Gaza is biggest terror complex in the world: Israeli ambassador to US

Michael Hertzog, the Israeli ambassador to the US, says Gaza is “the biggest terror complex in the world,” with tens of thousands of fighters and rockets, among other weaponry — and 500 kms of underground tunnels.

“This is what we're up against. And we have to uproot it, because if we do not, they will strike again and again,” Hertzog told CBS' “Face the Nation” in an interview aired on Sunday (November 5).

He also said Israel was making every effort to distinguish between “terrorists and the civilian population” in its war with the Hamas militant group that rules Gaza.

“This is a very complicated military operation in a densely-populated area, and we're trying to move the population away from that war zone,” he said.