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Israeli officials differ on Hamas comment
There appears to be a growing rift between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a top Israeli military official. This comes after Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, cast doubt on completely eradicating the Hamas militant group, one of Netanyahu's main objectives for the war in Gaza. Jon Donnison with BBC News, a CBS News partner, has more.