Nikki Haley took a purple pen, crouched down in a tactical vest and signed an artillery shell while visiting Israel this week. “Finish Them!” she wrote.
The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Republican presidential candidate penned the message Tuesday while touring an artillery station along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. It was part of a days-long trip to the country during which she has met with families of some of the roughly 1,200 people killed and 253 taken hostage when Hamas attacked on Oct. 7. Haley toured the wreckage caused by the attack and visited the site of the Nova music festival in southern Israel where partygoers were killed and kidnapped.
Haley and representatives from her defunct presidential campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Washington Post.
“We know as long as Hamas exists, it can happen again, and that’s why I’ve said from the very beginning, you need to finish them — once and for all,” she said. Haley spoke with the newspaper Monday after visiting Nir Oz, where more than one-quarter of residents were either killed or kidnapped on Oct. 7.
Haley’s visit comes as Israeli leaders face intensifying criticism that they’re not doing enough to protect civilians in Gaza and may have committed war crimes during the country’s war against Hamas. It also follows a recent Israeli airstrike that started a fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians. Weapons experts said U.S.-made bombs were used in the strike.
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