U.S. ‘absolutely’ believes threat of Hamas can be eliminated military: White House

Speaking at the White House briefing on Wednesday, U.S. National Security spokesperson John Kirby responded to a reporter’s question about whether the U.S. believes the “elimination” of Hamas is “an attainable goal.” “We believe that it is absolutely an attainable goal for the Israeli military forces to degrade and defeat Hamas’s abilities to conduct attacks inside Israel,” Kirby said.