Moment Israeli mom whose sons were abducted by Hamas explodes at woke MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell asking her how she feels about the country’s retaliation in Gaza: ‘I can’t be sympathetic to animal human beings’
- Renana Gomeh became irritated when the MSNBC anchor asked about her feelings on Israel’s counterstrikes
- The mother whose two sons, ages 12 and 16, were taken hostage by Hamas accused Mitchell of looking for a false equivalency
An Israeli mother whose two sons were take hostage by Hamas exploded at MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell when asked how she feels about Israel’s counterstrikes in Gaza.
Renana Gomeh, whose two sons age 12 and 16 were kidnapped by Hamas, became visibly irritated when Mitchell asked her feelings on the attacks in Gaza.
‘I can’t be sympathetic anymore. I can’t be sympathetic to animal human beings — well, they’re not really human beings — who came into my house, broke everything,’ said Gomeh.
‘Stole everything, took my children from their bedrooms and took them to the Gaza Strip.’
Israel pounded the Gaza Strip on Tuesday with airstrikes while they prepare for an anticipated ground offensive back into Gaza.
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In a stunning exchange with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell (right), Israeli mother Renana Gomeh (left) said she can not be sympathetic over counterstrikes in Gaza
Israeli mother Renana Gomeh (pictured) said she was on the phone with her two sons, ages 12- and 16-years-old, when Hamas broke into their house and kidnapped them
1,900 people have been reported to have died in the conflict since Saturday, including 1,000 dead in Israel and 900 in Gaza. Hundreds of Israelis have been take hostage by Hamas.
Gomeh’s children were in their safe room when Hamas broke into their home and kidnapped them.
‘I was on the phone with my youngest, I wasn’t at home at the time and all I could hear was him begging for them not to take him because he is too young,’ the mother said in a video shared with i.
‘They were taken out of their beds by terrorists who broke into my house. They broke the door and took them.’
In the stunning on-air interview, Gomeh accused Mitchell of trying to make a false equivalency of the Hamas attacks and Israel’s counterstrikes.
‘Look, you’re looking first for a symmetrical situation. And I must say it isn’t. If you were dealing with a war who is between two countries, countries don’t take children hostages,’ she said.
‘I’m sorry. It’s against the laws of war. It’s against humanity. It’s against anything that we all believe in. Israel never done that, and it will never do. So there is no symmetry.’
The mother said she used to tell her children to have compassion for the children in Gaza, but now she is not so sure.
‘Every time we had missiles shot at us, I used to say to my children that they should be sympathetic towards the children of Gaza because they suffer a lot more than they do. I’m not sure I still believe in it now.’
‘I must say the only worry I have now from the bombings in Gaza is the fact that my children are there.’ said Gomeh.
Israeli counterstrikes caused destruction in western Gaza on Tuesday. Israel has mobilized more than 300,000 reservists, tanks and military vehicles before a widely expected ground invasion
Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza Wednesday morning. Over 150 Israelis have been taken hostage after Hamas surprise attack Saturday
Over 150 Israelis have been taken hostage, including women, children and the elderly.
Israel has mobilized more than 300,000 reservists, tanks and military vehicles before a widely expected ground invasion.
The United States deployed Delta Force and SEAL Team Six to help Israeli forces locate American hostages.
Gomeh said she hopes getting hostages out of Gaza is her country’s and the world’s priority.
‘I think any mother in the world should try and imagine her children under that situation and then think again. That’s all I want. I want the world to ask them to release children, to release elderlies, to release the civilians they took,’ she said.
‘There is no reason to hold them there. They are not soldiers. They are not part of the war. And they have nothing to do with it.’
‘This is not the way a country behaves. This is a way that a terror organization behaves. I’m sorry. So, again, there’s no symmetry,’ she added.
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