Special Report 132pdf
Special Report 132pdf
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  1. Special Report 132, Israel Under Attack(Released Israeli abductees and their families)Hamas has no regard for human life, nor for the rules of warSince the October 7 attack, Hamas's leaders have managed the war from Doha, Qatar, conveying their messages mostly via the Qatar-owned Al-Jazeera. It therefore comes as no surprise that it was three Israeli hostages were held in the home of Al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah Al-Jamal.Muhammad Wishah, a Palestinian journalist working for Al-Jazeera, also served as a commander in Hamas’s military anti-tank missile unit. In late 2022 began working in R&D for the terror group's air unit. A photo that emerged of Wishah together with Yahya Sinwar suggests warm relations between the two. Another Al-Jazeera correspondent, Ismail Abu Omar, who participated in the October 7 attack, was airlifted to Doha for medical treatment on February 19 after being wounded in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah a week earlier. He has been identified as a Hamas platoon deputy commander. Mustafa Thuraya, an independent journalist who worked with Al-Jazeera TV and Agence’ France-Press, was a member of the Al-Qassam Brigades' Gaza City Brigade. He specialized in developing drones. Hamza Al-Dahdouh, another Al-Jazeerajournalist and photojournalist, was a member of the electronic engineering unit of the PIJ's Northern Gaza.
  2. Fired upon from a privileged, UNWRA facility that included a school and a clinic and was never to be used by militants, Israel troops entered the facility and killed the militants. Searching the facility, they found a large cache of weaponsmilitary uniformsand munitions,including many grenadesin the school classrooms,and an entrance to a shaft leading to a subterranean facility Hamas dug. A number of troops were assigned to ensure the clinic was clear of militants. Upon entry, the clinic exploded with booby traps Hamas had prepared, killing three of the troops and wounding others.In a dispatch to Hamas leaders in Doha Hamas’s leader in Gaza Yihye Sinwar referred the civilian casualties in Gaza as “necessary sacrifices” and reminded his correspondents that “hundreds of thousands” were killed in Algeria’s war of independence. Such casualties work to one’s advantage because that is the only way the international community will support the war: “No blood equals no press”. Therefore, he went on to say, “We have the Israelis right where we want them”. In dozens of message reviewed by The Wall Street Journal that Sinwar transmitted to cease-fire negotiators, Hamas compatriots outside Gaza and others, he’s shown a cold disregard for human life and made clear he believes Israel has more to lose from the war than Hamas. One of the main reasons is that Israel greatly values the lives of its citizens and soldiers whereas Hamas, led by Sinwar view the sacrifice of thousands to be a means that can lead to victory.Such disregard for the lives of the very people he pretends to represent is evident by the fact that he has the four abductees recently released by Israel forces held in a densely populated civilian area, adjacent to a busy market. It is not clear how manycivilians were caught in the crossfire between the Israeli rescuers and Hamas militants. Israel has reason to believe the majority of those killed were militants. Many of the militants were not wearing uniforms but were premeditatedly blended in with the population, so that it was difficult to distinguish between those who constituted a threat and those who did not. Readers of these reports should also be mindful of the fact that civilian casualties were the
  3. result of the firefight and as many or more were likely killed by the militants than by Israeli forces, who are trained, wherever possible, not to fire on civilians. While incarcerated for terrorist activity in an Israeli prison, Sinwarmurdered with his own hands any whom he suspected of collaboration with the Israeli authorities. When hebecame leader of Hamas in Gaza in 2017, violence was a constant in his repertoire. Hamas wrested control of Gaza from the Palestinian Authority in a bloody conflict a decade earlier, and while Sinwar moved early in his tenure to reconcile Hamas with otherPalestinian factions, he warned that he would “break the neck” of anyone who stood in the way.In 2018, hesupported weekly protests at the fence between Gaza and Israeli territory. Fearful of a breach in the barrier, the Israeli military fired on Palestinians and agitators who came too close. It was all part of the plan:“We make the headlines only with blood,” Sinwar said in the interview at the time with an Italian journalist. *Correction to Special Report No. 131: It was Almog’s father who died just before his son’s release, notArgeman.
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