Hamas, as shown in its treatment of the three Israeli hostages released Saturday, have shown they are “monsters who learn from the Nazis” and must be destroyed, Ofir Akunis, the consul general of Israel in New York City, said on Newsmax Sunday. 

“Our forces actually found in the Gaza Strip and the headquarters of Hamas the ‘Mein Kampf’ book,” Akunis told Newsmax’s “Sunday Report.” “It’s Hitler’s book on how to destroy and kill Jews, so they learned from them, and they are the new Nazis of the world.”

Saturday, armed militants led Israeli civilian hostages Eli Sharabi, Or Levy, and Ohad Ben Amionto a stage before a crowd of hundreds, where the men, all emaciated, had to make statements before they were handed over to the Red Cross. 

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