Abu Ubaydah, a spokesman for the Hamas militia al-Qassam Brigades, on Tuesday praised Iran’s missile attacks on Israel and called for “escalation” on all fronts of the conflict.
Abu Ubaydah talked October 7 marks the 200th day since Hamas started the Gaza war with brutal attacks on Israeli civilians. The ensuing war has not gone well for Hamas, but the terror group is eager for more fighting and said it hopes more Middle Eastern powers will follow Iran’s lead. By attacking Israel.
Iran launched On April 13, hundreds of drones and missiles were fired at Israel, ostensibly in response to the Israeli attack that killed several Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) leaders and others on April 1. This was in retaliation for an alleged airstrike in Syria.
The fact is that Iranian attacks were almost completely ineffective, as Israeli, US, British, and other allied forces intercepted Iranian weapons in flight. implicitly Admitted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said this on Sunday. Khamenei said the number of missiles that actually hit anything inside Israel was “of secondary importance” and the “main issue” was Iran’s symbolic “rise” as a military power.
A Hamas spokesperson similarly said Tuesday that Iran’s attacks did not necessarily destroy anything important, but rather “set new rules, guided critical equations, and confused our enemies and those behind them.” ” he claimed.
A man passes a sign calling for the return of the approximately 240 hostages abducted in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Irian)
Abu Ubaydah called for more violence in the West Bank and Jordan, which allowed Iran to intercept many of the drones it launched against Israel on April 13.
“We call on Jordanians to step up their action and raise their voices.”
While calling for “escalation,” Abu Ubaydah insisted that Hamas remained committed to its maximalist demands and was still participating in ceasefire negotiations. These demands include Israel’s complete withdrawal from Gaza before considering releasing the civilian hostages taken by Hamas on October 7th.
“The occupation government is stuck in concluding a hostage exchange agreement and is trying to thwart the mediator’s efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement,” a Hamas spokesperson claimed.
Hamas committed the following crimes against humanity on Wednesday: release video One of the hostages, 23-year-old Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg Pollin. Hamas regularly releases such videos as a form of psychological warfare against Israel.
Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system is launched to intercept a missile fired from Iran in central Israel on Sunday, April 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Tomer Neuberg)
In the video, Goldberg-Pollin’s left arm is missing below the elbow, possibly severed by a grenade explosion during her abduction from the Nova Music Festival on October 7.
In the video, which is just under three minutes long, the hostages noted that they had spent 200 days in captivity and had missed a holiday, which was likely Passover on Monday. However, security analysts have questioned when the video was taken and whether Goldberg-Pollin could have been made to say anything on the pre-recorded video by the terrorist’s captors at any time.・He pointed out that there is no way to know if Porin is still alive.
Biden administration reportedly received Goldberg-Pollin’s family was notified of the video two days ago, and the FBI’s Hostage Recovery Unit was ordered to examine the evidence on the tape.
“This video is yet another signal that Hamas is undaunted and willing to abuse our hostage families,” said hostage family organization Tikva Forum. “Our hearts go out to the Goldberg-Pollin family and we grieve with them about the brutality and hatred of Hamas.”
The Tikva Forum also criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government for not taking a hard enough stance against Hamas, including annexing Gaza territory and halting humanitarian aid shipments to pressure terrorists to release hostages. It advised the government to use tougher tactics.
