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| Sinwar before he went into hiding waving goodbye before hiding in tunnels |
It's no secret Muslims are taught to hate the Jews and to distrust Christians. It's in their scripture and taught in UNRWA-financed schools and madrassas in the Middle East. So it should come as no surprise to learn that Iran-backed jihad groups plan to turn the Islamic "holy" month of Ramadan into the "second phase of October 7" and torch the Middle East, as Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant asserted on Tuesday.
"The main goal of Hamas is to take Ramadan, with an emphasis on the Temple Mount and Jerusalem, and turn it into the second phase of their plan that began on October 7. This is the main goal of Hamas, and it is being amplified by Iran and Hezbollah,” Gallant said following a situational assessment at the Israel Defense Forces' Central Command, which is responsible for Judea and Samaria.
"We cannot let them have this, and that means we need to do everything we can to bring calm to the area," Gallant continued. "We must not give Hamas what it failed to achieve during the beginning of the war and [let it achieve] 'unity of the battlefields,'" he said, referring to the Hamasshole's attempts to spark a multi-front war.
If Hamas had its way, they would rename the month "The Ramadan Bomb-a-thon." Since starting the war with the barbaric attack on Israeli civilians [mostly], the violence continued to escalate across northwestern Negev on October 7.
A total of 41 Israeli airstrikes have been carried out in the West Bank since the start of the war, as well as more than 200 counter-terror operations in Palestinian towns. Jews fighting back after being attacked has angered not only the Muslim communities across the globe, but also leftist students attending Islamic-funded universities in Western nations.
For example, between 2014 and 2019, over $5 billion was donated to US schools by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE. We see the impact this had when observing the anti-Semitism and anti-Zionist demonstrations have been occurring in such formerly prestigious schools like Cornell ($1.2 billion), Harvard ($894 million), and MIT ($859 million), just to name a few.
Judea and Samaria saw a dramatic rise in terrorist attacks in 2023 compared to the previous year, with shootings reaching their highest level since the Second Intifada of 2000-05, IDF data shows.
Since October 7, around 3,300 Palestinian terror suspects have been captured in arrest raids throughout the Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley, including more than 1,350 who were associated with Hamas, the IDF said on Tuesday.
In the Gaza Strip, IDF forces are closing in on the position of Hamas' cowardly former leader Yahya Sinwar, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing current and former Israeli officials familiar with the intelligence. Sinwar is believed to be hiding in tunnels below Khan Younis, where he has surrounded himself with human shields comprised of hostages taken on Oct. 7 and Palestinians who have been taken in by Hamas altogether.
"It's not about locating him, it's about doing something" without risking the lives of the hostages, one senior Israeli official told the newspaper.
However, the operation in Gaza cannot conclude until Sinwar is captured, killed, or removed from power, officials stressed to The Washington Post.
Speaking at a World Zionist Organisation conference in Jerusalem on Tuesday, IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari vowed to get to Sinwar "dead or alive."
"We are fighting Hamas from the north to the south," Hagari told attendees. "We will finish in Rafah; it is an important city – there are hostages in Rafah," Hagari was quoted as saying. The city of Rafah is the last Hamas stronghold in Gaza and could be the key to ending the war.
Our very own US Rear Adm. Rachel Levine responded with "Fighting is just so silly."
