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The military wing of Hamas, the al-Qassam Brigades, announced that its fighters launched a surprise attack on Israeli forces southeast of Khan Yunis on Wednesday morning. According to the group, the fighters destroyed tanks, struck Israeli positions with mortars and explosive devices, and engaged soldiers in close-range combat inside residential buildings. A sniper also reportedly killed a Merkava 4 tank commander during the raid.
Retired Israeli major general Israel Ziv admitted in an interview on 103FM that the movement is reorganizing and regaining initiative.
“What we are seeing before our eyes is a new Hamas, a Hamas that is recovering. Hamas is reorganizing like it began—as a guerrilla organization,” he said, Maariv reported on Thursday.
His remarks echoed earlier warnings by retired major general Yitzhak Brik, who wrote in July that Hamas had already rebuilt to its pre-war strength. “Hamas now numbers about 40,000 resistance fighters, similar to its strength before the aggression began,” Brik wrote, adding that Israel’s soldiers face a “grim” reality.
Entirely believable. If you’re experiencing genocide, what are you going to do? Just let you and everyone you love be killed? No, you’re gonna fight back. Of course Al Qassam recruitment has been doing well.
Aka
Not to mention, during a genocide, it becomes necessary to arm every person part of the group being genocided. If the Israelis kill all the adults in Palestine, where does that leave the children? If the Israelis show they’re okay with murdering babies and toddlers with guns and knives, what other option is there?
In the face of such depravity, the only solution is for every person to fight because it’s all or nothing.