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| Senior Hamas official says group’s control over Gaza has ‘completely collapsed’ |
| 2025-07-07 |
| [IsraelTimes] A senior Hamas official tells the BBC that the terror group has lost control of around 80% of the Gaza Strip and that there is “barely anything left” of its military structure. "We're not responsible! It's...somebody else!" The British news outlet says it received a number of voice messages from a “senior officer” in Hamas, identified only as a lieutenant colonel who was wounded in October 2023. “Let’s be realistic here — there’s barely anything left of the security structure. Most of the leadership, about 95%, are now dead… The active figures have all been killed,” he said. “So really, what’s stopping Israel from continuing this war?” The official claims that the war “has to continue until the end. All the conditions are aligned: Israel has the upper hand, the world is silent, the Arab regimes are silent, criminal gangs are everywhere, society is collapsing.” He says since the end of the latest ceasefire in March, Hamas’s security control in Gaza “has completely collapsed. Totally gone. There’s no control anywhere,” pointing to extensive looting of Hamas’s complex with no intervention. “So, the security situation is zero. Hamas’s control is zero. There’s no leadership, no command, no communication. Salaries are delayed, and when they do arrive, they’re barely usable. Some die just trying to collect them. It’s total collapse.” Give up the hostages, lay down your arms, accept exile. Then Israel will stop, because unlike you Israel doesn’t need genocide. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 so when is the unconditional surrender and release of the hostages remains? No? Free (us of) Paleos! From the river to the sea! |
| Posted by: Regular joe 2025-07-07 13:34 |
| #3 not quite a number of units or subunits are functioning using small arms, even some rocket units are functioning but good to hear this official's dispair |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2025-07-07 12:30 |
| #2 Taquia. |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-07-07 02:38 |
| #1 Hamas says it has lost control over most of the Gaza strip and that it has suffered 'a near-total collapse of security' |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-07-07 00:20 |