Hamas must be eliminated

So far the IDF has found hostages that were killed on Oct 7
Where have the bodies been kept for the last 8 months
Had to be in freezers?

 

Well one hint is that the families were told that the bodies were "unviewable" and DNA was required from other family members to identify the bodies.

 

Woman and children killed or subjected to horrors and you are concerned where the bodies were kept? Maybe you believe Oct 7th was a hoax but what Hamas says is real amirite?

 

The families want the bodies of their loved ones back. Maybe you don't care about the famlies

 

Yes exactly..Hamas is just going to turn over the bodies.... SOme of the remains were just fragments...

 

Noy my quote but I like it..

Imagine on October 8th if the UN and International Courts voted unanimously to condemn Hamas for the attacks and demanded immediate return of the hostages and ordered HAMAS leadership in Qatar and other places to be extradited to ICC to be tried for War Crimes.... would have ended a lot of bloodshed..

The world cared so much about Hamas for 20 years, denied rapes and murder on Oct 7th...not one Middle East country has ever stepped up to help self proclaimed Palestinians, but now college students are outraged Israel got pissed and fought back.

Ask yourself why the world was so quick to run to the side of Hamas but never once thought to demand justice for Israel or condemn Hamas... that is why most people want to punch entitled college protesters in the throat and tell them to move to Gaza.

 

IDF says it killed deputy head of Hamas’s national security force in central Gaza strike
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveb...tional-security-force-in-central-gaza-strike/

 

Hamas once again is attempting to kill civilians. These missile launches are why there cannot be peace until Hamas is eliminated as a militant and governing entity in Gaza.

I will also note that the launch sites are mere hundreds of yards from the IDF positions in Rafah but the IDF did not destroy the rocket launchers with aerial strikes because Hamas was launching the missiles from sites using Palestinian residents as human shields. This demonstrates once again Israel's commitment to preserving innocent life while Hamas is dedicated to killing innocent civilians.

Fortunately with the IDF sealing off the border to Egypt now; it is likely no more of these rockets will be smuggled over. Once Hamas uses up their current supply, they will be out.

Massive Gaza rocket assault targets Tel Aviv, central Israel
Numerous rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards central Israel, the first rocket barrage directed at the area in months.
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-803682

A massive barrage of rockets targeted Tel Aviv and central Israel for the first time in months. The rockets were fired from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

The IDF confirmed on Sunday that eight projectiles were identified crossing the Rafah area into Israeli territory. A number of the projectiles were intercepted by the IDF Aerial Defense Array, the IDF announced.

Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, with the al-Qassm Brigade, Hamas's military wing, claiming that they fired the barrage in response to ongoing IDF operations in the Gaza Strip.

As a result of the rocket fire, loud booms were heard across Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Herzliya, and Ramat Hasharon.


Graphic of the recent rocket barrage by Hamas into Tel Aviv and central Israel, May 26, 2024 (credit: FLASH90)

The rockets were fired from launchers located hundreds of meters from IDF soldiers in the Gaza Strip, Army Radio noted.

Rescue forces are looking into reports of a rocket landing in the Tel Aviv area. Both MDA and Israel Police said there have not been any reported injuries yet.

Shrapnel hit a parked car in Herzliya. MDA also announced that one person was slightly injured by shrapnel in Herzliya, Israeli media reported.

Other rocket attacks on Sunday
The barrage towards central Israel follows earlier anti-tank missiles launched towards Margaliot and Menara in northern Israel from Lebanese territory, with one missile falling in an open area, Israeli media reported.

(Article has multiple videos of the rockets launched by Hamas)

 

If that's the goal, Israel is losing.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Diminished but not deterred, Hamas is still putting up a fight after seven brutal months of war with Israel, regrouping in some of the hardest-hit areas in northern Gaza and resuming rocket attacks into nearby Israeli communities.

Israel initially made tactical advances against Hamas after a devastating aerial bombardment paved the way for its ground troops. But those early gains have given way to a grinding struggle against an adaptable insurgency — and a growing feeling among many Israelis that their military faces only bad options, drawing comparisons with U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

It is true that Israel blundered with several missteps in this war. These include:

1. Failing to relentlessly pursue the offense in Gaza. This war should have taken four months at most. Israel kept taking breaks when ceasefire talks were underway. Many times for weeks. Israel also yielded to international pressure to slow or stop their offense (take a look at the wait before entering Rafah for instance). The end effect is that this reduced the pressure on Hamas and allowed them to re-group.
2. Failing to seize the border area with Egypt in the first days of the war. This allowed Hamas and Egypt to continuously smuggle in more weapons and ammo to Hamas.
3. Israel seemed to have a mishmash of remedies to deal with the tunnels but not a centralized plan. It was critical from early in the war to take out the subterranean habitat of the terrorists.
   
4. Not breaking Gaza into several large areas, clearing each fully. Not allowing residents back into cleared areas until refugee camps were established with food, tents, medical care, etc.
   
5. Failing to plan for the plight of the residents and establishing a workable plan of evacuating people to other areas with resources -- while also establishing the identities of each evacuee to ensure Hamas was not slipping in.
   
6. Not establishing a plan to deliver significant amounts of food and other aid in areas across Gaza from the early days of the war -- with no dependence on aid coming from Egypt.

Did Israel make several missteps in this war causing it to be extended and lead to more human suffering? Yes.

Is this war in anyway lost in terms of Israel achieving the objective of eliminating Hamas as a militant and governing entity in Gaza? No. However it could go either way. The next weeks will tell. The bottom line is that Israel needs to eliminate Hamas in Rafah and other remaining locations where they have congregated -- breaking their military capabilities. After this Israel needs to negotiate a path forward (including the international partners) for the effective governance of Gaza which does not include Hamas.