Shin Bet leader says organization is ready to destroy Hamas 'in every place'

This image from undated bodycam video footage taken by a downed Hamas terrorist and released by the Israel Defense Forces shows a Hamas terrorist walking around a residential neighborhood at an undisclosed location in southern Israel. (Israel Defense Forces via AP)

The leader of Israel's domestic security agency, Shin Bet, has been heard on audio saying his organization is prepared to destroy Hamas “in every place."

Ronen Bar's comments were aired late last night by Israel’s public broadcaster Kan 11, according to the Associated Press.

“In every place, in Gaza, in the West Bank, in Lebanon, in Turkey, in Qatar, everywhere,” Bar said in a recording. “It’ll take a few years but we will be there to do it.”

Bar compared the mission to Israel’s operation to assassinate militants behind the 1972 killings of members of its Olympic team in Munich, Germany.

It's not immediately clear when Bar's comments were recorded.

Most of Hamas’ top leadership lives in exile, primarily in the Gulf state of Qatar, a key player in bringing about the recently expired truce between Israel and Hamas, and the Lebanese capital of Beirut.