Israeli ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, has said Nigerians in the country as well as citizens of other countries are safe.
Israel is reeling under a deadly attack by Hamas militants who stormed the border fence under barrage of rocket fire on Saturday morning and killed more than 900 people inside Israel.
Irked with the attack, Israel immediately carried out a massive air and artillery bombardment of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, killing about 687 people in the coastal enclave.
Not satisfied with the number of deaths recorded, Israel vowed to wipe out every single member of Hamas terror group.
“Hamas are a terror group that has no mercy and has decided that they want to slaughter the Israelis and destroy the State of Israel.
“Nearly a thousand Israelis were murdered in one day. That was the gravest number of Jews killed in one day since the Holocaust.
“But, do you know it is not only Israelis? They killed Arabs, they killed Israeli-Arabs, they killed others from different countries”.
Assuring Nigeria of the safety of its citizens, Freeman opined: “Everyone is safe in Israel. Nigerians are safe. We will do everything we can to avoid civilian casualties.
“They have no right to hold children and women. Their major headquarters is under a hospital in Gaza. We are focusing on ensuring that everybody is safe, and how we are going to do that is to eliminate Hamas”, Freeman said.
He added there is no justification for Hamas to attack.
