Israel’s coming offensive against Hamas will not only be decisive for its own security, but also be “a service to the world,” and the truth about Hamas’ atrocities should be made clear as Israel braces for scrutiny at the U.N., retired Air Force Brigadier Gen. Blaine Holt told Newsmax on Sunday.

“Barbarism is where this entire thing starts,” Holt told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Weekend.” “What’s going to happen next is 60,000 fresh reservists from the IDF are going to go close this chapter called Hamas. It’s going to be a service to the world, and then they’re going to go out of Gaza and they’re going to go get these leaders.”

His comments followed the release of CCTV footage by Israel showing an instance from the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, in which Hamas terrorists murdered a father in front of his two young sons.

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