Author Douglas Murray has called for Israel to “extinguish” the war in Gaza by completely destroying Hamas and making sure they are never operationally capable again.

Mr Murray warned that there are consequences for starting a war, and Hamas can’t now put their hands up and “call it a draw”.

“As one of the members of the war cabinet in Israel the other day said, Benny Gantz, there is no point in putting out three-quarters of a fire,” he told Sky News Australia.

“You either put the fire out or you don’t. You don’t put out a bit of the fire and then leave it burning.

“Extinguish the whole thing, or there’s no point, and in the case of Gaza, extinguishing the whole thing is destroying Hamas completely, making sure they are never again operationally capable.”