Netanyahu says destroying Hamas more important than freeing captives – Middle East Monitor

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that freeing Israeli captives from Gaza is “important” but defeating the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, is the “supreme objective” of the war, local media reported.

Speaking at the annual Independence Day Bible Contest in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said Israel has “many goals, many goals in this war. We want to bring all our hostages home. The war has a supreme goal, and the supreme goal is…