Posted on 05/22/2025 12:13:34 PM PDT by karpov
The Israeli airstrike that targeted Hamas’s Gaza chief this month hit him as he attended a meeting of the group’s highest ranking militants, killing several important operatives and leaving a void in the top leadership of the U.S.-designated terrorist group, Hamas and Arab officials said.
The airstrike killed Mohammed Sinwar, who was quietly buried days later, along with other top militants including Mohammad Shabana, the commander of the group’s Rafah brigade, the officials said.
The Hamas leaders had gathered in a tunnel in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis to discuss matters including their approach to cease-fire talks with Israel when they were hit, the officials said. The meeting went against Hamas’s wartime security protocols and created an opening for Israel to hit several high-value targets at once.
Sinwar became the de facto head of Hamas in Gaza after Israel in October killed his brother Yahya Sinwar, who was the mastermind behind the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the war. Israel has also killed the leader of Hamas’s military wing, Mohammed Deif, his deputy Marwan Issa, and many other top militants.
The precision and timing of the latest attack demonstrated Israel’s significant intelligence capability, the officials said. Sinwar was known to be very particular about keeping a low profile, and only a handful of people usually knew about his movements or how to contact him, they said. He operated largely behind the scenes, earning him the nickname “Shadow,” the Arab officials said.
Hamas found Sinwar’s body a day after the strike and buried it in a temporary grave in another tunnel after his family was informed, the officials said, confirming Israeli claims that he was likely dead. Hamas plans to move Sinwar’s body to a proper burial site once the fighting stops, the officials said.
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Well done, Israel. Well deserved, Hamas. Stop killing people.
I know the WSJ is questionable, but is this true and if so how can Trump correct it NOW?
...According to the Saudi channel Al-Hadath, his body was recently recovered along with the remains of 10 of his aides...
Sounds like Israel still has Top Men….
Now, if only IDF could only target Chuck Schumer
“U.S.-designated terrorist group
I know the WSJ is questionable, but is this true and if so how can Trump correct it NOW?”
So you don’t think Hamas is a terrorist group?
Unfortunately, you kill one, 5 more step up.
Who’s going to run his chain of Muchentuchen restaurants?
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Couldn't have said it better!!!!!!!
“Has Chuck Schumer been right about anything in the past five years?”
A couple of times:
“Democrats don’t relate to middle-class people.”
“Our borders are much too porous...We want to keep them open, but we also have to be much more careful. ...Right now, if you get on an airplane [to the U.S.] and claim asylum...when you arrive at Kennedy Airport in New York, they will say to you, ‘OK, we’ll give you a hearing on whether you deserve asylum. Show up in a year.’ And two-thirds of the people never show up.”
(Oh, wait, that was 10 years ago.)
“People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.”
(Also 10 years ago.)
“[Barack] Obama administration, the [George W.]Bush administration have done nothing. And as China has manipulated its currency, we`ve lost trillions of dollars of wealth and millions of good-paying jobs.”
(Long time ago.)
“This is government’s primary function - to keep us safe - and when large percentages in America don’t feel safe, they start asking: What am I paying my taxes for? What is government all about?”
Very long time ago.
“I think, the left makes a mistake. If you look particularly at the state levels, violent repeat criminals are not punished enough. The average murderer is sentenced to 17 1/2 years but serves six. The average rapist is sentenced to 10 years but serves about three and a half. The average mugger is sentenced to five years and serves little more than one.”
Last century
“I basically believe that until China stop stealing our intellectual property, and until they stop keeping our companies out that do good things, the amount we will gain from export jobs is minimized, and the amount we lose in middle class incomes is maximized.”
Back before China bought him.
Unfortunately, you kill one, 5 more step up.
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Eventually there won’t be five left to step up if all goes according to plan!
They’re not going to have anyone left to call a ceasefire! It’s going to be some random 17-year-old kid waving a white towel. “And who do you speak for?” “Anyone you can find?”
Hamas plans to move Sinwar’s body to a proper burial site...
If they can find any more of it !!!
. Hamas plans to move Sinwar’s body to a proper burial site once the fighting stops, the officials said.
Another “ hospital strike” targeting starving children?
I misread that to mean something else.
Never mind.
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