Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, July 24, 2016.
  • Netanyahu's office posted on X that the Israel-Hamas conflict is a "struggle between the children of light and the children of darkness."
  • The post went up on Monday afternoon.
  • It was deleted on Tuesday, around the time news emerged of a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Israel's conflict with Hamas is a "struggle between the children of light and the children of darkness, between humanity and the law of the jungle."