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Lapid Recounts Disturbing Exchange: Youths Advocate Killing All in Gaza, Including Babies
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News18•01-10-2026, 23:22
Lapid Recounts Disturbing Exchange: Youths Advocate Killing All in Gaza, Including Babies
- •Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid shared a disturbing encounter with young people who expressed the view that everyone in Gaza, including babies, should be killed.
- •During a podcast interview, Lapid recounted how the youths stated there were "no innocents" in Gaza, justifying the killing of babies by saying they would "grow up and become terrorists."
- •Lapid challenged their perspective, asking about a two-week-old baby, and concluded that such views meant "Hamas won" by making Israelis "become like them."
- •Lapid emphasized his support for using force against enemies but stressed the importance of not becoming like them, advocating for limits on how force is used.
- •The former prime minister has been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of security threats and the war in Gaza since the October 7, 2023, attack.
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Yair Lapid recalled meeting a group of youths who stated that everyone in Gaza should be killed, including babies, because they would eventually grow up to become terrorists.
Lapid expressed deep concern over the remarks, stating that adopting such standards meant Hamas had won and that Israel must not become like Hamas.
Lapid criticized Netanyahu's handling of security threats ahead of parliamentary elections, accusing him of unnecessarily alarming the public and calling for professional security management.
