JERUSALEM—Scenes of armed and uniformed Hamas terrorists could be seen in Gaza on Sunday as the first three Israeli women hostages were freed after the ceasefire agreement came into effect.
The Israeli news agency TPS-IL reported that groups of armed men, suspected terrorists in the Deir al-Balah area of central Gaza, celebrated after the ceasefire and quoted them singing: “By God’s permission, “It is possible to kill the last Zionist.” soldier in our holy country,” as cars honked and music blared.
The deal could allow Hamas to reorganize its terrorists in Gaza and repopulate the northern part of the Gaza Strip that borders Israel, according to some concerned Israeli military experts.
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Hamas terrorists emerge in a show of force escorting Red Cross vehicles carrying three Israeli hostages who will be released as part of the ceasefire agreement. (TPS-IL)
“Despite significant military achievements against many of the proxies of Iranian terrorism around it, Israel has been forced to accept a very bad deal that leaves Hamas in power. As Hamas leaders have repeatedly stated, even after the declaration of the ceasefire. “Hamas intends to continue its path of Jihad against Israel until Israel is completely eliminated,” former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus told Fox Information Digital.
He continued: “Israel is held at gunpoint by the terrorist organization Hamas and has agreed to release nearly 2,000 convicted Palestinian terrorists, withdraw from the Gaza Strip, and a temporary ceasefire to repatriate 33 Israeli hostages.”
Following the initial announcement of the deal last week, Khalil al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official, reportedly boasted that his movement plans to commit a second massacre of Israelis on October 7, according to a Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) translation of your comments.
He reportedly boasted of the first massacre of more than 1,200 Israelis, including more than 40 Americans, on October 7, 2023, and declared plans to launch new mass killings. “October 7 will continue to be a source of pride for our people and our resistance, and will be passed down from generation to generation,” al-Hayya declared.
Hamas terrorists emerge from the shadows as they surround Red Cross vehicles. (TPS-IL)
He said the jihadist organization will expel Israel from Palestine and Jerusalem and that this will happen soon, adding: “We will never forget or forgive” and vowing that Israel’s crimes will be punished, “even if it takes time.”
Conricus, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said that only “due to the overwhelming international pressure applied on Israel over the past 15 months, which has prevented Israel from exerting the necessary amount of influence and pressure on Hamas in Gaza, this Unfortunately, an extortion deal is probably the best way to save the Israeli hostages.”
Retired IDF Brigade. Basic Amir Avivi (Res) told Fox Information Digital that at this stage, the government is prioritizing bringing the hostages back. Obviously it is urgent. “Their situation is very bad.” He added: “The government intends to fight again after the first stage, unless there is another ceasefire to recover all the hostages. But there is no intention to give up on destroying Hamas and creating a new reality in Gaza.”
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Hamas terrorists greet Gazans during Sunday’s release of three Israeli hostages. (TPS-IL)
Caroline Glick, a conservative Israeli commentator, who knows well the Jewish state’s campaign to defeat Hamas, said on his podcast, “What we are having now is a situation where we are permanently forced into this position where we are not allowed to win because that is what the ceasefire effectively does to Israel.”
The ceasefire agreement for the hostages comes at a time when Israel has greatly degraded Hamas’s military power. Hamas is in a weak situation. Hezbollah, Hamas’ main ally in the region, signed a ceasefire agreement with Israel and eliminated one of the Iranian-backed fronts against the Jewish state.
Iran’s regime has not launched new attacks against Israel since Jerusalem responded to its October airstrike.
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Suspected terrorists in Gaza come out of hiding as a ceasefire agreement for hostages in the Deir al-Balah area of Gaza is put into place. (Majdi Fathi/TPS-IL)
The agreement contains deep concessions for Israel. The Jewish State will release up to 2,000 Palestinian terrorists, including more than a hundred serving life sentences.
The expectation is based on previous releases of Palestinian terrorists by Israeli hostages involved in Palestinian assassins returning to fight Israel.
TPS-IL reported Monday that an estimated 20,000 terrorists from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other terrorist groups have been killed in the war. It was also reported Sunday that Izz al-Din Haddad, commander of Hamas’ Northern Brigade, who oversaw Sunday’s transfer of three Israeli hostages to the Red Cross, has been chosen as Hamas leader to rebuild the terrorist organization.
