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WATCH | IDF International Spokesperson Lt. Col. Richard Hecht says, 'This is against international law. Hurting children it is just hard to comprehend. We are standing strong and we will overcome this. This is Israel's 9/11'.  Source: Israel Defense Forces Twitter    #Israel #Hamas #Palestine                 ~PR.152~ED.101~

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00:00 We're going to respond very, very severely to this.

00:04 This was against international law.

00:06 This is against Islam hurting children.

00:10 I mean, it's just hard to comprehend.

00:12 I mean, it makes us all sick.

00:18 We're also looking at the north.

00:19 There's been some unrest this morning in the north.

00:23 I hope Hezbollah and Iran don't do the mistake of joining in.

00:29 We're ready, also in the north and also around Judea and Samaria.

00:35 We're standing strong.

00:37 We're standing strong.

00:38 We will overcome this.

00:42 I'm sure you're seeing all the pictures.

00:45 We had a dilemma, by the way, to put these things out.

00:48 We're still thinking about it.

00:50 Terrible, terrible pictures of the massacre, killing.

00:59 We're still thinking about it.

01:00 I would like maybe some of your response to see if we should come out with this stuff.

01:06 It's a real dilemma if we should go out with it.

01:07 In a calm way, what's going on?

01:12 A very, very hard 24 hours.

01:17 Unprecedented event.

01:19 We were attacked with a combined offensive by Hamas yesterday, by surprise.

01:27 Not only by the traditional rounds that we've had for years with Hamas.

01:32 And again, we've been talking about Hamas for years, who they really are.

01:36 They want the annihilation of our state.

01:38 And I think everybody got a taste of who they are yesterday.

01:45 They attacked us in the ground, in the air, and also through the sea.

01:50 And they didn't go for military targets.

01:53 They went for civilians.

01:56 They went for grandmothers, children, babies.

02:01 This event is still unfolding.

02:02 The numbers are unprecedented.

02:06 We are going to respond very, very severely to this.

02:12 In the upcoming days, it's going to be a long round.

02:15 We are going to do whatever is needed.

02:19 The style of attack is barbaric.

02:21 I mean, the visuals are ISIL visuals.

02:27 In a way, this is our 9/11.

02:30 This is our 9/11.

02:31 And you know, even more than that, I mean, it wasn't crashing into a building.

02:36 It's also mutilating and attacking a party that was happening around the Gaza Strip,

02:44 a nature party, attacking civilians, kidnapping a grandmother.

02:53 A lot of my friends, a lot of our, everybody in Israel is affected by this, by someone

02:58 they know, missing people, soldiers that have been killed.

03:01 There's been real stories of heroes.

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