Abu Ubaida, a spokeswoman for Hamas’s military al- Qassam Brigades, on Tuesday praised the Egyptian weapon assault on Israel and called for “escalation” on every front of the issue.
Abu Ubaida addressed the audience on the 200th day since Hamas viciously attacked Israeli citizens on October 7th, launching the Gaza War. He claimed that Hamas was anxious for more battle and that more Middle Eastern powers should attack Israel, even though the ensuing conflict has not gone well.
Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel on April 13, allegedly in retaliation for an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria on April 1 that resulted in the deaths of several senior Iranians ‘ Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ( IRGC ) members.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei publicly acknowledged the fact that the Persian invasion was almost entirely inadequate on Sunday because Israeli, American, British, and various allies ‘ forces intercepted Iran’s weaponry in trip. Khamenei said the number of weapons that really hit something in Israel was of” extra importance”, while the “main problem” was Iran’s metaphorical “emergence” as a military strength.
Iran’s assault” set fresh rules, drew crucial equations, and confused the foe and those behind it,” according to the Hamas spokeswoman on Tuesday, without actually destroying something of importance.
A man passes a poster urging the return of roughly 240 hostages taken hostage by Hamas during its assault on Israel on October 7. ( AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean )
Abu Ubaida pressed for more bloodshed in Jordan and the West Bank, which assisted in intercepting numerous robots Iran launched on April 13 against Israel.
We urge the Jordanian people to take up their stance and raise their voices, he said.
Yet as he demanded “escalation”, Abu Ubaida insisted Hamas is also involved in peace negotiations, although it has hardly budged on its realist needs. Those needs include that Israel entirely leave Gaza before Hamas even considers releasing any of the hostages that it seized on October 7.
The Hamas official claimed that the government of the job is attempting to impede efforts by the mediators to attain a peace agreement and is stalling in reaching a hostages-swap deal.
On Wednesday, Hamas released a video of one of its hostages, 23-year-old Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, committing another crime against humanity. Hassas occasionally makes these videos available as a form of psychological guerrilla against Israel.
Israeli Iron Dome air defense system launches to intercept missiles fired from Iran, in central Israel, Sunday, April 14, 2024. ( AP Photo/Tomer Neuberg )
In the video, Goldberg-Polin’s left arm is missing below the elbow, possibly having been severed in a grenade explosion when he was taken from the Nova music festival on October 7.
The hostage mentioned spending 200 days in captivity and missing a holiday, which would likely have been Passover on Monday, in the video, which was only a little under three minutes long. Security experts noted that there was no way to determine when the video was filmed or whether Goldberg-Polin is still alive today because his terrorist captors could have forced him to say anything in a video that had already been made.
The Biden administration reportedly received , the video two days ago, notified Goldberg- Polin’s family, and tasked the FBI hostage recovery unit with examining the tape for evidence.
” This video is another signal that Hamas is undeterred and wants to abuse us, the families of the hostages”, said the Tikva Forum, a group of hostage families. The Goldberg-Polin family has our heart broken, and we are grieving with them for Hamas ‘ cruelty and remorse.
The Tikva Forum also criticised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government for failing to tackle Hamas, advising it to use even harsher tactics like annexing Gaza and halting humanitarian aid in an effort to persuade the terrorists to release their hostages.
