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Israel's Intelligence Chief expressed a firm commitment to holding Hamas accountable for its attacks on Israel. This statement came in response to a drone strike, attributed to Israel, that resulted in the death of Hamas' Deputy Chief Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanon on Tuesday.
Israel's Intelligence Chief vowed on Wednesday to make Hamas pay for its attacks on Israel, after a drone strike attributed to Israel killed the group's Deputy Chief Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanon.
The Mossad agency "is committed to settling the score with the murderers who descended upon the Gaza envelope on October 7" and with Hamas's leadership, said David Barnea.
"It will take time, just like after the Munich massacre, but we will lay our hands on them wherever they will be," he added.
Barnea spoke at the funeral of former Mossad chief Zvi Zamir, who oversaw Israel's retaliation against Palestinian militant groups in the aftermath of the 1972 murder of Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich.
His remarks came a day after Arouri, Hamas' "number two," was killed in a drone strike in Beirut's southern suburb.
Senior Lebanese officials accused Israel of carrying out the strike. Israel has not claimed responsibility.
"Every Arab mother ought to know that if her son participated, directly or indirectly, in the slaughter of October 7, his blood shall be upon his own head," said Barnea.
Israel's retaliation has claimed the lives of at least 22,313 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to the health ministry in the war-ravaged territory.
That figure does not specify the number of Hamas militants killed in the fighting, but Israel contends that at least 8,000 Hamas fighters are among the dead.
Khalil Wakim, with AFP
Israel's Intelligence Chief vowed on Wednesday to make Hamas pay for its attacks on Israel, after a drone strike attributed to Israel killed the group's Deputy Chief Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanon.
The Mossad agency "is committed to settling the score with the murderers who descended upon the Gaza envelope on October 7" and with Hamas's leadership, said David Barnea.
"It will take time, just like after the Munich massacre, but we will lay our hands on them wherever they will be," he added.
Barnea spoke at the funeral of former Mossad chief Zvi Zamir, who oversaw Israel's retaliation against Palestinian militant groups in the aftermath of the 1972 murder of Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich.
His remarks came a day after Arouri, Hamas' "number two," was killed in a drone strike in Beirut's southern suburb.
Senior Lebanese officials accused Israel of carrying out the strike. Israel has not claimed responsibility.
"Every Arab mother ought to know that if her son participated, directly or indirectly, in the slaughter of October 7, his blood shall be upon his own head," said Barnea.
Israel's retaliation has claimed the lives of at least 22,313 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to the health ministry in the war-ravaged territory.
That figure does not specify the number of Hamas militants killed in the fighting, but Israel contends that at least 8,000 Hamas fighters are among the dead.
Khalil Wakim, with AFP
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