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May 17 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Israel's IDF said today that "The bodies of the hostages Yitzhak Gelernter, Shani Louk, and Amit Buskila were rescued overnight during a joint IDF and ISA operation. Based on verified intelligence in our possession, Yitzhak Gelernter, Shani Louk, and Amit Buskila were murdered during the October 7th Massacre at the Mefalsim Intersection, and their bodies were abducted to Gaza."
This is a reminder that Hamas has not been charged with crimes against humanity yet and it continued to receive a lot of backing from intl NGOs...and it is ALSO a reminder of how so many voices tried to prevent an IDF operation in Gaza because they wanted to let Hamas keep holding bodies as leverage, just as Hamas did with the bodies of Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin, which Hamas illegally held for a decade and which Hamas continues to hold.
The criminal organization Hamas holds living and dead hostages in Gaza. In some cases it took them to medical facilities where they were likely seen by all the intl orgs that work there...but those orgs have a kind of omerta with the Hamas cartel...and so they don't speak up about this group.
A number of NGOs continue to talk about Hamas as "law and order" and praise it quietly...how is it "law and order" to parade the dead body of a person through the streets as Hamas did with Shani Louk on October 7. What I don't understand that there isn't one condemnation for what Hamas did from the Red Cross, UN or so many of these groups. Many NGOs continue to quietly partner with Hamas and prefer Hamas rule to the PA. Why? There is something deeply disgusting about it.

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May 19
Another example of the Hamas crime against humanity. Hamas, which is backed by Ankara, Doha, Tehran, Moscow, carried out the Oct. 7 massacre knowing it would spark a huge war and Hamas didn’t care about the children of Gaza when it did this. Hamas illegally plunged the kids into a war that they had no say in. Hamas genociders didn’t ask the kids, and their billionaire leadership that relaxes abroad didn’t ask or find educational solutions.
The biggest crime here is that Hamas is backed by two western allies. They host the Hamas leaders and they backed Oct 7. They collaborated to cause this horrid war and deny children in Gaza a right to an education. While Hamas leaders all profit and benefit in Doha…the kids suffer. The chauvinist male leadership of Hamas relaxes and takes away the future of kids
It’s worth noting that Hamas illegally took over Gaza in 2007 and western NGOs partnered with it…instead of opposing it…empowering this crime against humanity and endless war the poor people of Gaza have been stuck with since Hamas took over
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May 17
It will be interesting if we ever learn the timing of when the tunnels to Egypt from Rafah, or the smuggling began to increase...

In 2012 Hamas leaders moved to Qatar. That was when Morsi of the MB was running Egypt. At the time it was assumed that the MB and groups like it would sweep the region in the wake of the Arab Spring and extremists exploiting the "spring" with support from Doha and Ankara.
By 2013 Sisi was in charge in Egypt, and one thing that he wanted to stop was the insurgency in Sinai. It took years to do that. Hamas in Gaza had exploited the chaos in Sinai and also chaos in Libya and elsewhere to benefit. There was a conflict in 2012 and 2014.
Israel and Egypt security ties related to the threat of ISIS and other extremists in Sinai were positive ties. We know that Egypt was willing to rethink regional strategy at the time, it was concerned about regional chaos, it even continued low level ties to the Syrian regime
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May 16
I believe the goal of Hamas is to leverage Oct. 7 to come to power in the West Bank. Working with Fatah would be one step on that road. It's important to understand that Hamas has a lot more backing abroad today than the PA. Hamas is backed by Ankara, Doha, Tehran and also by Moscow, and probably also Beijing. The PA is being starved of resources. Hamas is making its moves.
Israel's leadership has opposed the PA running Gaza because of the concerns about Fatah. This has led to arguments that Hamas shouldn't be replaced by Fatah. However...in the end of the day Israel is being handed a fait accompli...that Hamas is already seeking to move closer to the PA's factions
The big concern everyone should have is that Hamas uses the fact that Israel opposes it and the PA to coopt the PA to its cause and that it can then infiltrate the West Bank and the PA institutions under the guise of "technocrats"....and then slowly take over from within.
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May 16
I’m on the Gaza border today visiting several sites related to the humanitarian aid crossings and covering several stories. One thing I was struck by was the thought that the current debate in Israel over plans for the “day after” are only a tip of the iceberg of the larger question of reconstruction
If the war ends there is going to be a battle to “win the peace”….which means the countries that back Hamas will want to do the reconstruction and that means rebuilding the tunnels and bringing in more weapons as they did after 2009.
Today in Israel there is a debate about how to find a non-Hamas governing authority and the leadership is saying that they don’t want Hamas or Fatah, they don’t want the PA in Gaza. This inevitably means Hamas returns to power. They say that one can’t plan for after until Hamas is totally defeated, which so far it isn’t.
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May 15
The US-built floating pier could be operational in coming days according to a briefing today. The pier will be off the coast of Gaza and will enable a new maritime corridor from Cyprus where cargo ships will arrive at the. pier and offload goods, then the items will be put on trucks to be shuttled to shore on smaller ships that offload them to a pier affixed to the shore; then the goods go inland.

A few takeaways from the briefing.
United States Agency for International Development Response Director Dan Dieckhaus and Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, Deputy Commander, United States Central Command spoke at the briefing. It was insightful into how this important mission is being characterized.
The briefing stressed that this maritime corridor is additive, it augments current aid delivery, it is NOT intended to replace any other crossings. For instance, the closed Rafah crossing with Egypt and Gaza still should be opened.
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May 15
Israel's Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant puts out an important statement pressing the government to finally come up with a strategy in Gaza after seven months.

"We must dismantle Hamas’ governing capabilities in Gaza. The key to this goal is military action, and the establishment of a governing alternative in Gaza. In the absence of such an alternative, only two negative options remain: Hamas’ rule in Gaza, or Israeli military rule in Gaza."
"The meaning of indecision, is choosing one of the negative options - it would erode our military achievements, lessen the pressure on Hamas, and sabotage the chances of achieving a framework for the release of hostages. Already in October, on the night of our military maneuver [into Gaza], the defense establishment presented its war plan to the Cabinet, stating that it will be necessary to destroy Hamas battalions, while simultaneously working to establish a local, non-hostile Palestinian governing alternative."
"Since October, I have been raising this issue consistently in the Cabinet, and have received no response. The end of the military campaign must come together with political action. The 'day after Hamas,' will only be achieved with Palestinian entities taking control of Gaza, accompanied by international actors, establishing a governing alternative to Hamas’ rule. This, above all, is an interest of the State of Israel. Unfortunately, this issue was not raised for debate and worse, An alternative was not raised in its replacement. Indecision, is in essence, a decision - this leads to a dangerous course, which promotes the idea of Israeli military and civilian governance in Gaza. This is a negative and dangerous option for the State of Israel strategically, militarily, and from a security standpoint."
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