Hamas’s Strategy of Human Sacrifice
This is not simply a human-shield strategy, where the aim is to deter an attack by using innocent lives as a barrier. Hamas is doing something far more insidious: it’s ensuring the mass death of Palestinians. Here is Hamas official Ali Baraka summing up the difference between the two worldviews: “The Israelis are known to love life. We, on the other hand, sacrifice ourselves. We consider our dead to be martyrs.”All those who question the sickening violence of the Hamas attack against Israel must read the words of these forensic scientists struggling to identify the 297 bodies that were so brutalised as to be unrecognisable
When Hamas fires rockets at Israel and kills, captures, and rapes civilians there, they know Israel will retaliate. Hamas leaders put their assets in civilian buildings not in hopes that Israel will hold fire, but in a cold calculation that the retaliation will do terrible harm to Palestinian civilians—despite the extraordinary efforts Israel’s army makes to avoid it. Hamas is working to maximize, not minimize, that harm. This is to generate international pressure on Israel to end its retaliation—and to strengthen Israel’s enemies in their depiction of the Jewish state as a villain.
Israel has moral and practical reasons for avoiding harm to Palestinian civilians. Israelis pride themselves on acting humanely, even in war. Their military officers—like those in the U.S. military—distinguish between civilian and military sites and never purposefully target the former. Even when attacking senior terrorist leaders, Israel tries to avoid harming their family members, let alone unrelated civilians. To avert collateral damage, Israel routinely provides warnings of attacks, even though they increase risk to Israelis and decrease an attack’s chances of success. In the current war, Israel has notified Gazans in various neighborhoods that there would soon be attacks there and they should hasten to designated safe areas.
Hamas’s strategy is innovative in the worst way. For everyone who aspires to strengthen moral constraints on warfare, it is a huge step backward. It is savage, cynical, and unnatural—but what’s worse, it’s effective. That is why it’s being used.
Innocent Palestinians deserve sympathy. But when Americans, Europeans, and others misdirect their outrage at Israel, failing to grasp Hamas’s responsibility, they are encouraging the very cruelty they intend to condemn.
Blame for the purposeful sacrificing of innocent Palestinians goes first and foremost to Hamas, to be sure, but also to those of us in the outside world duped by this strategy.
Schools, hospitals, and mosques will be bombed in the coming days. This is what Hamas wants, what it has made sure will happen. Those, however well-intentioned, who blame Israel are complicit in Hamas’s war crimes.
It’s time to place the blame rightly and stop incentivizing Hamas’s crimes against the Palestinians (let alone against the Israelis). For the sake of both Palestinians and Israelis, and to honor basic decency and law, it is the least we can do.
The charred remains were so disfigured that at first they did not realise it was two people.Foreign media given unprecedented access to forensic institute to witness atrocities
But when pathologists gently began to examine, they could see the bodies were those of an adult and a child. And they were hugging tightly.
That is how it had ended for them, trapped in a room as Hamas terrorists set fire to their home. As the horror of burning to death came to them, the adult had nothing left to offer but to hold that terrified child in their arms.
And as unbearable as that is, it is by no means an isolated case here at Israel's National Centre of Forensic Medicine, where the bodies of the victims of the Hamas attack are being identified. Scientists charged with this grim task told me it is common to have to carefully separate the fused remains of two helpless people who, in their final moments, had found all they could do was embrace in death.
No wonder several professional pathologists broke down in tears yesterday as they tried to explain their vital work to me.
This is the real-life version of Silent Witness, the television drama about pathology experts piecing together forensic clues to solve a case.
Of the 959 bodies so far brought to the Shura military base, the ones that are hardest to identify are taken to the forensics centre here in Tel Aviv, where teams of scientists are working around the clock to find out who they are.
They are acutely aware that the tormented families of the missing are beyond desperate – they just need to know.
The work itself could scarcely be more upsetting. Some victims were shot then set on fire, others trussed up with wire cords and condemned to a burning hell.
As of yesterday, there were 297 bodies so hideously brutalised as to be unrecognisable to anyone. It is the wretched job of these pathologists to try to work it out.
Sometimes, all they have to go on are a few fragments of bone. That is literally all that is left of someone.
For the first time since it opened in 1954, on Monday Israel’s National Center of Forensic Medicine (Abu Kabir) in Jaffa allowed reporters to see and photograph the dead bodies inside.
The stench of death and putrefaction was overwhelming on Abu Kabir’s bottom floor where bodies that await specialized examination and bone fragments are unloaded for DNA extraction or study by anthropologists.
Some of the journalists couldn’t stomach viewing the horrific scenes in the autopsy rooms as the center’s teams worked reverently and professionally, burying their emotions for the moment.
Despite how intensively Abu Kabir’s staff are working as they try to establish the identity of the most degraded remains of the mass-murderous Hamas attack on southern Israeli communities on October 7, it was felt important to make room in their tight quarters for journalists to document these atrocities for the world to see.
There are still hundreds of unidentified bodies, and forensic experts at Abu Kabir and from the IDF and police are working around the clock to provide definitive answers for the victim’s families.
Dr. Hagar Mizrahi told the journalists that as of Monday morning, 959 body bags containing remains in various states had arrived at the IDF’s Shura base near Ramle and 504 victims had been positively identified. There were still 297 bodies or bags of remains unidentified, most of which were expected to be transferred to Abu Kabir for advanced forensic examination.
At least 1,300 Israelis — the majority of them civilians — have been killed and at least 199 have been taken hostage by Hamas in Gaza (Hamas claims an additional 50 Israelis are being held by other groups).
It's Only a War Crime if Israel Is Doing It
Once again self-proclaimed international law experts are throwing around terms that they do not understand to accuse Israel of atrocities as it responds to a vicious attack from the terrorist group Hamas.Why has the Gaza ground invasion been delayed since Friday?
Today, these "experts" are concerned about the war crimes of "forcible transfer" and "deportation" as Israel tries to save innocent Palestinian civilians by warning them to leave Hamas strongholds.
Here is another short primer on international law: Saving civilian lives is not a war crime. Terms matter, and there is a difference between an evacuation and a forcible transfer. Saving innocent people is what any army is supposed to do and literally the opposite of what Hamas has done and continues to do.
But don't take my word for it, let's ask the United Nations what the war crimes "forcible transfer" and "deportation" mean when the entity involved is not Israel (emphasis added):
What are the crimes of deportation and forcible transfer? Forcing persons to leave the area where they reside can be a crime against humanity, a war crime or both. If they occur in the context of a widespread or systematic attack against the civilian population, deportation and forcible transfer are crimes against humanity. Deportation and forcible transfer occur when individuals are forced by expulsion or coercion from the place they were lawfully present, and there was no basis under international law for their displacement. When persons are displaced across an international border, it is called deportation. When such displacement occurs within a national boundary, it is called forcible transfer. Forced displacement does not require physical force and can be caused by the threat of force or coercion, duress or psychological oppression. A person is lawfully present in an area if they have a right under domestic or international law to be there, including refugees and stateless persons. International law allows the involuntary removal of persons only where it is strictly for the security of the persons or for imperative military reasons, but only for as long as the removal is necessary.
This is not, in fact, a close call.
Israel is attacking Hamas, not targeting the civilian population.
While achieving strategic "surprise" would be impossible given that Hamas started this war, the IDF would also like to achieve at least a tactical surprise against Hamas, which requires planning.ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST HAMAS - DAY 11
A number of other delaying factors could be US pressure to avoid civilian casualties, domestic concerns about Israeli hostages in Gaza, and giving more time for Palestinians to evacuate.
Another factor is the US and world response to date.
Currently, Israel feels huge support and like it has more time to work with to deal with Hamas.
One question that arises at this point though is whether top IDF and civilian leaders are misjudging the clock.
According to Hamas' numbers, already a couple thousand Palestinians are dead and many more wounded. In 2014, when 2,000 Palestinians were killed, at least half were civilians despite the IDF's attempts to avoid civilian casualties.
Such is the fog of war.
The second that those numbers balloon, which will likely be when the invasion starts in a real way, there will be powerful US and world pressure to stop.
Also, the Post has confirmed from many sources that no one has yet decided what will happen to Gaza after the IDF will supposedly topple Hamas' rule.
This and all of the other above factors have left top Israeli officials huffing and puffing for new superlatives for what they will do to Hamas...while still basically having done very little new for about a week.
Only after the war will we know whether this extra time was spent wisely crafting a smarter and more effective invasion and post-invasion plan, or whether the delay will be looked back on as having wasted precious days to "change the reality in Gaza" and avoid future near term Hamas attacks.
Jonathan Tobin: Hamas weaponizes sympathy for civilians they help kill
A Positive Exit Strategy From Gaza
Eliminating Hamas: Obstacles and Opportunity
Is it possible for the IDF to fulfill the mission of eliminating Hamas? Hamas, a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, is a significant religious political movement in Palestinian society with broad popular support. In 2006, it won the Palestinian Legislative Council elections. Hamas' popularity on the Palestinian street has dramatically increased after positioning itself as the "defender of the Al-Aqsa Mosque."The Biden Administration Tries to Hide What It Knew About an Impending Massacre, While Leaving U.S. Backing for Iran Untouched
Israel will have difficulty uprooting Hamas, which is deeply rooted in Palestinian society. Still, the IDF can eliminate its military leadership in Gaza, together with its military infrastructure, such as the tunnel system, rocket depots, production workshops, drone systems, and more.
There are a series of additional steps Israel could take to weaken the power of Hamas. An international campaign should be launched to demand that Qatar expel the Hamas leadership from its capital, Doha. The Israeli Mossad should pursue the leaders of Hamas worldwide as it pursued the "Black September" organization that massacred Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972.
Israel should arrest all Hamas leaders in Judea and Samaria. Israel must demand from Turkey the closure of the offices of Hamas in Istanbul that direct the terrorism in Judea and Samaria.
The continuing proliferation of conflicting and contradictory stories leaked by U.S. intelligence services regarding what they knew—and, more importantly, didn’t know—about the planning for Hamas’ assault on Israel, is more than just a D.C. bureaucratic comedy act. Taken together, the profusion of leaks suggests there are people in offices and agencies across the Beltway who are worried they’ll be blamed for missing signals and human intelligence outlining plans for the largest one-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.George Mason Law Prof Eugene Kontorovich: Biden holding Israel from taking out Hamas
The gaps in U.S. knowledge of the attacks and Iran’s role must also be understood in the context of a separate but related intelligence scandal. As Tablet reported six days before the attacks, the Biden administration’s former Iran envoy Robert Malley supported and facilitated an Iranian spy ring and brought one of the clerical regime’s assets, Ariane Tabatabai, into the government. She is still at the Pentagon, where as chief of staff to the assistant director of defense for special operations, Christopher Maier, she holds top secret clearances. It’s hardly surprising then that the administration is eager to conceal Iran’s supporting role in the Hamas operation and clear the American spy services of any foreknowledge of the murderous incursion of the Iranian-backed terrorist group into southern Israel, no matter how unlikely such claims are in reality.
“We were not tracking this,” a senior U.S. military official told NBC News the day of the attacks. “There’s no particular reason why the U.S. would be training enormous intelligence assets on Hamas, which has never been a threat to us,” former U.S. diplomat Dennis Ross insisted. “It’s pretty hard to say this was a failure on our part. But I think it’s unmistakable that it’s an Israeli intelligence failure.”
Indeed, Israel’s own failures are plain and glaring. At least 1,400 Israelis were killed within Israel’s borders, and the country’s intelligence officials will have to answer to the Israeli public, and investigators, for the massive intelligence and operational failures that led to the slaughter of civilians on a massive scale.
But Ross is wrong: Hamas has long been an obvious threat to the United States and to American lives. Indeed, Hamas violence against Americans is why Congress passed the 2018 Taylor Force Act to prevent the United States from funding the “Pay for Slay” program by which hundreds of Hamas terrorists and their families benefited directly from over half a billion American taxpayer dollars that the United States funnels to the Palestinian Authority.
If the US restrains Israel, Iran wins. If Iran wins, the US losses. Friends owe friends victory, because victory is in the American self interest. pic.twitter.com/ErFqDmCvRR
— Mike (@Doranimated) October 17, 2023
Russia rejected at UNSC for failing to call out Hamas
IDF intel chief says he ‘bears full responsibility’ for not warning of Hamas attack
IDF lookouts say their warnings about Hamas were ignored - report
A list of things exactly zero people said on 9/12/2001:
— Hillel Fuld (@HilzFuld) October 17, 2023
- “America must retaliate proportionally.”
- “Both sides need to show restraint.”
- “America is responsible for humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.”
- “Where’s the proof of all the dead bodies?”
- “America was asking for… pic.twitter.com/wByvOMkJVv
Poll: American Support for Israel Soars After Hamas Slaughter
The rotten fruit of years of neo-Marxist indoctrination. 18-24 year olds three times more likely to sympathise with Palestine than the only Jewish state…even after it’s suffered a barbaric attack. pic.twitter.com/Rs6f12XEDV
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) October 17, 2023
One Tank Facing Hundreds of Terrorists
When Hamas infiltrated southern Israel and began its massacre, Captain Bar and his tank crew of four found themselves facing hundreds of terrorists trying to climb the fighting vehicle, damaging the communication system, and piercing the oil tanks. The IDF fighters drove through the targeted towns of Nirim, Ein Hashlosha, and Kissufim, and single-handedly eliminated over 70 terrorists.From Carpark to World's Largest Underground Hospital in 30 Hours
"I saw wounded soldiers on the way, but the mission was clear to us," Bar said. "I understood I needed to save hundreds of residents, not a few soldiers. It breaks the heart to see wounded and killed fighters on the ground, but you have to turn off your emotions because breaking down is not a solution. In war, you act calmly."
He recalled the sudden rocket barrage that began on the morning of Oct. 7 and said, "We immediately jumped into the tanks. Our commander informed us that terrorists had infiltrated near Nirim. We drove in that direction, and less than a minute later, near Ein Hashlosha, we came across a group of four terrorists with cars and motorcycles. They shot at us, but we managed to eliminate them."
"I continued driving with a faulty engine, and we took down squad after squad. We continued like this until Re'im when the engine gave out." The tank crew joined up with an infantry force, while Bar and the gunner walked to a nearby base. "In front of the outpost, dozens of terrorists surrounded us, and we ran inside....I organized the outpost....It was 25 of us against 60 terrorists, and we managed to push them back."
In 30 hours last week, staff transformed the level three basement carpark at Haifa's Rambam hospital into a huge underground hospital, equipped with 1,300 beds, complete with fittings for oxygen, medical and sanitary supplies.Egyptian Gaza aid arrives at border but no plan for delivery yet
"The facility has three floors....On regular days, it is a parking lot and in emergency, it becomes the biggest underground hospital in the world with 2,000 beds," said Michael Halberthal, director general of the hospital.
Work was ongoing in basement level two, where 700 beds will be installed. Basement level one could be turned into a decontamination room and a triage area in case of a chemical attack.
The hospital also has food, petrol, oxygen and medical supplies enabling it to be self-sufficient for three days.
UNRWA says Hamas stole aid and then walks back claim
Executive director of United Nations Watch, Hillel Neuer breaks down the information.
A lot of you are like "it's embarrassing gibberish to say that if Hamas seizes the US aid we're sending we'll condemn it." Which it is but -
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) October 17, 2023
This has been policy since day 1. Team Biden came in and exempted themselves from terrorism sanctions to pour 100s of millions into Gaza. https://t.co/KPK61sTWJ1
Ahead of Biden visit, Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi says Israel will allow humanitarian aid into southern Gaza, but that if Hamas steals it, they won't allow in more aid. https://t.co/pklxmID8t0
— Lahav Harkov (@LahavHarkov) October 17, 2023
200 hostages held by Hamas! Every (self titled) human rights activist should be screaming about it - surely?
— David Collier (@mishtal) October 16, 2023
I checked a few on Twitter to see how many mentioned 'hostages'.
Jeremy Corbyn = ZERO
Rashida Tlaib = ZERO
Francesca Albanese (UN) = ZERO
Miko Peled = ZER0 pic.twitter.com/Tb20vwUh3a
These are the names of 199 Israeli civilians abducted last week by Hamas terrorists.
— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) October 17, 2023
They're being held hostage in Gaza.#BringThemHomeNow #ReleaseTheHostages pic.twitter.com/H6E0Jcs5so
— Karys Rhea (@RheaKarys) October 17, 2023
#BREAKING: Statement From IDF Chief of Staff to Soldiers and Commanders:
— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) October 17, 2023
The State of Israel is at war and will prevail.
During this fateful hour, we are
keeping our oath to protect our homeland and Israel's freedom and are fighting back.
The citizens of Israel trust in you.
I… pic.twitter.com/efnb2HvPA9
Rockets now launched towards Isreali Settlements to the North and South of the Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/6r0lONWz8x
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 16, 2023
The City of Tel Aviv and Central Israel is under Rocket Attack by Hamas in the Gaza Strip for at least the 4th Time in the last 24 Hours. pic.twitter.com/lCszkHdOnb
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 16, 2023
Hamas almost hit the Al-aqsa mosque with a rocket. Show the Palestinians and the Muslim world how Hamas treats the holiest places. pic.twitter.com/irqcemN23r
— The Mossad: Satirical, Yet Awesome (@TheMossadIL) October 16, 2023
The difference between white phosphorous and a loom round.
— JohnBurk (@johnburk39) October 16, 2023
The engagement farmers are lying to you. pic.twitter.com/YaX9hDIiLo
IDF Wipes Out Family of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza
Aerial footage of elimination. pic.twitter.com/3hWk172yVW
— The Mossad: Satirical, Yet Awesome (@TheMossadIL) October 17, 2023
Senior Hamas Official and Leader of the Shura Council, Dr. Osama al-Mazini was Killed tonight in an Airstrike on the Gaza Strip that was conducted Jointly between the IDF and Shin Bet; Mazini was reportedly the Primary Hamas Negotiator for the 2011 Prisoner Swap which resulted in… pic.twitter.com/ucjTvuyf0j
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 17, 2023
This strike killed Ayman Nofal, a member of the General Military Council of the Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades, I’m told by a source in Gaza. A significant target for the Israeli military. https://t.co/kn2VC0vwvJ
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) October 17, 2023
Palestinians carry the body of Hamas commander Ayman Nofal who was killed in an Israeli airstrike. pic.twitter.com/K9gaWlfnC5
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) October 17, 2023
The Israeli Defense Force has released Footage showing the Destruction of 3 Hezbollah Infrastructure Targets in Southern Lebanon tonight in Response to the Attacks by the Group on IDF Units yesterday along the Border. pic.twitter.com/t7ticHu5v3
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 17, 2023
Jerusalem Post Editor Avi Mayer: The IDF “found the bodies of 8 small children, who had been tied to one another and shot…"
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 17, 2023
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“We never imagined in our worst dreams that we would need to handle many hundreds of samples, of decayed samples, of burned samples, of samples of fingernails with polished nails of young girls.”
— David Saranga (@DavidSaranga) October 17, 2023
We interviewed the experts who conducted autopsies on the bodies of Hamas massacre… pic.twitter.com/an8VJbdQPC
Remember the video of the little boy sitting on the floor, crying? His parents trying to calm him after Palestinian terrorists killed his sister.
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) October 17, 2023
Here is what happened after, as told by his 12 year old sister, who was sitting to his left in that video.pic.twitter.com/4RjQzQvI3r
Why Are So Few Talking About the Hostages?
Look
— Israel ישראל 🇮🇱 (@Israel) October 17, 2023
At
Every
Single
One
Of
Their
Faces. #BringThemHome pic.twitter.com/QjAIkICILZ
‘They’re shooting us mummy’: Last voice note of Israeli hostage to family calling for UK help
This Israeli woman has had 12 of her family kidnapped by Hamas terrorists. She’s standing outside the British Parliament today. pic.twitter.com/7Ibz7fGMKx
— Rɪᴄʜᴀʀᴅ Kᴇᴍᴘ ⋁ (@COLRICHARDKEMP) October 17, 2023
Photos of the people kidnapped by Hamas are plastered in the NYC subway.
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) October 16, 2023
Post the photos of our missing families everywhere. Don’t let anyone claim they didn’t know.pic.twitter.com/5AqeyzGwgC
Another day, another pro-Palestinian tearing down a poster of an abducted Israeli child because she thinks it's the same as fighting for Palestinian rights. The Israeli man from Manchester (name is kept with me) didn't stay silent. pic.twitter.com/3UkXsShYym
— Elad Simchayoff (@Elad_Si) October 16, 2023
Only an inherently evil ideology can demonise a kidnapped two year child as a “coloniser”.
— Alex Hearn (@hearnimator) October 17, 2023
Total dehumanisation.
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The mother of Mia Shem, whose video was released by Hamas last night, pleaded, "I implore all world leaders to bring back my daughter."
— Bring Them Home Now (@bringhomenow) October 17, 2023
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum held a press conference on Tuesday, October 17, at the Museum Tower in Tel Aviv. The participants… pic.twitter.com/U9OHw93Mmk
‘This is inhumane’: Hamas blocks Red Cross and the UN from visiting Gaza Strip
Jerusalem’s Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum says Hamas has committed an “inhumane” act by blocking the Red Cross and the UN from visiting the Gaza Strip.
Israel declared a state of war on October 7 following a surprise attack launched from Hamas, where the Palestinian militant group fired thousands of rockets as far north as Tel Aviv and infiltrated the south of the country.
“We have reports that they’re treating the hostages in the most inhumane way which is not surprising considering the massacre that went on, the torture that went on for hours,” Ms Hassan-Nahoum told Sky News host Sharri Markson.
“We have a girl there, this 13-year-old, she’s autistic, she was on the special Olympics judo team, what’s happening with her?
“My friend has a son who’s kidnapped, we know they shot off his arm, we don’t know if he’s received medical attention, he’s there, we don’t know if he’s alive or dead.”
WATCH as #Hamas uses women as human shields and sends them to the front lines.
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) October 16, 2023
📹 @IsraelsStory pic.twitter.com/VRTPl8hug6
The final moments of another Hamas terrorist, captured by his own GoPro. Taken out by a heroic community guard.#Hamasectomy pic.twitter.com/hap1T3IVND
— The Mossad: Satirical, Yet Awesome (@TheMossadIL) October 16, 2023
Meet Tali Hadad, Israeli hero and national treasure.
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) October 16, 2023
Her son was injured by Hamas terrorists in Ofakim. Ignoring the danger, she rushed to pick him up and drive him to a medical center.
Then she turned around and drove back toward the danger to rescue more of the injured. She… pic.twitter.com/LVsVqF5auy
The Israel Guys: Will ISRAEL's WAR With HAMAS Turn Into World War III?
Israel is about to launch a massive ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, to wipe out the terror organization of Hamas who killed 1,400 Israelis in a brutal massacre last week.
Israel is also being threatened on their northern border by the Iranian proxy Hezbollah. Israel is preparing for a full-scale war with Hezbollah as well. Inside Judea and Samaria, Israel is threatened by the four or five terror organizations that operate in these Palestinian towns.
The US has brought two aircraft carriers into the mediterranean in the attempt to deter Hezbollah and Iran from attacking Israel.
If you want to know why Hamas is preventing civilians in Gaza from evacuating, watch until the end: pic.twitter.com/ebh0gAGW9u
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 15, 2023
PA Prime Minister tells Gazans to ignore Israel’s evacuation warnings prior to bombings to serve as human shields for Hamas
Official PA TV broadcasts statement by PA Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh at the start of a PA governmental meeting
PA Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh: “The [PA] government warns against the [Israeli] military order (i.e., warnings) that seeks to expel our people in the Gaza Strip and the creation of a new Nakba (i.e., “the catastrophe,” the establishment of the State of Israel), and we emphasize that our people will not leave its land and will not be expelled from it, regardless of how great the sacrifices may be.”
[Official PA TV, Oct. 16, 2023]
PA Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh made this statement in response to Israel’s warnings to Gazan civilians to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip and move south, prior to a planned Israeli ground campaign to eliminate Hamas’ terror infrastructure in Gaza, in response to Hamas’ terror war on Israel:
Hamas war on Israel October 2023 - At least 1,300 Israelis were murdered and over 3,300 wounded, in addition to at least 199 Israelis who were abducted into the Gaza Strip, in a Hamas terror war that began when approximately 2,500 Hamas terrorists broke through Israel's security fence at the Gaza Strip border and launched a surprise attack, taking control of several Israeli towns and attacking a music festival on the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret (Simchat Torah), which fell on the Sabbath, Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas terrorists also fired at least 5,000 rockets at Israeli population centers. In response, Israel launched Operation Iron Swords to counter the Hamas terror threat. Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon joined Hamas' terror war starting from the following day, attacking Israel from the north.
This is the ID of one of the hamas terrorists who butchered babies in south israel.
— raz_sauber (@raz_sauber) October 15, 2023
A green ID that allows him to work in israel.
Israel gave gazanian people work and sustenance, and in return, they slaughtered women and elders.#Hamas_is_ISIS pic.twitter.com/vfBMVBTV1B
Rishi Condemns Hamas Attack as "Pogrom", Confirms At Least 6 Brits Killed
The UK has really been impeccable in its solidarity with Israel during this time. So few have shown such exemplary moral clarity! 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 https://t.co/RCdKVQw1i5
— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) October 17, 2023
Israel Calls on Pope Francis to Issue ‘Clear and Unequivocal’ Condemnation of Hamas Terror Attack
My interview with @marklevinshow on the Biden administration's condirional support and effort to subvert Israel on behalf of Hamas.https://t.co/TUIhx83u28
— Caroline Glick (@CarolineGlick) October 17, 2023
Ben Shapiro: Human Rights Don’t Require The West To Commit Suicide
Moral pseudo-sophisticates argue that the more evil the enemy, the more the West ought to capitulate; Muslim nations refuse to help civilians in Gaza; and the Republicans still can’t pick a Speaker of the House.
Let's talk about Palestinian propaganda... pic.twitter.com/hoyaqgGTFz
— יוסף חדאד - Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) October 16, 2023
The letter doesn't say hostage.
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) October 17, 2023
200 people - including Americans - are being held captive in hell on earth by Hamas butchers and @RepRashida, @RepCori, @RepAndreCarson, @RepSummerLee & @RepDeliaRamirez don't give a damn. https://t.co/7LkSlQufOL
‘The emaciation of Hamas will happen’: Israel prepares for ground assault on Gaza Strip
Former Israeli ambassador to Australia Mark Sofer says the “complete and utter emaciation” of Hamas will happen amid its conflict with Israel.
“There is no doubt whatsoever that the complete and utter emaciation of Hamas will happen,” Mr Sofer told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
“How? That’s a question for the military and the strategists.”
The Hamas-Israel conflict has entered its ninth day after the Hamas militant group performed an unprecedented assault on Israel.
Gaza residents have been told to move south as Israel’s military prepares for an expected ground assault in an attempt to eradicate Hamas and its leaders.
Hamas and Hezbollah are ‘in love with death’: Greg Sheridan
The Australian's Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says US President Joe Biden’s decision to visit Israel is “quite courageous”.
Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia the US President will be the “number one terrorist target in the world”.
“This is a massive act of solidarity with Israel.
“Biden and Antony Blinken are not standing with Israel just metaphorically, they are literally standing side by side with the Israeli Prime Minister.
“This is a message to other actors in the region, particularly Iran.”
Hamas senior leader says there were no plans to target civilians in Israeli attack | 7.30
What would be the proportionate reasonable response to the massacre on Oct 7?
— Loay Alshareef لؤي الشريف (@lalshareef) October 17, 2023
Hear the answer……….if you can #HamasTerrorist pic.twitter.com/HXQcCiMb2p
America cleaning up a mess 'it helped create’ in Israel: James Morrow
Sky News host James Morrow says America is trying to “clean up a mess it helped create” in Israel and Gaza.
Mr Morrow’s comments come after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday.
“American policy that has under Biden and when Barack Obama was president as well – allowed Iran to enrich itself, to send money to Hamas and Hezbollah.
“That has strengthened their hands over the years.
“We’re kind of reaping the whirlwind of those very bad decisions.”
James Morrow 'very concerned' with Joe Biden's Israel visit
Sky News host James Morrow says he is “very concerned” about US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel.
Mr Morrow joined Sky News to discuss the implications and security measures which Biden would potentially undertake upon arrival.
“I am concerned here that Biden is going to offer a show of support but also tell Israel to pull its punches,” he told Sky News host Sharri Markson.
“Which means Israel will not be able to eliminate Hamas when it needs to.
“This sort of tragedy will happen again.”
Hamas terror attacks have brought out 'deep-seated hatred' of Jewish people
The last few weeks of tension and horrific terror attacks against Israel have brought out people claiming to be pro-Palestine as having deep-seated hatred towards the state of Israel, says Executive Council of Australian Jewry CEO Alex Ryvchin.
Mr Ryvchin joined Sky News Australia to draw attention to a deep-seated hatred towards Jewish people and of Israel.
“Hitting out in its darkest, most traumatic period of time,” he told Sky News Australia host Peta Credlin.
“Attempting to draw equivalences between the state of Israel and the terrorists that it needs to fight.
“There’s a very clear distinction between reasonable objections of matters of policy and something far more deep-seated and something far more elemental which is often a contempt for the Jewish people.”
If Russia gets involved with Israel-Hamas conflict it will be a ‘really big problem’
Former Labor MP Michael Danby says US President Joe Biden might be able to “restrain” Israel from certain operations in their conflict with Hamas.
This comes as Mr Biden plans on visiting Israel amidst the ongoing conflict with Hamas.
Mr Danby told Sky News host Peta Credlin that the Americans will “try and not get involved” with their aircraft carriers off the coast of Lebanon if Hezbollah gets involved.
“But there’s a very big danger.
“If the Russians get involved then it’s a really big problem.”
Adam Bandt sought to 'hijack' parliament's 'strong motion of support' for Israel
Greens Leader Adam Bandt has sought to “hijack” parliament's “decent and strong motion of support” and turn it into a rant against Israel, says Sky News host Chris Kenny.
“Yep, Israel is the war criminal according to the Greens – Israel should just accept its people being murdered and not try to defend them," Mr Kenny said.
Mr Kenny said while this approach was expected from the Greens, the teals are “just another shade of green”.
“Look here as two teals members, Kylea Tink, the Member for North Sydney and Sophie Scamps, the Member for Mackellar, vote with the Greens to accuse Israel of war crimes and accuse Israel of being the root cause of this ongoing violence.
“The people of North Sydney and Mackellar need to remember this – is this what they voted for? Is this why they gave the teals their vote, to try to save the planet, and to give succour to terrorist groups and kiss goodbye to Israel?
“What a disgrace.”
Albanese Government ‘need to be transparent’ on helping Australians in Israel
Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham says the Albanese government “need to be transparent” on the help they are providing for Australians in Israel.
Mr Birmingham said he wants the Albanese government to be transparent on “how many Australians are seeking to leave” and “how many will be supported” through the Qantas flights to Tel Aviv.
“We want to see … as many Australian citizens who are seeking to leave Israel safely evacuated as possible,” he told Sky News Australia.
Three repatriation flights were announced by the Albanese government with the second flight leaving Israel on Monday.
“If there is only one more flight planned – is that going to ensure that all Australian citizens who are seeking support to leave have successfully been evacuated,” Mr Birmingham said.
“If not how many Australian citizens is the government proposing to leave there without plans or assistance in place to help them leave.”
Australia's top lawyer is subjected to vile abuse from the Left - just for condemning Hamas' terrorist attack: 'There is no such place as Israel'
Labour MPs condemn Israel for 'war crimes' despite Keir Starmer's call to show a united front with the government against Hamas terror
CRAIG MURRAY ARRESTED AFTER BACKING “EVERY ACT OF ARMED RESISTANCE” BY HAMAS
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OFCOM SUSPENDS DIRECTOR OF ONLINE SAFETY OVER ANTI-ISRAEL POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Hamas Clarifies They Meant To Start The Type Of War Where They Get To Do Whatever They Want And No One Fights Back https://t.co/IQ0L2yqROX pic.twitter.com/ChO45B0oLp
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) October 16, 2023
Israel war: Josh Hawley urges DOJ investigation into pro-Palestinian student groups
Daniel Greenfield: Jewish Anti-Israel Leftists Struggle With Left’s Support for Hamas Murder and Rape
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison's Chief of Staff Promotes Pro-Hamas Rally
Pro-Hamas demonstrators chant anti-Israel slogans in Ottawa
Many framed Hamas's operations as resistance against an oppressive Israeli military and accused the Israeli government of deliberately targeting civilians - including women, children, and babies.
Columbia University refuses to condemn professor who called Hamas attack ‘awesome’
SUPERCUT!
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 17, 2023
Progressives: On this one, we're w/ the terrorists pic.twitter.com/NKRYin6TbB
The Holocaust fetish in the pro Palestine movement is always on display.
— Harry's Place (@hurryupharry) October 17, 2023
In reality 'Zionists' (Jews who won't read from an anti Zionist script) face an onslaught from people who want to murder them pic.twitter.com/82lYQSqDQN
Sky News host slams ‘unashamed’ anti-Semitism
Sky News host Rita Panahi has slammed a Scottish woman for her “unashamed” anti-Semitism on the streets of Glasgow.
The woman was filmed shouting at Jews, telling them to remember where they were in 1940.
The clip was shared online by Glasgow Friends of Israel.
A pro-Palestine protest held in Glasgow attracted thousands of people as nearby streets were closed off.
“This is just incredible the things we are seeing on our streets, the ideas, the hate, the absolute unashamed anti-Semitism,” Ms Panahi said.
‘Useful idiots’: Rabbi Shmuley slams Greens move to condemn Israel
Author Rabbi Shmuley Boateach has blasted Hamas terrorists as a “disgrace” to Islam, calling them “fraudulent snake oil salesmen”.
Up to 199 Israelis are being held hostage in Gaza as conflict in the region intensifies.
One distressing video emerged of a hostage being paraded around semi-naked by Hamas terrorists.
“You are talking about sickos, you are talking about a level of a demented morality the likes of which the Western world has almost never seen and which the Palestinians seem kind of okay with,” Rabbi Shmuley told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“They are dragging around a woman in her bra and underwear and you claim to be religious? You guys are sick.”
'It's sent shockwaves': UK Jewish schools targeted in vandal attack
Sky News Australia host Rita Panahi says a number of Jewish schools have closed and others have been vandalised with red paint – with the attacks said to have sent "shockwaves" through the Jewish community in those areas.
"Scotland Yard is treating the incidences as hate crimes," Ms Panahi said.
Ms Panahi spoke to Dr Philip Kiszely, a lecturer from the University of Leeds about the latest unfolding events.
"Philip, I do hear that from Jewish people I speak to a lot, that not just London but cities like Paris, Brussels – a number of cities throughout Europe, they no longer feel safe," Ms Panahi said.
"They no longer feel that they can be visibly Jewish – wear a Star of David, wear a Kippah, without being fearful of being attached."
Cops charge pro-Palestine protester who called for Jews to be 'wiped out' and claimed he worked on an Australian air force base
Cornell University professor calls Hamas terror attack ‘exhilarating’ and ‘exciting’
“I was exhilarated!” Professor Russell Rickford of @Cornell calls Hamas terrorist attacks “exhilarating” and “energizing” pic.twitter.com/kv2CbZuHEY
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 16, 2023
Russell Rickford, the Cornell professor who celebrated Hamas terror attacks as "exhilarating," has written that BLM must "form insurgent, international alliances" with Palestinian groups in order to elicit a "popular revolt" against white American and Israeli oppressors. pic.twitter.com/nnY0GkFzrJ
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 17, 2023
Photos show the students with arms full of the posters they ripped down which they then tossed in the garbage: https://t.co/CiXZdrr3JB
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 16, 2023
Seattle Antifa, anti-Israel activists threaten to block Israeli cargo ships from offloading supplies
Two people at @nyuniversity were recorded ripping down flyers of missing civilians believed to have been kidnapped by Hamas. Around 200 are estimated to be hostages. The vandalism mirrors Muslims tearing down the flyers in London. pic.twitter.com/8kq3SyX54y
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) October 17, 2023
"Angry, determined, and calling for justice": The coverage from @komonews, @fox13seattle, and @KING5Seattle painted a sympathetic picture of the crowd as simply pro-peace, despite ample examples of extremist, pro-Hamas views. pic.twitter.com/aa4aOfKf1S
— Brandi Kruse (@BrandiKruse) October 16, 2023
All three reporters failed to pushback against clearly morally inconsistent statements during the rally, including one woman who claimed, "settlers have been rejoicing massacres." Did that same woman pushback against celebrations of Hamas' atrocities? I guess we'll never know. pic.twitter.com/yCO1DEMxGY
— Brandi Kruse (@BrandiKruse) October 16, 2023
What appears to be no more than 40 people stood in front of a gate that is open to the public. You are not “American Jews,” you have internalized an antisemitic construct that deems you and Israeli Jews as privileged white people, https://t.co/QrQYe9bUZr
— Blake Flayton (@blakeflayton) October 16, 2023
Protesters trying to occupy entrances to the White House to call for the end of Israel’s violence turned violent against police. pic.twitter.com/duKPt2MOU2
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) October 17, 2023
"Decolonization means attack"
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) October 17, 2023
Militant activists at @UNC have been posting antifa propaganda around campus urging more violence. pic.twitter.com/yBt10zDGZs
.@MarquetteU student Amina Dalieh gave a speech in Milwaukee, Wisc. defending the terrorist actions of Hamas, saying they have the right to do anything they want and no one should criticize them. pic.twitter.com/MWG83CrKQG
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) October 17, 2023
This has the distinct vibe of a 1930s-era Nazi march in Germany.
— Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) October 16, 2023
Slightly different clothing and slightly different flag. But same exact sentiment. https://t.co/gzsIbP7lqL
McDonald's Subjected to Vandalism by Lebanese Protesters Alleging Support for Zionists. pic.twitter.com/T5Q50sD7pk
— Southland Post (@SouthlandPost) October 16, 2023
This "Pro Palestinian" rally took place outside the Israeli consulate in NYC.
— GnasherJew®גנאשר #IStandWithIsrael (@GnasherJew) October 17, 2023
Manolo De Los Santos of the People’s Forum violently threatens Israelis/Jews with "a rocK" or "whatever we have in our hands" to "defend Palestinians" and to support "Palestinian resistance" by "any… pic.twitter.com/3DAbe22jEZ
This man at last Saturday's Israel hatred rally in London is "sad" and indeed "shocked" that people are calling Hamas terrorists.
— habibi (@habibi_uk) October 17, 2023
"We've only just now started to defend ourselves." pic.twitter.com/teoY0PVwnW
At the Israel hatred rally in London last Saturday, Martin Cavanagh, deputy president of the PCS trade union, accused Keir Starmer of nothing less than backing "genocide".
— habibi (@habibi_uk) October 17, 2023
Earlier, he saluted Palestinian "courage".
Fanatical Israel hatred is out of control in the trade unions. pic.twitter.com/npLhSsIyWH
Last Saturday's anti-Israel rally in London was one of the nastiest ever seen. An orgy of hatred, just as Jews faced the worst crimes since the Holocaust.
— habibi (@habibi_uk) October 17, 2023
So, is Labour really OK with one of its NEC members attending this horror show?
See Jess Barnard attack her own party. pic.twitter.com/vSzfn64srv
A church hosting ardent supporters of the mass murder of Jews. That's very UK 2023. pic.twitter.com/sY5eL3F1dw
— habibi (@habibi_uk) October 17, 2023
In Israel, the terrorists of the PFLP are eagerly taking part in the worst mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust.
— habibi (@habibi_uk) October 17, 2023
In London last Saturday, its flag was waved at the Israel hatred rally.
This, by the way, is the group set to be hosted St John's Church in Bethnal Green. pic.twitter.com/uXfAicQ7JU
Good. Go. People who want to join racist rallies for terrorist slaughter are filth. They should have no place in Labour. https://t.co/OU65UZWNcG pic.twitter.com/vDP4PUGJ9o
— habibi (@habibi_uk) October 17, 2023
This is one of the most disgusting "pro-Palestinian" rants we have heard recently.
— GnasherJew®גנאשר #IStandWithIsrael (@GnasherJew) October 17, 2023
Listen to BreakThrough News host Eugene Puryear celebrating the murder, rape, and beheading of innocent Jewish civilians outside the Israeli consulate in NYC:
"There was some sort of a rave or a… pic.twitter.com/pau9y48C6a
I’m liberal.
— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) October 17, 2023
I support 🏳️🌈 and 🐮 and ☮️.
That’s why I feel personally betrayed by Western “liberals” who support this 🥷. pic.twitter.com/lQYbQv0Dep
Leftists when they decide if they should condemn fascism or not. pic.twitter.com/85TRcZ1GMM
— Marianna v. Artsruni ن (@libertastochter) October 17, 2023
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