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Hamas doesn’t value its own people
If you ever needed proof that Hamas doesn’t care about its own people, you only need to look at this example.
There is one humanitarian border crossing between Israel and Gaza, the Kerem Shalom crossing. This is where 2,500 truckloads of humanitarian aid is shipped into Gaza every week from Israel. It is also home to the only gas and oil pipelines into Gaza.
In May, Hamas terrorists attacked the Kerem Shalom crossing THREE TIMES in two weeks.
On the second and third attempts the terrorists managed to set re to pipelines, causing massive damage to ow of fuel into Gaza. Hospitals in Gaza warned that they only had a few days fuel supply for their generators. Hamas was putting their own people’s lives at risk.
This is the only crossing that provides fuel, food and medical supplies from Israel into Gaza. Gaza is already struggling to provide all of these things to its people. Why then would Hamas, the ruling body of Gaza attack its only lifeline?
Gas pipeline on re
The Incitement of Hamas
We want to be clear here. Hamas, the terrorist organisation that controls the Gaza strip, is responsible for every death at the Gaza border. Hamas leaders spoke regularly in the “family zone”, many of them were lmed stirring up the crowds and sending them “to battle” at the border fence.
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the top man in Hamas, was lmed at the protests during April, surrounded by bodyguards and declaring to those gathered, “We will take down the border (with Israel) and we will tear out their hearts from their bodies.” He also bragged about their tactics of in ltrating militants into civilian crowds as surprising the enemy.
In another video from the family zone, groups of Palestinian men chant “Kill the Jews”. This chant was lmed many times throughout the
Thankfully, Israel worked to repair the pipelines and in the meantime delivered emergency shipments of fuel into Gaza to help alleviate the shortage. Hamas refused any medical aid shipments from Israel for a few days in protest.
protests. Note here they are not saying, “We want freedom”, or even, “Kill the IDF”, they are instead highlighting that their true hate is for the Jews.
When Hamas’s Political Bureau Chairman, Ismail Haniyeh, one of the most recognisable
“We will take down the border and we will tear out their hearts from their bodies.”
- Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (pictured centre)
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