As Hamas renegs on the cease-fire deal, who’s – Latest News
Hamas has already proved it means to make use of the cease-fire as a strategy to restore its rule of Gaza, inevitably with an eye to launching future terror assaults on Israel; the query is: Will the world leaders who simply signed the historic peace accord let it occur?
“We do not need to limit ourselves to the Israeli terms and definitions related to weapons,” taunts Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem; back on Friday, the three essential Gaza terror teams issued a joint assertion flat-out rejecting any “foreign guardianship” over Gaza.
President Donald Trump is livid: Hamas is “going to disarm, because they said they were going to disarm,” he roared, “and if they don’t disarm, we will disarm them” — and “violently,” if need be.
But does that imply ready the weeks or months for the deliberate International Stabilization Force to get created, or having Israel instantly go back into the components of Gaza it simply left?
Certainly, the IDF can’t pull back any additional when Hamas additionally says it is going to “continue resistance” in pursuit of “a fully sovereign, independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.”
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For now, the terror group is busy publicly executing rivals and wiping out clans and militias against its rule.
No sooner had Israel withdrawn from areas specified by the cease-fire than Hamas storm troopers started focusing on foes, slaughtering 52 members of the Dogmoush clan on Sunday alone.
“It’s a massacre. They’re dragging people away, children are screaming and dying, they’re burning our houses,” one clan member’s daughter fumed.
The terror group has additionally issued death warrants for Housam al-Astal and Yasser Abu Shabab, militia leaders it says have cooperated with Israel.
Gazans inform The Post they’re petrified of Hamas focusing on civilians.
Surely the “Ceasefire Now!” crowd will rally to demand Hamas finish its “genocide” of harmless Gazans?
Nope: Those sympathies run solely pro-terrorist: After Hamas propagandist Saleh al-Jafarawi (“Mr. FAFO”) acquired killed in combating with the Dogmoush gang, Rama Duwaj (Zohran Mamdani’s spouse) posted 4 broken-heart emojis on Instagram, writing “Beloved Jafarawi.”
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On Day Two, the cease-fire was already unsure: Israel has ordered the Rafah crossing stored closed and humanitarian support cut in half till Hamas delivers the 24 deceased hostages it failed handy back.
“The job IS NOT DONE,” Trump famous on Truth Social.
“THE DEAD HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED, AS PROMISED!”
The query stays: Who goes to save lots of harmless Gazans from Hamas by getting into to disarm or get rid of the terrorists?
Will any of the world leaders who basked in Trump’s limelight on Monday carry a finger to help?
Indonesia has provided a few hundred troops for the Stabilization Force; will Qatar, Egypt or the Saudis additionally step up?
It’s plainly going to need some severe urban-warfare veterans if Hamas refuses to go quietly — and a unified command construction if it’s to keep away from a Blackhawk Down catastrophe.
The residing hostages are home, however the relaxation of the highway to peace is trying fairly rocky.
