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NEW DELHI:
Shri Thanedar
, an Indian-American Congressman, on Monday called Hamas the "barbaric terrorists" who should be eliminated with all its military capabilities dismantled.
Speaking at an event in the US Capitol in support of Israel, Thanedar also highlighted the sufferings being born by the civilians in Gaza due to Israeli air strikes and called for their "freedom from the terrorist outfit".
"Hamas is not a militant organization. Hamas is not a resistance movement, they are just barbaric terrorists. This is a time when we just can't just push them because they will regroup and come back and do these atrocities once again. Yes, that's what they will do. So you know, we need at this stage to eliminate them. Eliminate the space of this, you know, we need to dismantle their military operations," Thanedar was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
"We need to free the Palestinian people, the two million Palestinian people that live in Gaza. They need to be freed from these terrorist controls of Gaza. So that addition is what I feel. Now there is a lot of talk about ceasefire, but I feel that it's premature, these Hamas terrorists have used the civilians," he added.
Israel has claimed to have lost more than 1400 people in the sudden October 7 attack by Hamas that later took more than 200 people hostage in Gaza.
Congressional briefing in support of Israel was organised by Multi-faith Alliance HinduACTion and Namaste Shalom. The gathering was also aimed to address the rising anti-Hindu bigotry and antisemitism in the US and Canada.
"Misused the civilians as a shield for them and unfortunately that's causing tremendous loss which is so regrettable. Tremendous loss of lives of innocent people. But these innocent people they need to have their future, they need to have their life, they need to have their human rights and they need to be freed from the oppression of Hamas and basically exploitation Hamas is doing of these innocent civilians in Gaza," said Thanedar.
Shri Thanedar also highlighted the loss of civilian lives on both sides, Israel and Gaza and condemned the attacks on Israel.
Condemning the attacks on Israel and pointing out the loss of lives on both sides (Gaza and Israel), Thandear said "Loss of civilian life, Whether it is Israeli civilian life or Palestinian civilian life should not happen, that's something that's never desirable and never got to come."
Hamas officials in the Palestinian enclave claimed on Monday that Israeli strikes have killed at least 5,087 people in Gaza since the war erupted on October 7. On the other hand, the Israeli administration asserted that the Hamas attack has claimed over 1400 lives, adding that the terrorist outfit has taken more than 200 hostages.
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