Yahya Sinwar, the top Hamas leader in Gaza, has surrounded himself with Israeli hostages and children as human shields. Omar Atiya Daruish Aladdiny, this particular terrorist leader killed by the IDF, was in charge of Hamas rocket fire in central Gaza.
Bottom line: Hamas must be eliminated as a military and governing entity in Gaza. Hamas will continue to threaten Israel as long as it exists - ex-Mossad head https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-790762
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Saturday that he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “hurting Israel more than helping Israel” in how he is approaching its war against Hamas in Gaza. yeah, no shit Joe, the base told you months ago:
A hostage of Hamas outlines being kept in a Gaza hospital with other hostages with Hamas in the next room. I thought the Gaza Health Ministry claimed there was no Hamas in the the hospitals. ‘Every minute there is hell': Returned hostage Karen Munder addresses crowd in NY Karen told the crowd she and five other women were held inside a room in a hospital with Hamas next to them. After two weeks, five children joined them after each being held somewhere alone. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-791234
Across the entire world, Palestinians are terrorists. Italian Police Arrest Three Palestinians Allegedly Planning Terrorist Attacks https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/...tinians-allegedly-planning-terrorist-attacks/
This is a reminder that since 2005 Hamas has killed far more many people in Gaza than Israel. Nearly all of the killings were deliberate executions and murders rather than unfortunate casualties of war. Hamas killed political opponents, gays, women, claimed collaborators, and generally anyone they did not like for any reason. Hamas leader dubbed 'Gaza's bin Laden' exposed for using depraved torture tactics Israel claims to have found a secret document from the terror group's headquarters that point to Sinwar's horrific tactics, as well as the torture allegedly endured by opposition leader Mahmoud Ishtiwi before his execution. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1876177/Hamas-Gaza-bin-Laden-torture-tactics
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel...gence-assessment-hamas-resistance-last-years/ https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ATA-2024-Unclassified-Report.pdf who could've seen this coming?: Israel's military will "struggle to neutralize" Hamas's sprawling underground tunnel systems and is likely to face "lingering armed resistance" from the militant group "for years to come," according to a new global threat assessment compiled by the U.S. intelligence community. The risk of escalation of the conflict in Gaza, now stretching into its sixth month, also "remains high," according to the unclassified report, which was released Monday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The analysts who drafted it, however, said neither Iran nor its proxy groups are believed to be seeking direct conflict with the United States. In accompanying public testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said the war in Gaza had fueled violent acts by terror groups worldwide. The crisis "has galvanized violence by a range of actors around the world and, while it is too early to tell, it is likely that the Gaza conflict will have a generational impact on terrorism," Haines said. "Both al Qaeda and ISIS, inspired by Hamas, have directed supporters to conduct attacks against Israeli and U.S. interests," she said. Haines appeared alongside the heads of five major American intelligence agencies for an annual hearing on worldwide threats. CIA director William Burns, FBI director Christopher Wray, Brett Holmgren, head of the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, National Security Agency director Gen. Timothy Haugh and Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse of the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency also testified. The ODNI assessment, which represents the collective analysis of the 18 intelligence agencies comprising the U.S. intelligence community, also said the "viability" of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership and governing coalition "may be in jeopardy." "Distrust of Netanyahu's ability to rule has deepened and broadened across the public from its already high levels before the war, and we expect large protests demanding his resignation and new elections," it says. "A different, more moderate government is a possibility." President Biden said in a recent interview with MSNBC that he believed Netanyahu was "hurting Israel more than helping Israel" by waging a military campaign that to date has resulted in the deaths of more than 30,000 civilians in Gaza, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. In a separate interview with Politico, Netanyahu later called Mr. Biden's critical views "wrong," and said fighting could end within four to six weeks. Burns, who returned Saturday from his eighth trip overseas to hold talks with Qatari, Egyptian and Israeli negotiators, testified Monday that a cease-fire was the most effective way to boost the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza, where the health ministry has said at least 25 people have already died due to malnutrition. A former diplomat who has been tapped by Mr. Biden to lead successive rounds of sensitive hostage talks, Burns said a potential three-part agreement — involving the release of hostages in return for a defined number of Palestinian prisoners and an initial six-week cease-fire — remained "on the table." "I don't think anybody can guarantee success," he said. "What I think you can guarantee is that the alternatives are worse for innocent civilians in Gaza who are suffering under desperate conditions, for the hostages and their families who are suffering, also under very desperate conditions, and for all of us." While the 40-page, written intelligence assessment said Iran's leaders "did not orchestrate nor had foreknowledge" of Hamas's October 7 attack against Israel — in which more than 1,200 Israelis were killed and more than 250 were taken hostage — it noted Tehran was able to "flex" its proxy network's military capabilities in the attacks' aftermath, and would likely remain a threat. "While Iran will remain careful to avoid a direct conflict with either Israel or the United States, it nonetheless enabled scores of militia rocket, missile, and UAV attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria; Hizballah exchanges of fire with Israel on the north border with Lebanon; and [Houthi] missile and UAV attacks, both on Israel directly and on international commercial shipping transiting the Red Sea," analysts wrote.
Another depraved Hamas terrorist leader bites the dust. This one steals the food aid meant for civilians in Gaza. IDF kills Hamas's Operations Unit commander in Rafah airstrike Hamas units' actions were also coordinated by Hasna, and communicated with field operatives belonging to the terrorist organization. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-791815 An IDF aircraft strike, in collaboration with the Shin Bet intelligence, killed Muhammad Abu Hasna, a commander in Hamas’ Operations Unit in Rafah on Wednesday. Hasna was an operative in Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, and was involved in stealing humanitarian aid entering Gaza that was meant for Palestinian civilians and instead distributed it to other Hamas terrorists. Hamas units' actions were also coordinated by Hasna, and communicated with field operatives belonging to the terrorist organization. Other actions Hasna has taken The commander of the terror organization also ran an operations room that provided information on IDF positions that would be used in Hamas attacks. Earlier on Wednesday, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant conducted an assessment of the situation deep in the Gaza Strip and said that "even those who think we are delaying will soon see that we will reach everywhere. Everyone who was involved in the events of October 7 will be brought to justice, either we will eliminate him, or we will put them on trial in Israel. There is no safe place, not here, not outside of Gaza, and not throughout the Middle East, we will put them all in their place. "The humanitarian issue that will soon be on the agenda with the expected landing of vessels is a central issue that will allow supplies to civilians and not to Hamas. Every act weakens Hamas strengthens our hold, and improves our ability to continue the fighting," he continued.
The Palestinian Authority personnel are just as much as a bunch of terrorists as UNRWA. Dozens of Palestinian Authority security personnel involved in terror, report finds "PA forces supposedly fighting terror are the ones carrying out acts of terror themselves, and the PA, instead of decrying it – encourages it," says Naomi Kahn of Regavim. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792133 A report released by Regavim earlier this week identified dozens of examples of armed personnel from the Palestinian Authority involved in terror. The report, titled “Officers by Day, Terrorists by Night,” sheds light on the involvement of Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) in both perpetrated and attempted acts of terrorism, as well as planning, providing help, and inciting them, all in addition to their glorification by the Palestine Authority itself. According to the report, 46 PASF members were killed while perpetrating terrorist acts targeting or attempting to target the lives of dozens of innocent Israelis, in addition to 25 who were arrested and at least who were seven wounded, indicating systemic wrongdoing within the PA's ranks. (More at above url)