies ‘don’t eliminate Nazism’.”
Fending off criticism over the heavy civilian toll in the Gaza Strip in Israeli military operations in retaliation for the October 7 Hamas attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared this war to the Allies’ fight against him Nazism in World War II.
The Prime Minister of Israel referred to RAF bombing in Copenhagen accidentally hitting a school as the end of the Second World War approached, on March 21, 1945, as a result of which 125 civilians were killed, among them 86 children and 18 adults inside the educational institution.
A reporter asked him whether Israel was imposing collective punishment on the residents of the Gaza Strip, and Netanyahu replied: “Despite the civilian casualties, no one told the Allies ‘don’t wipe out Nazism’.”
“In 1944, the RAF bombed the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen — a perfectly legitimate target. But the British pilots missed and instead of the Gestapo headquarters they hit a children’s hospital a short distance away and I think 84 children were burned alive. This it was not a war crime“, he said. “It was not something you could blame Britain for. It was legal act of war, with tragic consequences”, as they sometimes have “such lawful actions”.
The Allies nevertheless continued the war until the end, despite the tragic consequences, because they knew that the future of civilization and of all humanity was being judged and “so, I tell you now that the future of our civilization is being judged”, added the Israeli Prime Minister.
Source :Skai
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