In his statement, the Israeli leader said that Hamas “want to destroy the Jewish state” and annihilate the Jewish people,” adding that he fails to understand how this “simple truth evades” French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the leaders of France, Britain and Canada of wanting to help the Palestinian militant group Hamas after they threatened to take "concrete action" if Israel did not stop its latest offensive in Gaza.