Posted on 01/07/2024 12:34:31 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Three months ago, speaking to citizens rocked by a horrific day of attacks by Hamas, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a promise.
“The IDF will immediately use all its strength to destroy Hamas’s capabilities,” Netanyahu said. “We will destroy them.”
Now, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is shifting to a new phase of its war on Hamas in Gaza – and there are signs its objectives are changing too.
“The record is not very friendly to military campaigns seeking to eradicate political military movement that are deeply rooted,” Bilal Y. Saab, an associate fellow in the Middle East and North Africa at Chatham House, told CNN.
“IDF leadership understands very well that the most they can do is severely degrade the military capabilities of Hamas,” Saab said.
Israel has seen some successes in that regard; its forces claim to have killed thousands of Hamas fighters, including some high-ranking members, and have dismantled some parts of the group’s vast tunnel network under the enclave.
But challenges remain and an endgame is far from sight. Few countries at war set deadlines. Israeli officials have warned of a lengthy war that could stretch through the entirety of 2024 and beyond.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
If I recall correctly, ham ass was estimated to have 30,000-40,000 fighters when they started this war. Add in 10,000 islamic jihad and other assorted hangers on, and let’s say 50,000.
At the maximum, the IDF and ham ass agree that some 22,000 pales have been killed, with somewhat less than a majority being active ham ass fighters.
That means only about 10,000 out of 50,000 fighters have been killed so far.
Keep busy IDF!
“From the river to the sea, palestine will be free” is an explicit call to remove all Jews from their indigenous homeland.
“NO ONE CAN DENY HAMAS’ AIM IS TO KILL JEWS — IT FULLY ADMITS IT
Hamas’ 1988 charter “rejects any alternative to the full and complete liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea” and says “the Day of Judgment will not come about until Muslims fight Jews and kill them.”
In other words, Hamas’ goal is to annihilate Israel and murder Jews.”
When ham ass publicly tells Jews they want to murder all of them, and regularly acts to do so, one must take them at their word, unless you have your head in the sand or up their ham ass.
Understanding Hamas’s Genocidal Ideology
A close read of Hamas’s founding documents clearly shows its intentions.
Hamas Covenant 1988
The Covenant
of the
Islamic Resistance Movement18 August 1988
In The Name Of The Most Merciful Allah
the Islamic Resistance Movement aspires to the realisation of Allah’s promise, no matter how long that should take. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him salvation, has said:
“The Day of Judgement will not come about until Moslems fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Moslems, O Abdulla, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree, (evidently a certain kind of tree) would not do that because it is one of the trees of the Jews.” (related by al-Bukhari and Moslem).
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp
Sermon delivered by ‘Atallah Abu Al-Subh, former Hamas minister of culture, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV, April 8, 2011, translation by MEMRI
“Whoever is killed by a Jew receives the reward of two martyrs, because the very thing that the Jews did to the prophets was done to him.
“The Jews are the most despicable and contemptible nation to crawl upon the face of the Earth, because they have displayed hostility to Allah.
“Allah will kill the Jews in the hell of the world to come, just like they killed the believers in the hell of this world.
“The Jews kill anyone who believes in Allah. They do not want to see any peace whatsoever on Earth.”
Hamas official Halil Al-Hayya, Al-Hayat newspaper, November 11, 2010
“Palestine is Islamic, and not an Islamic emirate, from the river to the sea, that unites the Palestinians. Jews have no right in it”
Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Bahar, acting Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, April 20, 2007; as reported by Palestinian Media Watch, April 23, 2007
“Make us victorious over the community of infidels... Allah, take the Jews and their allies, Allah, take the Americans and their allies... Allah, annihilate them completely and do not leave anyone of them.”
Khaled Mashaal, Hamas leader, February 3, 2006, Al-Hayyat al-Jedida
“[Hamas will] never recognize the legitimacy of the Zionist state that was founded on our land.”
Mahmoud Zahar, Hamas leader, after casting his vote in the Gaza Strip, January 25, 2006, Ha’aretz
“[Hamas] will not change a single word in its covenant [which is calling for the destruction of Israel].”
Sheik Nizar Rayan, Hamas “political” leader, at a rally in Gaza, Al-Jazeera TV on September 16, 2005, MEMRI
“The vanquishing of the enemy in Gaza does not mean that this stage has ended. We still have Jerusalem and the pure West Bank. We will not rest until we liberate all our land, all our Palestine. We do not distinguish between what was occupied in the 1940s and what was occupied in the 1960s. Our Jihad continues, and we still have a long way to go. We will continue until the very last usurper is driven out of our land.”
Abdel Aziz Rantisi, Hamas leader, June 10, 2003, interview with Al-Jazeera, Jerusalem Post
“By God, we will not leave one Jew in Palestine. We will fight them with all the strength we have.
Hamas communiqué, September 8, 1988, translated and distributed in the U.S. by the Islamic Association for Palestine
“The Nazi Jews tried different methods...”
“Let everyone know that Hamas... is only against Jews and those twisted in their manner... it realizes the Jews’ methods in trying to cause hostility and friction between people...”
“We should lend punches to the Jews wherever possible [to commemorate Muhammad’s defeat of one of the Jewish tribes of Arabia].”
The Ideology Of Hamas – In Its Own Words
October 23, 2023
—Israel has no right to exist, and jihad against it must continue until it is eliminated and all of Palestine is liberated
—No Israelis are civilians. All Jews in Palestine, including children, are combatants and may be killed by every means: stabbed, beheaded or bombed, including in suicide operations.
https://www.memri.org/reports/ideology-hamas-%E2%80%93-its-own-words
Many of us do. 👍
Yeah, yeah, yeah, mild compared to what has been said a million times by individual Zionist extremists in Israel. I guess I have to read read between the lines or look through racist glasses to find the official Hamas position to “kill 9 million Israelis”. Stop the lies unless you can back them up.
I can’t argue with your numbers, but in light of the present reported situation on the ground, I am skeptical.
The reports on the Raptor videos that are seemingly the IDF current daily reporting, there are likely not 10,000 still alive and fighting.
The areas in north Gaza are essentially cleared. The Hamas numbers still there are thus minimal.
The areas in the south have been squeezed pretty tight and any Hamas there are under ground. The number who may have escaped through tunnels into Egypt is unknown but apparently not thousands.
So, it would seem the numbers of active Hamas still fighting is a lot less than 10,000.
There is no mention of hostages for sometime now. We can assume the remaining 100+ hostages are mostly dead.
I think we will know for sure by the end of this week
Senior Hamas Official Fathi Hammad To Palestinians In Jerusalem: Buy 5-Shekel Knives And Cut Off The Heads Of The Jews#8828 | 00:43
Source: Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas/Gaza)
Hamas Political Bureau Member and former Minister of the Interior Fathi Hammad urged the people of Jerusalem to “cut off the heads of the Jews.” His remarks were made in a public address, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas-Gaza) on May 7, 2021. Hammad demonstrated how they should “cut their heads off” from the artery. He added that a knife only costs five shekels, saying: “with those five shekels, you will humiliate the Jewish state.” Hammad continued to say that Jews have spread corruption and acted with arrogance, and their day or reckoning and moment of destruction have come. In September 2016, Hammad was designated as a terrorist by the U.S. State Department.
Fathi Hammad: “People of Jerusalem, we want you to cut off the heads of the Jews with knives. With your hand, cut their artery from here. A knife costs five shekels. Buy a knife, sharpen it, put it there, and just cut off [their heads]. It costs just five shekels. With those five shekels, you will humiliate the Jewish state.
[...]
“’You shall find the strongest in enmity towards the believers to be the Jews and the polytheists.’ The Jews have spread corruption and acted with arrogance, and their moment of reckoning has come. The moment of destruction at your hands has arrived.”
In the interview, Hamad said that Israel’s existence is “illogical” and that it must be wiped off all “Palestinian lands,” a term the terror group uses to mean the West Bank, Gaza and Israel, minus the Golan Heights.
When asked whether this meant the complete annihilation of Israel, Hamas replied: “Yes, of course.”
Kill ‘all’ Jews, Hamas TV host urges kids
https://www.timesofisrael.com/kill-all-jews-urges-hamas-tv-host/
“To: flamberge
“HAMAS proudly demands the killing or expulsion of 9 million Jews in Israel as the only solution that is acceptable for the Palestinians.”
Kindly provide documentation for that slander.”
I can literally keep this up all day. Are you prepared to agree with Flamberge yet?
Thank you for the links.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.