Al-Aqsa Flood - Each Hamas Leader May Be A Target For Assassination
August 17, 2024•685 words
Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the deadly October 7 attack on Israel and appointment as the new leader of Hamas, has close ties to Iran.
Sinwar has been in Israel's sights since the beginning of the war, with Israeli army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari describing him as a "dead man" following the October attack. Killing Sinwar remains a priority for the Israeli army. ~ Kian Sharifi
Now appointed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Hamas military leader, Mohammed Deif are walking dead men.
The current situation involving the Israeli and Hamas leaders is very complex. It has a long history of conflict since the inception of Hamas in 1987. Yahya Sinwar, the newly appointed leader of Hamas, along with Mohammed Deif, the group's military commander, are both in highly dangerous situations, often referred to as "walking dead men" due to the intense targeting by Israeli intelligence, Mossad. This pursuit of Hamas leadership is part of Israel's broader strategy to weaken the group's influence and military capabilities.
Many of the top figures within Hamas, including Sinwar and Deif, were previously imprisoned in Israeli jails. These leaders were among the over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for the return of an Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit. For these individuals, time spent in the Israeli prison system was not merely a punishment but a learning opportunity. They often refer to it as an "academy" where they gained college-level education in Hebrew, sociology, psychology, political science, and the history of Zionism. These prisoners had access to Israeli newspapers and literature.
Upon their release and return to Gaza, however, these leaders did not emerge rehabilitated in the way one might expect from a liberal democracy. Instead, they returned to one of the most impoverished areas in the world, where freedom is limited, and the struggle for survival continues. Israelis and Palestinians refer to Gaza as an open-air prison, with less clean water and sporadic electrical outages. Many Hamas leaders have mentioned Israeli prison had clean running water and electricity everyday, a much easier life compared to everyday life in Gaza. Their time in prison provided them with a deep understanding of Israeli society, which they could potentially use in their ongoing conflict. Still, it did not change their fundamental opposition to Israel's apartheid policies.
The outcomes might be different in a society where rehabilitation leads to reintegration and opportunities for a better life. However, Israel, structured on Zionist ideals as a Jewish state, does not extend these opportunities equally to its non-Jewish population, particularly Palestinians. This exclusion has led to a society that some describe as an apartheid political system, with systemic racial discrimination against Palestinians, further complicating the prospects for peace and reconciliation.
And, now Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli military to kill all Hamas leadership, wherever they are in Gaza and outside of Gaza.
So far over 50,000 Gaza Palestinians killed and well over 300,000 Palestinians injured and 96% of the Gaza Palestinian population is displaced, homeless, living in tents and 100% of the Gaza population have been through extreme war trauma. Such trauma leads to mental health disorders such as Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Panic Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Dissociative Disorders, Chronic Pain, and Sleep Disorders.
Does the Israeli government and the 9.5 million Israeli citizens want 2.1 million Gaza Palestinians to have such mental health disorders for the next two or three generations?
Multiple NGOs and United Nations have estimated, it will take at least 10 years or more to remove all the rubble of bombed out homes, buildings, schools, universities, and unexploded ordinances in the Gaza strip.
Presently, over 50,000 bombs have been dropped by the Israeli military on the Gaza strip with a population of 2.1 million people, over 45,000 pregnant women, no clean sanitary water, no electricity, and approximately 14% of those bombs that were dropped by the Israeli military have not exploded, making Gaza an active minefield.
An absolute humanitarian catastrophe and a historical absurd act of genocide against Palestinians of Gaza.