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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Oct. 7 Anniversary: Hamas Leader Wants ‘New Fronts’ of Jihad

2024-10-09

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Leader of #Hamas Abroad Khaled Mashal on Anniversary of October 7 Attack: Our Losses Are Tactical Whereas Our Enemy’s Losses Are Strategic; Jihad with Money Is No Longer Enough, Muslims Should Wage Jihad with Weapons pic.twitter.com/zzuJ8E6FZ8
— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) October 7, 2024

[PJMedia] To all those delusional individuals who still think that Hamas
Hamas

..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
and its Gazook supporters will ever agree to peaceful arbitration, think again. In characteristic form, a Hamas leader just called for an expansion of Jihad at the international level.

Hamas, with the financial incentivizing of the Paleostinian Authority and the support of the majority of Gazooks, plans to wage terrorism on Israel until it is completely wiped off the map. Oct. 7, as horrific and deadly as it was, presents a preview of what Hamas would like to do to all Israelis. As the latest refutation of idiotic Westerners’ claims that giving Paleostinians more land and money will make them stop fighting, Memri reported that a Hamas leader has ambitious plans for expanding jihad ("holy war" in Islam) on the international level as the "duty of Jihad."

Khaled Mashal,

…also in our archives spelt Khaled Mashaal …

leader of Hamas abroad, delivered an Oct. 7, 2024, address aired on the Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
i state media al-Jazeera Network. Memri provided a translation, and as usual Hamas is entirely open about its genocidal goals. Mashal said, "Our losses are tactical, whereas our enemy's losses are strategic. This is a fact. Our losses are tactical — pain and death, which is martyrdom." Moslems refer to eliminated faceless myrmidons as deaders.

"We are suffering, but it is all for the sake of Allah," bragged Mashal. "Today, we are making tremendous and painful sacrifices, but they will lead to great horizons, inshallah." Islamic holy texts encourage the killing of non-Moslems, especially Jews. "The enemy is losing its strategic path, and is accelerating its certain annihilation. It has lost on all levels. In addition, all Moslem and non-Moslem nations, throughout history, had to pay steep prices," Mashal added.

This is an interesting point, because Islam has been spreading for centuries by weaponizing war, rape, torture, and terrorism. In fact, Oct. 7 is the anniversary of the 1571 Battle of Lepanto, a great victory for Christian forces against invading Moslems, now commemorated in the Catholic Church as the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (to whom the Christians prayed). Thanks to Lepanto’s fighters, Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
was saved. Islam has been the same for over a thousand years; always trying to take over Christian and Jewish nations by violence.

Mashal eagerly declared, "The resistance axis has joined us, and we are thankful for that, but today, the rest of the forces of our nation need to do two things: They should open new fronts for the resistance. This is the duty of Jihad. The second thing is that we need to open new political and legal fronts. We should persecute this entity on the international level." So much for the pro-Hamas United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
’ assertions that if Israel would give Gazooks much of their land, including Jerusalem, peace would prevail.

And as for the "two-state solution," so touted by the Biden-Harris administration and others, that was tried. Jordan was arbitrarily created as an Arab state out of land that rightfully should belong to Israel, and Jordanians promptly launched war on Israel in 1948. Giving Arabs the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip also just provided yet another base for terrorist operations. As a different Hamas leader said last year, the faceless myrmidons are prepared to commit the Oct. 7 atrocities "again and again" to annihilate Israel.

Mashal said, "Jihad by money is great, but it is no longer enough. We want Jihad with weapons and the [sacrifice] of lives. We should open additional fronts. The enemy is fighting us everywhere, and we should fight it the way it fights us." When faceless myrmidons state genocidal goals, believe them.

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Fifth Column

Senior Hamas official encourages U.S. students to 'escalate' anti-Israel protests on campuses

2024-09-02

[CampusReform] Hamas official Khaled Mashal urged pro-Palestine students in the U.S. to intensify their protests against Israel and support efforts to disrupt its actions, advocating for continued financial support and increased confrontation.

Mashal praised these students for their efforts since the October 7 attacks, calling for the escalation of the conflict against Israel.

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Hamas’s Hayya seen to keep ‘peace negotiator’ role under new leader Sinwar

2024-08-08

His title in Arabic is Chief Taqqiya Guy.

[IsraelTimes] Hamas
Hamas

..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
politician Khalil al-Hayya is set to continue leading indirect negotiations with Israel for a Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
ceasefire with guidance from the group’s newly appointed leader, Yahya Sinwar, who continues to run the war effort inside the enclave, three Paleostinian sources including a Hamas official say.

Experts on Paleostinian politics had seen Hayya as a leading candidate to replace Ismail Haniyeh
...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank...
, due partly to his good ties with the group’s main backer, Iran, whose support will be vital for it to recover after the war.

Working under the supervision of Haniyeh, Hayya has led the group’s delegation in mediated talks with Israel aimed at securing a ceasefire and a deal to exchange Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 with Paleostinians in Israeli jails.

"Dr. Khail al-Hayya is the head of the negotiation team and there is no change to this," the Hamas official says.

Another source familiar with Hamas deliberations says Hayya enjoyed the trust of both Haniyeh and Sinwar, and says it was expected that he would "continue to lead the indirect negotiations and be the diplomatic face of the movement."

Related: White House reiterates claim Israel, Hamas ‘as close as we’ve ever been’ to deal —I have no doubt this is true. After all, all sizes of infinity have the exact same infinity of points within their outer bounds.

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israel vows to get mastermind of October 7 attack

2024-08-08

[PUNCHNG] Israel has vowed to get the new Hamas
Hamas

..always the voice of sweet reason...
chief, Yahya Sinwar, the alleged criminal mastermind of the October 7 attack, whose appointment further inflamed regional tensions as the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
war entered its 11th month on Wednesday.

The naming of Sinwar to lead the Paleostinian bad boy group came as Israel braced for potential Iranian retaliation over the killing of his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh
...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank...
last week in Tehran.

Speaking at a military base on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was "determined" to defend itself.

"We are prepared both defensively and offensively," he told new recruits.

Army chief, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi vowed to "find him (Sinwar), attack him" and force Hamas to find another leader.

Sinwar — Hamas’s leader in Gaza since 2017 — has not been seen since the October 7 attack, which was the deadliest in Israel’s history.

A senior Hamas official told AFP that the selection of Sinwar sent a message that the organization "continues its path of resistance".

Hamas’s Lebanese ally Hezbollah congratulated Sinwar and said the appointment affirms "the enemy... has failed to achieve its objectives" by killing Hamas leaders and officials.

Analysts believe Sinwar has been both more reluctant to agree to a Gaza ceasefire and closer to Tehran than Haniyeh, who lived in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
"If a ceasefire deal seemed unlikely upon Haniyeh’s death, it is even less likely under Sinwar," according to Rita Katz, executive director of the SITE Intelligence Group.

No point in Israel negotiating then, until he has come to understand that he has no choice but surrender.

"The group will only lean further into its hardline bad boy strategy of recent years," she added.

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as chief

2024-08-06

Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as chief of the group following Ismail Haniyeh's assassination in Tehran on July 31, the group said on Tuesday.

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Terror Networks

Gaza deal handed over to Russia's former enemy in Syria

2024-08-02

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Leonid Tsukanov

[REGNUM] After the death of Hamas Politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, the movement faced the question of who would coordinate its actions in the future. The vacant post was quickly filled by "Palestinian veteran" Khaled Mashal, who has about 40 years of membership in the group behind him. Of these, 20 were spent as head of the Politburo. Despite the fact that Mashal has so far headed this body with the prefix "acting", few doubt his retention in this post. Both Palestinian and Israeli sources call Mashal nothing less than "candidate number one" - despite the fact that a string of supporters and opponents of the deceased Haniyeh is reaching for the throne.

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Fifth Column

Hamas thanks student protesters, dubs them part of the Oct. 7 'flood' to annihilate Jews

2024-05-28

[CampusReform] A senior Hamas official thanked student protesters at American universities for their efforts following the creation of anti-Israel encampments at many college campuses.
"You make us proud!"
A senior Hamas
Hamas

..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
official thanked student protesters at American universities for their efforts following the creation of anti-Israel encampments at many college campuses. The official used language that likened the wave of student occupations to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, referred to by Hamas as operation "Al Aqsa Flood."

The comments were made in Arabic by senior Hamas official Khaled Mashal on May 18 and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute.

"We thank the great student flood which emerged from the American, European, and Western universities," Mashal said. "We have an opportunity to defeat Israel, Allah willing. We have an opportunity to dismantle the Zionist enterprise. We have an opportunity to change the world."

"And to make Paleostine a blessing to mankind, by annihilating the Zionists and their sinful enterprise," Mashal added.

Mashal said "three major steps" are "required" from those protesting against Israel for Paleostine.

The first step, according to Mashal, is to "continue what you started immediately following October 7."

"The activities and the programs that you have held throughout the past 8 months - you should continue the," Mashal said. "Continue your financial Jihad. We want a continuous financial Flood, in support of Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
, to provide the people shelter, aid, and food, in support of the mujahideen, and in order to buy weapons for them."

Mashal also called on individuals to "siege" Israeli and American embassies.

"We want a flood in the form of a siege of the Israeli and American embassies. We want constant rage that will stop this aggression. We want a media Flood that will deliver its message. We want the truthful Paleostinian narrative to reach far and to control all social media platforms and all forums. We want a legal Flood, like in the Hague. We should prosecute the criminal killers. We stand by South Africa and the countries that have now joined it — ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
, Libya, and Egypt," Mashal said.

The second step, Mashal said, "is that we want to become involved in the battle of Jihad and resistance."

"Today, we have a greater duty to do more than all we have done before. Indeed, on several fronts, there is blessed participation in the Jihad, and we are grateful to the people behind it. We want total integration in the battle on the ground. Today, we want a Flood of Jihad and resistance," he said. "It is good for Mankind, because annihilating the Zionists is good for humanity as a whole."

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Hamas organized confab in 2021 to plot administration of ’liberated Palestine’

2024-04-23

[IsraelTimes] Terror group aimed to bring back Paleostinian refugees, kill Israeli fighters, use educated Jews for their expertise, and be recognized as Israel’s successor at UN

Two years before its October 7 assault on southern Israel, Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", drafted a "strategic vision" for the governing of "liberated Paleostine" after the supposed inevitable demise of the State of Israel.

At a conference held in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
in September 2021, Hamas and other Paleostinian factions discussed preparations for the future administration of the State of Paleostine, intended to make up the whole territory "from the river to the sea," including the area of the State of Israel.

The conclusions reached at the conference, titled "Promise of the Hereafter — Post-Liberation Paleostine," were publicized by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) in an October 2021 report.

The confab was reportedly funded by Hamas and sponsored by Hamas’s leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar.

Today, it is apparent that the conference was not merely a rhetorical exercise, but the expression of a clear intent by Gazook terror factions to destroy Israel, the stated goal of their October 7 onslaught, when some 1,200 were brutally massacred and 253 kidnapped to Gaza.

That objective was reiterated by former leader Khaled Mashal, who stated in a January interview that October 7 proved that liberating Paleostine was a "realistic idea."

The concluding statement from the 2021 conference outlines the steps needed to launch the new state, including how to deal with the Jews and the weeding out of informants to "purge Paleostine and the Arab and Islamic homeland of the hypocrite scum that spread corruption in the land."

Participants agreed upon the necessity to draft a Paleostinian Declaration of Independence immediately after the "liberation." To be drafted by experts, the document was seen as a continuation of the Pact of ’Umar signed upon the Islamic conquest of Jerusalem in 638 CE with its Christian patriarch.

An announcement would then have been issued to the UN, declaring that the state of Paleostine succeeded the "occupation state" [i.e., Israel] and would inherit the rights previously granted to Israel at the UN, based on the Vienna Convention on the Succession of States, including agreements on existing land and maritime borders with neighboring countries.

The Jewish population of the newly formed state of Paleostine would be treated according to their status: Fighters would be killed; those attempting to flee could be allowed to do so or detained and prosecuted for their crimes; and those who surrendered could be either integrated into the new state or given time to leave.

The issue would be dealt with "humanely, as is characteristic for Islam," the statement read.

However,
you can observe a lot just by watching...
special treatment was to be granted to "educated Jews and experts in the areas of medicine, engineering, technology, and civilian and military industry," who were to be retained for some time so that they would not leave taking with them the knowledge they had acquired "while living in our land and enjoying its bounty."

The following step, according to the document, would be the return of Paleostinian refugees, through the establishment of temporary absorption centers near the borders with host countries [~~Lebanon~~ Hezbollahstan
<del>Lebanon</del> Hezbollahstan

...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers, a practice dating back to the heady days of human sacrifice to Baal Moloch...
, Syria and Jordan]. A "law of return" would be applied to them, and they would be issued identity cards, the statement read.

The international community and wealthy Paleostinians were to assist in the repatriation and integration process.

The new state would also issue its own currency, called New Paleostinian Junayh. Junayh (a term related to the English "guinea") was the currency used in Mandatory Paleostine, also known as the Paleostine pound or lira. It is also the name currently used in Arabic for the Egyptian pound.

"It should be introduced domestically even now so that people will become accustomed to it," the statement advised.

To protect the new state, the document called for "popular committees" of trained men and women to "guard the resources of the land and monitor them," since "Paleostinian fighters will be too busy." It is unclear what resources are meant.

On the same topic of "resources," conference chairman Kanaan Obeid said that the terror group learned a lesson from the 2005 Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip — when 21 settlements were evacuated and most of the residential buildings were destroyed. Later, some 3,000 state-of-the-art greenhouses were bought by foreign donors for $14 million and transferred to the Paleostinian Authority when it still ruled Gaza to jumpstart the agricultural sector in independent Gaza. The local population however looted and destroyed the structures.

"The resources of the settlements were lost," said Obeid.

Obeid reportedly served as the chairman of "The Promise of the Hereafter Institute," set up in 2014 with the stated goal of plotting out different aspects of the governance of the state of Paleostine after the "liberation" — including the economy, politics, security, and society.

The MEMRI report further noted that a Hamas politburo member relayed a speech by Sinwar at the conference, emphasizing the need to prepare for the day after the "liberation."

Referencing the May 2021 conflict against Israel, when, over 11 days, Hamas and Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
fired over 4,000 rockets and mortar shells at Israel, Sinwar said that that round of fighting "did not suddenly break out," but rather "the resistance had prepared for it with years of planning, training, military, and intelligence development."

The terror leader further predicted that the conflict with Israel "can end only with the implementation of the promise of victory and control that Allah gave us — that our people will live with dignity in its independent state with Jerusalem as its capital."

A former high-ranking Fatah member from Gaza who was well acquainted with the Hamas leadership recently spoke to Haaretz about another aspect of Hamas’s scheme for the "day after," namely the administrative division of "liberated Paleostine" into cantons.

The man said he was contacted by a well-known Hamas figure who informed him that Hamas was "preparing a full list of committee heads for the cantons that will be created in Paleostine." In 2021, he was reportedly offered the chairmanship of the "Zarnuqa" committee, named after the Arab village where his family lived before 1948, that was slated to cover the cities of Ramle and Rehovot.

The Fatah official reportedly reacted to the Hamas offer in disbelief: "You’re out of your minds."

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The Grand Turk

Hamas' Haniyeh, Erdogan meet in Istanbul to discuss relocation to Turkey

2024-04-21

Hamas’ politburo head Ismail Haniyeh met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at his residence in Istanbul on Saturday. The meeting, which took place against the backdrop of reports that Hamas's political leadership is considering leaving Doha was attended by other senior Hamas officials, including Khaled Mashal.
Told ye

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Report: Hamas capabilities depleted, but terror group ‘remains in de facto control of swaths of Gaza’

2024-04-14

[IsraelTimes] Officials and sources close to Hamas tell Britain’s The Guardian newspaper that while the terror group’s capabilities have been depleted, it is far from defeated.

The report says Hamas “remains in de facto control of swaths of Gaza” and notes that fighters from the terror group have been spotted maintaining order on the streets of Khan Younis, just days after Israeli troops withdrew from the city.

The outlet also notes the tensions between the terror group’s leadership in Gaza and abroad, including “deep personal animosity” between Yahya Sinwar and Khaled Mashal.

Additionally, the report says Hamas is facing rising dissent within Gaza.

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Arabia

Qatar and US working to expel Hamas leaders from Doha, Saudi media outlet reports

2024-02-10

“If the Hamas war expands, we assuredly do not want it to expand here.”

[IsraelTimes] The United States and Qatar
Qatar

...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
are working on a joint plan to expel Hamas leaders from Doha, Saudi-funded news outlet al-Arabiya reports.

The media outlet did not provide further details and the claim has not been corroborated by any other sources.

Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh resides in Qatar, as do senior officials Moussa Abu Marzuk and Khaled Mashal.

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The Grand Turk

Hamas leaders hold secret meeting in Turkey - report

2023-12-18

[JPost] Shhhhh it's a secret
Senior Hamas officials held a secret meeting last week in Turkey, Israel's national broadcaster KAN revealed on Sunday night.

At the head of the meeting were Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas Saleh al-Arouri, who attended from his residence in Beirut, and former Hamas chief Khaled Mashal, who lives in the Qatari capital, Doha. Several other senior Hamas officials attended, according to KAN.

Turkey was deliberately chosen as the site of the meeting, as it was deemed safe enough for the leaders to meet there. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has continually used anti-Israel rhetoric since the start of the Israel-Hamas War, declaring Israel guilty of war crimes.

The meeting was held to coordinate Hamas's next steps in the current conflict with Israel.

Hamas leaders have yet to determine their next steps in the war, both within Gaza itself and the role of Iran-proxy group Hezbollah in Lebanon, but KAN reported that another hostage-prisoner deal may be on the table. On Sunday night, Egyptian officials stated that Israel and Hamas are both open to a renewed ceasefire and hostage release, although disagreements remain on how it would be implemented.

The Hamas leadership chose to hold their secret meeting in a third country abroad and not by technological means, such as a video conference or an encrypted phone call, to allow everyone to sit and speak together in a secure environment to prevent Israeli intelligence from infiltrating.

Somebody infiltrated, clearly.

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