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Hamas, celebrating its anniversary, brandishes gun of IDF soldier killed in 2014
[IsraelTimes] Terror group says window for return of slain soldiers’ bodies is closing as it issues various threats against the Jewish stateThe Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, terror group held a major rally in the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... Strip on Wednesday as it celebrated the 35th anniversary since its establishment while warning that the window of opportunity for the return of the bodies of slain Israeli soldiers it holds could soon close. At the rally, a masked speaker brandished an assault rife he said belonged to slain Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin. Goldin and fellow soldier Oron Shaul were killed in Gaza in August 2014 during that year’s war between Israel and Hamas in the territory, and their bodies were then taken by Hamas forces and have been held by the group ever since. Hamas also posted closeup photos of the weapon and its serial number, apparently as proof of identification. Despite ongoing efforts by the soldiers’ families and a succession of prime ministers and unconfirmed reports of repeated attempts at negotiations, the bodies have not been repatriated. The group is also believed to be holding two Israeli citizens, Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayyed, who entered the Strip of their own accord and who are both presumed to be alive. Hamas is believed to be demanding the release of a large number of Paleostinian prisoners in exchange for their return. The leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, confirmed at the rally that negotiations had taken place. He said that Israel had "limited time" to cut a deal or else negotiations would end and "Hamas would find another way to liberate our prisoners." Hamas said in a statement on the gun pictures posted on Wednesday that "August 1, 2014 is a day that we remember well and that the leaders of the occupation and its soldiers remember well, even though they pretend to forget. That day they lost contact with the officer Hadar Goldin because he had been taken by triumphant heroes." The statement went on to say the gun "was one of the spoils taken by Hamas fighters on that awesome day, so that it may be a sign of their army’s failure and a tally to be put up on our scoreboard." Goldin was killed hours after the UN and the US brokered a 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas during the 49-day-long 2014 Gaza War. One of Israel’s major war aims, largely achieved, was the neutralization of the sophisticated tunnel network in Gaza that included tunnels dug toward Israeli territory for infiltration attacks. The fighting in the summer of 2014 claimed the lives of 67 Israeli soldiers and five Israeli civilians. On the other side, some 2,200 Paleostinians died, of whom 65% were civilians according to the UN, 36% according to the Israeli army. As ‘tis said, “Don’t start nuthin’, won’t be nuthin’.” Or in the modern vernacular, FAFO. But Hamas did, and so they got to enjoy the consequences. Wednesday’s events in Gazoo...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... marking the 35th anniversary of Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede, were also the occasion for high-ranking members of the terror group to lash out at Israel and the Paleostinian Authority in the West Bank, which is run by the rival Fatah party. Sinwar accused the PA of helping Israel arrest some 300 Hamas members in the West Bank in recent weeks. An arrest operation against suspected terror group members in the West Bank city of Jenin on Sunday resulted in the IDF shooting dead a 16-year-old Paleostinian girl, Jana Zakarna. The IDF has admitted that one of its soldiers likely fired the fatal bullet, and says the teen’s death was an accident. Hamas’s Sinwar said, "The campaign of arrests in the West Bank indicates that the leadership of the security coordination is continuing down a dark tunnel." Hamas members almost universally call Israel "the occupation" and often refer to the Fatah-led PA as "the security coordination." Mutual interests in keeping a lid on unrest in the West Bank motivate Israel and the PA to maintain a coordination mechanism. A 2022 poll showed that 61% of Paleostinians in the West Bank are in favor of ending coordination. Sinwar went on to draw battle lines with Fatah over the groups’ differing attitudes toward armed struggle. "Hamas never disagreed with Fatah in terms of strategy when Fatah used to raise the banner of armed struggle, we disagreed about exactly how much score-settling [with Israel] there needed to be," Sinwar said. In an interview last Wednesday, PA President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase.... affirmed his opposition to armed resistance — toeing what has been the party line since the late 1980s — but said he could change his mind in the future. Elusive Hamas military chief calls on all groups to unite to liberate Palestine [IsraelTimes] Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw,’s military commander Muhammad Deif issues a rare statement to mark the 35th anniversary of the founding of the terror group, calling on all factions to unite to "liberate Paleostine." "You won’t manage to oppress our people or eliminate our identity from our land," Deif tells Israelis in a recorded message. "All the factions must unite for one great goal, the liberation of Paleostine," he says. The elusive Hamas military wing leader Deif has been on Israel’s most-wanted list for over 25 years for his involvement in the planning and execution of a large number of terror attacks, including many bus bombings in years past. The Israeli military considers Deif to be a skilled field commander. Israeli security services tried to kill Deif at least seven times over the years. The first such attempt took place in 2001, a second in 2002, costing him his eye, and a third a year later. Another strike was conducted in 2006 in which he was maimed, losing both of his legs and one arm. They used to call him Stumpy, but now he’s just called Stubby. Posted by: trailing wife 2022-12-15 |
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