Earlier, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations also compared it to the September 11 terror attack.
Retired US General David Petraeus, who commanded the US wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, condemned Hamas’s attack on Israel, calling it “much worse than September 11.” “This is the equivalent of the US suffering over 40,000 casualties. , instead of the 3,000 terrible losses we suffered in the September 11 attacks,” Petraeus said. CBS News.
Mr. Petraeus, who was also once director of the CIA, warned Israel to think carefully about its coming actions as it plans to invade Gaza.
”This will be a very, very tough fight. I can hardly imagine more challenging contextual circumstances here than those they face. There are tunnels; there will be rooms with improvised explosive devices. You must clear every building, every floor, every room, every basement, every tunnel. Civilian losses are inevitable, and heavy Israeli losses also lie ahead,” he added.
He further expressed shock that both Israeli and American intelligence services were unaware of what was being planned.
”This is a very substantial operation, and the planning of it alone would have been very significant; then the training, equipping and positioning of forces, and then their actual conduct. That all this could take place without leading to much greater military readiness is truly astonishing,” he said.
When asked what the outcome of the war would be, Mr. Petraeus said: “If the mission for the Israeli army is to destroy Hamas, if you have to destroy every headquarters, if you have to capture most of the leadership or kill If you have to do the same with the bulk of these terrorist fighters, then the question is: what do you do with Gaza once you retake it. You cannot run away from Gaza.”
Earlier, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations also called it an “unprecedented” escalation and compared it to the September 11 terror attack. The diplomat explained that because Israel’s population is smaller than that of the United States, the number of victims is proportional to the lives lost on September 11.
”This is our 9/11. We are determined to change the equation, to destroy the old paradigm. These animals will pay a high price and they will learn that these atrocities cannot be committed again against our citizens,” he added.
In particular, the September 11, 2001 attacks on one of New York’s iconic locations at the time, the World Trade Center, were the deadliest attacks on American soil since the bombing of Pearl Harbor. On September 11, 2001, planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and a field in Pennsylvania. The terrorist attacks claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people and injured countless others.
