With Hamas balking at peace, Israel ought to finish the job in Gaza akin to how the U.S. finished Nazi Germany and the Japanese Axis powers in World War II, according to Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

“There is no future for the Palestinian people as long as Hamas is around,” Graham told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “So all I can say is that you’re going to see, I think, in the next days and weeks, a military effort to destroy Hamas, akin to what we did in Tokyo and Berlin to destroy the Nazis and the Japanese.”

While Graham expressed “hope” the remaining Hamas terrorist-held hostages will return to Israel, the terrorists need to lay down their arms or die, as President Donald Trump warned Friday.

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