Tal Heinrich, a spokeswoman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, shamed CNN anchor Brianna Keilar on Tuesday for suggesting that Israel views Palestinian children as "justifiable enemies."

Throughout the interview, Keilar repeatedly asked Heinrich about Israel's alleged responsibility for the suffering of Palestinians, while Heinrich insisted that only Hamas is responsible because, without Oct. 7, there would be no war. But the interview came to a tense climax when Keilar asked Heinrich how people can have hope when they see the destruction of Gaza.

"We are in the middle of a war that Israel did not start and did not want," Heinrich told Keilar.

"Well, it is prosecuting it forcefully," the CNN anchor snarked.

Heinrich then explained that "hope and peace and a better future" are the "greatest enemy of terrorists" — but those aspirations will never be achieved if Hamas exists.

"First, Hamas must be gone, and then we hope that the Palestinian society will de-radicalize," she said. "What our troops are finding right now, on the ground, in certain neighborhoods in Gaza: pictures of children, women with guns, Hamas uniforms tailored for children. And Hamas terrorists that we have arrested —" the Israeli spokeswoman continued when Keilar interrupted.

"Does that make the children justifiable enemies to you? Is that what you're saying? Does that make all of the children justifiable enemies to you?" Keilar interjected.

Heinrich was visibly shocked that Keilar asked the question.

"No, no, no. No, no, no. This is not what I'm saying," Heinrich corrected. "I'm saying that a Hamas terrorist that we have interrogated has admitted in the interrogation that Hamas are exploiting children. They're using them to transfer ammunition. That is outrageous. Where is UNICEF?

"We want to see a better hope for this entire future. And for that reason — we say that [Palestinian] education to glorify martyrs, that Jews must be killed, that the Jewish state should be obliterated — this can be no longer," she explained.

Heinrich's answer exposed the absurdity of Keilar's question: Not only is Hamas 100% responsible for the deaths of Palestinian civilians because the terrorist force uses civilians as human shields and prevents civilians from leaving Gaza, but Hamas exploits children by raising them up into terrorism.

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