I'm sure a reporter asked him to clarify what he meant about that speech he gave the IOF; there's no way journalists would be so ridiculously incompetent as to not ask for clarification; cause like, at that point it's not imposter syndrome, it's just genuine, actual incompetence and larping as a journalist.
He was asked to clarify, right?
I found a times of Israel article that claims his office said it meant specifically Hamas (which seems a bit strange then to mention women, children and even cattle, unless he thinks some cows from Diablo 2's secret cow level escaped and joined Hamas' struggle for liberation); but even in the recent speech at the UN, he seems to still denounce the Palestinian people, seemingly forgetting it's supposed to be Hamas he's at war with, not the civilian population. I'm not sure he was ever directly asked on camera or at least personally on the record to clarify his comments.
Hamas seems to have always been easy to directly speak with in regards to things they've said or their mission statements; Netanyahu though seems bizarrely difficult to speak with and to be asked direct questions like this.
I am curious why he keeps having scathing criticisms of the Palestinian people if it's not them he's 'at war' with; someone should remind him the narrative is it's Hamas he's 'at war' with, not the civilian population of Gaza. I'm sure a competent reporter has brought up his past speech and offered his current comments for comparison; like how unfit for your job would you have to be miss a major question like this?
Ah, yep, I remember what they did with Ms. Rachel, all because she dared have empathy for the wrong children.