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.

Leaders of Canada, France and the U.K. issued a joint statement against Israel’s war in Gaza, as the war intensifies and calls for humanitarian aid increase.