Yaakov Katz

Does the murder of Ariel and Kfir Bibas advance the cause of a Palestinian state somehow or does it help destroy Israel? Of course not. This is nothing but pure evil and this kind of evil needs to be eradicated from this world. Important conversation on how we should not call the Hamas murderers ‘monsters’. Unfortunately, they are humans like us poisoned by a genocidal ideology.

The show that Hamas put on in Khan Younis during which they handed over the bodies of Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas and Oded Lifshitz showed us once again the cruelty of this group. They sanctify death, while we, in Israel, sanctify life.

I try to stay away from comparisons to the Holocaust, but it was hard today when looking at the photos of Eli, Or and Ohad who returned from Gaza emaciated, frail and weak. These images need to be seared into our collective conscience to remember why Hamas needs to be eliminated.

Israel paid a steep price in the deal, but the return of the hostages - Romi, Doron and Emily - is precisely what victory means in this war. From October 7, this was about bringing our people home.

Interview with CNN

The dilemma Israel faces is huge. On the one hand, it wants to bring the hostages that it can home, and, on the other hand, ensure that Hamas cannot reconstitute itself and one day return to pose the threat that it did on October 7.