Almost Heaven
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It is almost a month since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect in the Gaza Strip, and Hamas is taking advantage of the lull in the fighting to entrench itself by rearming, regrouping, recruiting new fighters, and tightening its grip on areas under its control.
For Hamas, US President Donald J. Trump's peace plan, announced in early October, is evidently nothing but a temporary ceasefire, or hudna, that should be exploited to ensure that the terror group, with the help of Qatar and Turkey, expands its political and military control over the Gaza Strip. This is precisely what Hamas has done for the past two decades. After each round of fighting with Israel ended in a ceasefire, the terror group would exploit the period of calm to restock and rebuild its military capabilities, eventually enabling it to launch its October 7, 2023, attack on Israel's southern communities.
Hamas still has not returned the bodies of all the Israeli hostages, despite repeated promises to honor the understandings of the ceasefire. This refusal, of course, is in violation of Trump's plan, which stipulates:
Read much more...https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22032/hamas-exploiting-trump-plan
For Hamas, US President Donald J. Trump's peace plan, announced in early October, is evidently nothing but a temporary ceasefire, or hudna, that should be exploited to ensure that the terror group, with the help of Qatar and Turkey, expands its political and military control over the Gaza Strip. This is precisely what Hamas has done for the past two decades. After each round of fighting with Israel ended in a ceasefire, the terror group would exploit the period of calm to restock and rebuild its military capabilities, eventually enabling it to launch its October 7, 2023, attack on Israel's southern communities.
Hamas still has not returned the bodies of all the Israeli hostages, despite repeated promises to honor the understandings of the ceasefire. This refusal, of course, is in violation of Trump's plan, which stipulates:
Read much more...https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22032/hamas-exploiting-trump-plan
