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NEW DELHI: A US-born woman whose daughter was among 260 people Hamas terrorists killed in its October 7 attack at a music festival in Israel urged Americans to reconsider their stand in support of the terror group, reported the New York Post.
Bullets shot by the terrorists arbitrarily pierced through Tribe of Nova Event in Israel's southern territory, hitting Hannie Ricardo's 26-year-old daughter Oriya, who was part of the crowd that went haywire during the massacre.
“You have terrorists and a lot of people in America support them. In the name of freedom of speech, you let them talk and support these terrorists,” Ricardo told The Post.
“I know you have this amendment of freedom of speech, but you also support that freedom of hate. What do you do with that? Freedom of hate — is that good? Just give me one good reason for freedom of hate.”
“They are hateful people and they live in order to kill. This is not war. In wars, as stupid as they are, they have armies fighting against armies. This was a Nazi-organized operation. This sort of cruelty you saw during the Holocaust. … Is this a war? It’s not a war. It’s slaughtering people for fun," said Oriya's mother to the New York Post.
Some 1,300 were killed in the worst attack on civilians in Israel's history. Israeli forces have since put the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, under a total siege and bombarded it with unprecedented air strikes.
Gaza authorities say more than 2,200 people have been killed, a quarter of them children, and nearly 10,000 wounded.
On Friday, more than a million residents in northern Gaza received a 24-hour notice from Israel to evacuate south before an anticipated ground offensive. Despite this, Hamas pledged to fight until the end and advised residents to remain in their homes.
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