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Is Hamas in Gaza Collapsing? Signs Point to Yes.
Red State ^ | 03/31/2024 | Ward Clark

Posted on 03/31/2024 9:14:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

On Sunday, Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said in a statement that Hamas in Gaza may be "collapsing from within."

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Sunday that senior Hamas operatives captured by troops in the Gaza Strip have told interrogators “the group is collapsing from within.”

“In the last week or two, hundreds of terrorists have been captured and what they say about what happened to them tells the whole story. They say that Hamas is collapsing from within, the price they are paying is very heavy,” Gallant said following an assessment at the 98th Division’s headquarters.

“We’re going to eliminate everyone who was involved in the events of October 7, the junior [officials], the senior ones and the very senior ones; those who were inside [Israel] or who gave instructions,” he said, referring to the date of Palestinian terror group Hamas’s massive attack on Israel that started the ongoing war.

He said the Israel Defense Forces will continue fighting until they reach all terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have been making bad Hamas terrorists into good Hamas terrorists since shortly after the Oct. 7th massacre last year, so it's expected that Hamas will reach a breaking point. This would seem to be a data point indicating things are heading in that direction.


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The IDF Nahal Brigade’s reconnaissance unit has uncovered caches of weapons and un-alived two more senior Hamas operatives.

The Nahal Brigade’s reconnaissance unit found weapons, including mortars, explosive devices, sniper rifles, assault rifles, handguns and other military equipment hidden inside patient pillows and beds, and in the dropped ceilings and walls of the building, according to the IDF.

Some 350 patients and medical staff at Shifa Hospital were evacuated by the IDF to a “designated compound” in another part of the complex, where the military has provided them with humanitarian aid and supplies.

The reconnaissance unit also encountered and killed senior Hamas operatives Fadi Dweik and Zakaria Najib during a chase and exchange of fire in the maternity ward last week.

Israel has, in the past, exchanged Hamas or other terror group prisoners at a wildly disproportionate rate to get their people back, and that's understandable. Hamas still holds over a hundred Israeli hostages and has refused repeated offers for exchanges; this can't help but present the impression that these hostages may no longer be in any condition to be exchanged. That's a horrible thought, but it's one that Israel will have to confront, especially when considering any possible exchange.

International pressure for a cease-fire notwithstanding, this isn't the time for the IDF to stop revoking Hamas members' birth certificates. From a purely strategic standpoint, intelligence like this tells the IDF precisely what to hit; if the intelligence is accurate and the regular Hamas operatives are suffering from a morale crisis (having a bunch of your buddies forcibly canceled can have that effect), that's just the time to keep up the pressure. And if Hamas's leadership continues to press for a Palestinian state, point them towards Jordan and tell them to start walking. 



TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: collapse; gaza; hamas; israel; war; waronterror
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1 posted on 03/31/2024 9:14:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Will they ever stop firing rockets?


2 posted on 03/31/2024 9:19:07 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: SeekAndFind

I pray that Israel is victorious and destroys these demons , all of them.


3 posted on 03/31/2024 9:19:57 PM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=300</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: SeekAndFind
Hamas still holds over a hundred Israeli hostages and has refused repeated offers for exchanges; this can't help but present the impression that these hostages may no longer be in any condition to be exchanged. That's a horrible thought.

They're dead.

4 posted on 03/31/2024 9:25:14 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: \/\/ayne

RE: Will they ever stop firing rockets?

Only if every single one of them are eliminated.


5 posted on 03/31/2024 9:42:04 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

“…unalived …”

Love that.


6 posted on 03/31/2024 9:47:00 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Hamas is being ground down. Guerrilla forces and people's militias like Hamas tend to do poorly in the long run against well-organized, determined conventional forces. In a phrase, guerillas lack staying power and lose unless major forces come to their aid or their adversaries fail to press their attack until a decisive outcome has been achieved.
7 posted on 03/31/2024 9:56:17 PM PDT by Rockingham (`)
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To: SeekAndFind

Father, thank you for being willing to send Your Son, and thank you Jesus for your willingness to die for us all. may God hasten an end evil Hamas. may God continue to use Israel as a vessel of His Will and Purposes and may Israel willingly obey Him. Amen!


8 posted on 03/31/2024 10:18:57 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: SeekAndFind
When the Muslims do their call to prayer do they not sometimes say "come to Islam, come to success"? Hamas being ground into pulp during their holy month of Ramadan gives the lie to their call.

9 posted on 03/31/2024 11:20:11 PM PDT by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men.)
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To: dadfly

Amen. In Jesus’ name we pray.
Thank you, FRiend.


10 posted on 03/31/2024 11:30:49 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Just say “killed”. This isn’t youtube.

CC


11 posted on 03/31/2024 11:45:22 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: dadfly

Amen.


12 posted on 04/01/2024 1:03:32 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: SeekAndFind

“He said the Israel Defense Forces will continue fighting until they reach all terrorists in the Gaza Strip.”

When the IDF proceeds militarily here, where and how do they draw the line that (unconvincingly) divides the legitimately “eliminatable” terrorist from the (non-terrorist but arguably still criminally complicit aid- and comfort-giving) civilian?


13 posted on 04/01/2024 1:21:25 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Rockingham

Interesting point-thx.


14 posted on 04/01/2024 1:22:56 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: j.havenfarm

Yeah—quite descriptive.


15 posted on 04/01/2024 1:24:34 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: SeekAndFind

Ethnically cleanse Gaza. Let their Arab Muslim brothers take them in. They’ve proven over generations now that they absolutely will not live in peace. Therefore, remove them entirely.


16 posted on 04/01/2024 2:10:44 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: SeekAndFind

There is no genocide. Terrorists, rapists, murderers, thugs, guerrillas and assassins are not their own races.


17 posted on 04/01/2024 2:57:22 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: SeekAndFind

They have to kill Sinwar and his brother and drag their bodies through Gaza like the garbage they are.


18 posted on 04/01/2024 4:30:15 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: SeekAndFind

What Hamas is saying is irrelevant. Israel needs to continue until every POS so called Palestinian terrorist is annihilated including their inbred families, friends and associates and turn the West Bank and Gaza into Israeli retirement resorts.


19 posted on 04/01/2024 4:51:38 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

“We’re going to eliminate everyone who was involved in the events of October 7, the junior [officials], the senior ones and the very senior ones; those who were inside [Israel] or who gave instructions,” he said, referring to the date of Palestinian terror group Hamas’s massive attack on Israel that started the ongoing war.

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Yes!

Prayers for Israel.


20 posted on 04/01/2024 5:29:53 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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