Exterminate a population

Yesterday, while driving across country after attending a funeral, I heard a person who was apparently an Israeli spokesperson speaking on NPR. He essentially said that there were no innocent civilians in Gaza because the population there elected Hamas. Therefore, his conclusion was that Israel was perfectly free to kill and maim women, children, the aged, farmers, doctors, lawyers, and anyone else living there. Indeed, it seemed as though he thought Israel should simply exterminate the entire population of the area. And we thought the Nazis were the bad guys!