Hamas
“One thing that is not acceptable to the Trump administration is to compromise Israel’s security in any manner whatsoever,” said U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh emerges from his hideout as an unofficial ceasefire between Israel and the terrorist group appears to take hold • IDF bolsters its forces on Gaza border as it braces for a mass demonstration planned for the one-year anniversary of the “March of Return” weekly protests on March 30.
Leadership of the terror group that controls Gaza understands that if it pushes too hard, it will provoke a military operation that could threaten the survival of its regime, say Israeli sources.
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While Hamas was launching missiles at Israel’s civilian population, its Al-Aqsa TV was broadcasting calls to murder Israelis.
Gaza activists launched the “Want to Live” campaign on March 14, protesting the high cost of living, rising prices and unemployment in the Gaza Strip.
Officials warn that any Gazan who relays information about the location of its forces or launching pads risks being charged with treason.
“In the last 24 hours, the IDF destroyed major Hamas terrorist installations on a scale not seen since the end of the military operation in Gaza four years ago,” said the Israeli prime minister.
After heightened tensions in security wings following the Israel Prison Service crackdown on contraband cellphones, Hamas prisoners use a shiv to stab two guards • One guard seriously wounded in the neck • Riot erupts, resulting in injuries among prisoners.
The IDF reported targeting Hamas’s secret military intelligence headquarters and striking military bases, entrances to tunnels, observation posts and rocket launchpads.
“We have just started striking Hamas targets throughout the Gaza Strip,” the IDF Spokesperson Unit wrote on Twitter.
Eleven days after Hamas fired two rockets in the direction of Tel Aviv—in what it claimed was “an accidental” maintenance error—this time, it appears as if the organization’s addiction to gambling and upping the ante to extract concessions from Israel has led it to commit a serious mistake, one that will come with punishing repercussions.
Two Hamas reconnaissance posts were struck in the Israeli reprisals.
