Having seen at least 17,000 of its operatives killed by the IDF — more than half of its prewar numbers, with many more wounded, had several hundred of its tunnels destroyed, and watched helplessly as much of its weaponry was seized or destroyed by the IDF, Hamas wanted to remind the world that it was […]
Israel Releases New Figures on Hamas Casualties at Gaza School
Israel has been severely criticized for its strike on August 11 on what has been misleadingly described as a “school” or as a “school and a mosque” in Gaza. In fact, the IDF struck a building that had been a school, but was not being used as one (It’s summer, and school is out). Rather, […]
Kamala Harris Denounces IDF Attack on Hamas Command-and-Control Center
On August 10, the IDF fired three precision missiles at one part of the Al-Tabeen school in Gaza that was being used as a command-and-control center by Hamas. The IDF had a list with the names of 19 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad members that it knew were at the center and were killed in […]
Hamas murders Israeli hostage, injures two others
When the whole world is on your side, anything is permitted. “Israeli hostage ‘killed by guard’ in Gaza – as two women captives ‘seriously wounded,’” Sky News, August 12, 2024: An Israeli male hostage held in Gaza has been shot dead by his guard, Hamas has said. In a separate incident, two women being held […]
UN Blocks Food Aid to Gaza to Fake a Famine
Should the UN be put on trial for genocide? In June, the Famine Review Commission, using the UN’s IPC framework, was forced to admit that “the available evidence does not indicate that Famine is currently occurring” in Gaza. That same month, the UN decided to stage one anyway. After months of the United Nations falsely […]
Gazans Who Plead ‘Save Us From Hamas’
Hamas embeds its men, and hides its weapons, among the civilian population of Gaza. It holds the people hostage as human shields against Israeli attacks, knowing that the IDF will withhold fire if it thinks too many civilians may be killed or injured in an attack about to be launched on Hamas combatants.. And if […]
Harris enraged as Israel takes out 19 jihadis in Hamas command room hidden inside mosque at school complex
“Yet again, far too many civilians have been killed,” said Harris, despite the only source for this claim being Hamas. Or because the only source for the claim is Hamas. “Amid global criticism, Israel names 19 it says it killed in terror HQ at Gaza school,” by Emanuel Fabian, Times of Israel, August 10, 2024: […]
Israeli General Who Helped Evacuate Gaza in 2005 Says It was an ‘Absolute Mistake’
Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Gershon HaCohen’s grim post-mortem dates from 2020; it is worth revisiting in light of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, and the ongoing war. It is here. The Gaza Disengagement was “an absolute mistake” that allowed Hamas to increase its rocket arsenal, the man who commanded the operation told The Jerusalem Post. The unilateral evacuation […]
Netanyahu and the ‘Fact-Checkers’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress on July 25, and among the subjects he discussed were the efforts Israel has made to bring humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. He mentioned that Israel had delivered 40,000 trucks full of aid — chiefly food and medicine — to Gaza since the war began on October […]
Kamala Warns Israel to Leave Gaza, Spare Hamas
Kamala’s deal would trade hostages in exchange for giving victory to Hamas. The split screen out of D.C. was a show of contrasts. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a powerful address to Congress praising the valor of Israel’s soldiers and hostages, calling for a ‘denazification’ of Gaza and full victory. Vice President Kamala Harris, after […]