Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza by Israeli forces, officials say - ABC News
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Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, Israel Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Thursday.
Sinwar has been credited as the mastermind behind the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that led to the deaths of 1,200 people, the worst terrorist attack in Israel's history.
"The master murderer Yahya Sinwar, who is responsible for the massacre and atrocities of October 7, was killed" by Israel Defense Forces soldiers, Katz said in a statement. "This is a great military and moral achievement for Israel and a victory for the entire free world against the evil axis of extreme Islam led by Iran."
Hamas Gaza Chief Yahya Sinwar and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh take part in the funeral of senior militant Mazen Fuqaha in Gaza City Mar. 25, 2017.Mohammed Salem/Reuters
Sinwar, 62, had served as Hamas' leader in Gaza since 2017 and assumed leadership of the group's political bureau after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Iran this July.
Israeli authorities said they had been pursuing Sinwar for a year and that he had been hiding "behind the civilian population of Gaza, both above and below ground in Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip." The IDF and Israel Security Agency said their operations in recent weeks in southern Gaza restricted his movement and "led to his elimination" on Wednesday.
"Sinwar died while beaten, persecuted and on the run -- he didn't die as a commander, but as someone who only cared for himself," Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant said in a statement. "This is a clear message to all of our enemies - the IDF will reach anyone who attempts to harm the citizens of Israel or our security forces, and we will bring you to justice."
The IDF initially said they were "checking the possibility" that the Hamas leader was among three militants killed in an operation in Gaza and were working to confirm identification through dental images and DNA testing.
Israeli police said there is a "definitive identification" of Sinwar's assassination based on a comparison of dental records and fingerprint matching.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heralded his death as "an important landmark in the decline of the evil rule of Hamas" in a video address.
A demonstrator holds a sign about the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar during a protest calling for a cease-fire deal and the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel.Ariel Schalit/AP
Katz said Sinwar's death "creates a possibility for the immediate release of the abductees and to bring about a change that will lead to a new reality in Gaza -- without Hamas and without Iranian control."
Israeli President Isaac Herzog also said in a statement that Israel "must act in every way possible to bring back the 101 hostages" still in Gaza.
Netanyahu said that to those who peacefully return the hostages, "we will allow him to go out and live."
"The return of our hostages is an opportunity to achieve all our goals and it brings the end of the war closer," he said.
The head of the political wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar attends a rally in support of Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque in Gaza City, Oct. 1, 2022.Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images
President Joe Biden said in a statement that he directed Special Operations personnel and intelligence professionals to "work side-by-side with their Israeli counterparts to help locate and track Sinwar" and other Hamas leaders hiding in Gaza.
"There has rarely been a military campaign like this, with Hamas leaders living and moving through hundreds of miles of tunnels, organized in multiple stories underground, determined to protect themselves with no care for the civilians suffering above ground," he said. "Today, however, proves once again that no terrorists anywhere in the world can escape justice, no matter how long it takes."
Biden said it is a "good day" for Israel, the U.S. and the world, and likened Israelis' reactions to the death to "scenes witnessed throughout the United States after President Obama ordered the raid to kill Osama Bin Laden in 2011."
Biden said he will be speaking with Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders to "discuss the pathway for bringing the hostages home to their families, and for ending this war once and for all, which has caused so much devastation to innocent people."
Seven Americans are among the 101 hostages remaining in Gaza, four of whom are believed to still be alive, Biden said.
During remarks while at a campaign stop in Milwaukee, Vice President Kamala Harris said Sinwar has "blood on his hands" and assured that "any terrorist who kills Americans, threatens the American people or threatens our troops or our interests, know this, we will always bring you to justice."
In 1989, an Israeli court sentenced Sinwar to four life sentences for his role in killing suspected Palestinian informers and plotting to murder two Israeli soldiers.
Sinwar spent the following 22 years in prison before becoming one of more than 1,000 Palestinian detainees released in 2011 in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been held hostage by Hamas for five years.
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Congratulations to the Israeli Defense Forces for bringing a murderous terrorist to much deserved justice.
I even just saw a report about a woman in Gaza hoping he rots in hell.
Another one bites the dust!
I suppose the big question now is-- who will replace him? Will Hamas' new leader continue the way Sinwar has-- or wil the new leader be willing to accept a comprise and make peace?
They're reporting that one possible replacement is his brother, another hard-line terrorist.
Maybe they should rethink being terrorist and find something constructive to do with their life's.
gone to join all the other religious radicals in history ...
Some Gazans support Hamas-- but many don't.(Of course the ones that realize what he has done to them are usually afraid to speak out...)
Does this mean the war is over? Not while Netanyahu has a say.
This probably means the end for any remaining hostages, sadly.
The day they were kidnapped was the probable end for many, if not most, of the hostages.
letting hamas and hezbollah kill off all the hostages in retaliation would solve bibi's biggest problem at home ...
I don't think so. His biggest problem is his criminal indictment.
he and the ultra nationalists will take another run at destroying the israeli judicial system and getting him off the hook after he elevates himself to war hero status ...
One of my local cousins got an email from one of our Israeli cousins this week, who serves in the IDF reserves. He said: "Our government is... terrible and Bibi does not take responsibility and doesn't step down. The brave people of Israel deserve better than our corrupt politicians."
I think I will trust his opinion over the opinion of American right wingers.
I feel for the israeli people. they suffer from the problem we're facing in 19 days. a corrupt autocrat back by a bunch of radical religious extremists. bibi needs to take the point and lead the next ground assault in gaza ...
Netanyahu did not start this war. The ending of the war has nothing to do with Netanyahu, it has to do with the fact that the Hamas militants will not give up, will not surrender, will not stop trying to kill Jews until the last militant is dead and gone. As I've said time after time, since they are devout Muslims they will fight the Jews and kill them in order to bring forth The Day of Judgment, as they are commanded to do in their holy Quran, and if they die in the process they have been promised to be able to sojourn in The Garden of Allen forever deflowering and enjoying their 72 virgins. You can kill a snake by cutting off its head but it's already been proven by Hezbollah that even if you cut off the head of its snake, it will not stop them from carrying out what the Quran commands them to do.
Unfortunately these people will be fighting long after you and me and probably everyone on this forum is gone. Hopefully Netanyahu will be gone too by that time but you never know.
The idea that Israel can bomb its way to peace is delusional.
Have you ever known any devout Muslims? I've known several over the years and not a single one of them would ever think of killing a Jew or anyone.
a common theme among all 3 abrahamic radical religious wack jobs ...
Yes, you've met decent peaceful Muslims, so have I, in Israel, and even here. Have you ever met a terrorist Hamas militant? This Imam would not have been able to get away with saying this in Canada, but in America it's not considered hate speech, or an incentive or "justification" for killing Jews, it's your HOLY free speech that permits it.
It's permitted because it's a quotation from the "HOLY QURAN", the Muslim bible. It's part of the HOLY QURAN's command for Muslims to kill Jews. IT WILL NEVER END
You might despise Netanyahu, but you would be a fool if you did not believe this, that he said:
Heck no.
A rephrasing of Prime Minister Golda Meir's famous quote from the 1970's:
Remains true to this day.
I KNEW she said it first, and I looked for a meme of her saying it, but all I could find were ones with Netanyahu repeating it.
Interestingly enough she was born in Kyiv in 1898 and her family was forced to flee to Milwaukee, WI in 1906 due to the anti-Semitism in Russian held Ukraine when she was quite young. She was a fascinating woman.
My mother was also born in Kiev (as it was spelled then) and she and her parents and sisters and brother immigrated to Hamilton, Ontario to join my grandfather's 2 brothers and their families, and where she met and married my father who had fled White Russia when he was only 13. They met and married in Hamilton, where I and my brother were born and grew up. I have both Russian and Ukrainian blood running through my veins and will take no sides in that conflict, but I am not at all conflicted about which side I'm totally on in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
probably some Viking as well.
LOL As long as it isn't Atilla the Hun.
That comment is describing fatalism. Moreover, it clearly indicates that the Koran and its adjoining religion Islam is the root of the problem in the region. As the people can't change until they modify that which they hold to be unchangeable and unswerving. . .their belief system.
There is unfortunately no solution to the problem for Israel. Because holy books can't change their 'stripes' or wordings. Therefore, no 'relief' will be coming in any of our lifetimes.
You know, now that I have 'awaken' to the realization that the Palestinian-Israel conflicts and repeat wars have been going on intermittently all my life. . . oddly, it really disturbs me. The region is stuck. . . 'fast.' And by extension, so is every American president to ever come to power. A genuine real-world 'never-ending' crisis in the Middle East.
On a lighter note: Of course, Netanyahu will be gone in "our" lifetime! Barring some unexpected and unheard of scientific technique/discover, he will have no choice.
Nobody can come up with a solution to this "never-ending war", so I will soon post on one of my groups a solution, perhaps the only one, due to the success of the DECLARED TERRORIST HAMAS MILITANTS of their psychological propaganda war turning the world into blaming Israel for constantly being attacked by its neighbours - yes, the whole world including members on this very web site.
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Bullshit! Both Harris and Biden congratulated Israel on the kill!
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no statement from trump ...
Israel trading 1000 detainees for a single soldier back in 2011 was stupid. they should have pulled 10 Palestinian terrorists out of prison every day and executed them until the soldier was released.
The death penalty is illegal in Israel.
(So they have many terrorists who murdered many israelis in their jails. They are treated well (some have even gotten college degrees by taking course by mail).
Only exceptions:
Currently the only crimes that are capital crimes in Israel are for crimes against humanity and treason .
It should be well known that the Palestinian terrorists who are in Israeli jails are financially supported with the donations and financial aid provided to the Palestinian government, and when a Palestinian terrorist is killed, their families are supported with your and my tax dollars as well, at least with what's left after the leaders have stashed a bundle in Switzerland.
The only time the death penalty was imposed in Israel that I'm aware of was to eliminate Adolf Eichmann. I don't think many people in the world would have complained about that.
IMO it's an opinion about the differing values of Jews as opposed to Palestinian terrorists.
the willful ignorance exhibited by others concerning the atrocities committed against palestinians by illegal settlers and backed by the IDF in the occupied west bank isn't my problem. hopefully the influx of US service members operating US military equipment are those that would be easily mistaken by israeli ultra nationalists for non-jewish citizens by those illegal settlers and the IDF when they're in off duty civilian clothes, and armed.
My opinions are affected by personal experiences I've had during the times I was in Israel. Are yours?
I'll avoid visiting theocracies that practice apartheid, but do find it interesting to observe the often repeated human phenomena of some individuals that make the transition from victims to victimizers and then try to justify it ...
That "generalized" comment that slurs the Israeli Jews is well recognized. Antisemitism is obvious to many of us.
when does "never return" equal 13 hours? why is it so difficult for some misinformed people to keep their word?
What word? I don't see any word. Can anyone see what that comment refers to?
I guess everyone reading this will have to take my word about the childish meta threat that I deleted. however, you can find that deleted comment on your ticket list ...
With a comment intimating that Israel was an apartheid nation - Israel, that has a 20% Muslim population, has Muslims in the government, as teachers in the schools, as soldiers in the armed forces, as mayors of towns and villages, as doctors and nurses in the hospitals, has a judge sitting on its Supreme Court, is apartheid? If that can be believed, so can any comment, even "taking that person's word".
Are the non-Jewish inhabitants of Gazza and the West bank treated as second class citizens by the Israeli government ?
Yes or no
Are the Jewish settlers in the West Bank afforded different privileges and levels of protection?
Yes or no?
Are normal everyday "Palestinians' treated like A human beings first and potential terrorist second or B the other away round?
A or B ?
He certainly contributed to the situation by condemning most negotiated solutions and by being an expansionist trying to legalize Jewish settlements in the West bank as recently as June.
Who gets to vote in Israel’s version of democracy
Jan 3, 2019 · In the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, where Israel exercises absolute and direct control on a daily basis, 650,000 Jewish settlers can vote while 2,953,000 Palestinians in the exact same territory cannot.
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Is the West Bank part of Israel or not? If it is why cant the Palestinians vote? If its not why is Israel occupying it?
Your argument that Muslims are happy in Israel is misleading at best.
I was talking about your comment saying what a terrible person I was and how you were going to take your ball and go home never to return, and I deleted it as meta. I don't know wtf you're talking about, or why you're still here.
Are Canadians treated as second class citizens by the American government? I thought the whole world knows that Gaza (spelling) and The West Bank were not sovereign Israeli lands. Most of the world has indicated that they are part of a Palestinian State.
They need to be. According to you they are "strangers in a strange land".
That depends on individual cases. If they suicide bomb a crowded pizza parlour killing Jewish CHILDREN (Did I make that as prejudicial as the world's media does?) or blow up a peaceful Passover seder slaughtering Jewish WOMEN and CHILDREN or set off a bus bomb to kill many innocent WOMEN and CHILDREN, especially CHILDREN, because after all, the Israeli military doesn't use them as human shields like Hamas does, THEN they just might be considered terrorists.
I have to agree with that. He does stubbornly insist that Israel control the Philadelphi Corridor (the Gaza border with Egypt) which is through which Hamas imports the weapons it uses to kill Jews.
Isn't the West Bank considered by the PA to be Palestinian lands? Why can't their citizens vote in Palestinian elections. It's not Israel that doesn't give them that privilege, it should be the PA, but maybe if they WERE allowed to vote Abbas may be afraid he will be replaced.
First of all, point out to me where I DID say that, but then I HAVE met Muslims in Israel, sat down with them for dinner, and they were DAMNED happy to be in Israel rather than ANY other Muslim country. Have you ever done that?
So its not part of Israel. So why is Israel occupying and completely controlling that area ?
Really? Thank you, I love fairy tales.
Are you telling me I'm not entitled to comment here? I'm here because I love you so much and borrowing a line from Mr. Darcy's dialogue with Lizzie Bennet from Pride and Prejudice: "I never want to be parted from you from this day on."
Well, I would guess it's an attempt to limit the amount of terrorism, the attacks on Jews, so often carried out by the Palestinians. Surely you don't disagree with that, do you?
An occupied people is never going to accept that occupation. Your idea of the future of the Palestinians seems to be "tough shit". Do you seriously believe that is going to bring security to Israel ?
Ask somebody else. I'm getting damned tired being the only person here who strongly defends Israel when others who are critical of it are attempting to nail me to the wall. I'm DONE.
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And yet Netanyahu and the current Kinnessett (spelling) were ready in June of 2024 to declare 5 illegal settlements legal and therefore part of Israel with full benefits for the Jewish squatters, in the WB.
Your Israel just carpet bombed an entire city to rubble and killed
in the sovereign enclave formerly known as the Gazza Strip,
in retaliation for 1,200 people horrifically killed on OCT 7 - please tell us when enough is enough. Benny seems to think he is the SS commander when the Germans returned to the Warsaw Ghetto to kill every last Jewish terrorist in the ghetto, even the thousands who surrendered were murdered in cold blood in the streets of Warsaw. That's what Benny wants. and it isn't possible, hasn't worked in 76 years for this British/UN declared enclave.
Hamas is not Gaza (spelling)
Hamas is not the West Bank
Sorry to say that no matter how large a font you pick, we aren't going to agree.
No more so than I would agree with the Catholic Crusaders or Inquisitors.
No more than my extended Jewish American family believes Israel holds any moral high ground.
Two wrongs compounded by a dozen more wrongs are just a pile of wrongs.
How I feel has already been posted here and elsewhere over and over and over and I'm not going to waste my time explaining my opinions over and over and over again for everyone here who are obviously happy to throw Israel to the wolves. Remember what Iran has said - First the little Satan and then the big Satan, but the big Satan won't have the little Satan there to stop it from happening. Don't even DREAM that 9/11 can't happen again, in SPADES. Watch the movie The Sum of All Fears again. It's amazing how life often imitates art.
Really? I hope Dev leaves that for a site mod to deal with!
Jon Oliver devoted an episode of Last Week Tonight to this.
It's deplorable.
Jon Oliver is British trash preying on the simple minded.
I saw something years ago breaking down how Oliver's entire show is simply repetition of the basic principles of mental conditioning. He make a very shallow, quick argument or straw man attack , follows that by making a joke or absurd metaphor with a laughter overlayed targeting the rival position that also serves to stop anyone from thinking about the shallowness of the original argument, and repeats over and over for the segment.
Informing the viewer is not the point, but to condition the viewer to subconsciously scoff at the opposing viewpoint by associating it with mocking laughter. .
This is not directed to Sean
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Also, you can not give out tickets where you are an active participant in the thread.
That's all absurd nonsense.
Yeah, too bad he doesnt have the steel trap mind of Donald Trump or Tucker Carlson. /s
Buzz, forgive me, ahead of time if I offend. But, . . .strangely I enjoyed the back and forth between you and several other members. . . not because it was 'arguing' but because it 'dug' down deeper into the problem(s) in the Middle East. As you have stated, you have "lived" it. . .by living there and talking to people.
I remember the Covid-19 "China virus" debacle Crooked Donald started. . . and you had to speak up for China because you know the Chinese government differently than he was portraying the country and its people.
We're not against you. Or, at least, we should not be.
That said, there are questions. . . .
For example, since this morning when I joined this article, I have had two observations/questions come to mind that I wanted to ask 'somebody' (yes, I know whom I wanted to ask but I won't spotlight individuals here) but I thought better of doing so. . .until right now.
1. I, in my heart, wonder why 'warring parties' overseas "jell" here and can exist even live on the same streets in America. I have tactfully not asked the question before because I did not want to jinx these circumstances.. But, it is true. What is it about living in other parts of the world makes fighting people. . . for lack of a better word- calm? (This is Ukrainians-Russians; 'warring parties' in Africa; Syrians and 'whomever" they fight; Palestinians and Israelis, and so forth and so on. There are mixed religious folks - including Indians and Pakistanis (of the disputed Kashmir region dispute - living on my very street.)
2. This occupation of the West Bank is it real? If so, say so. It is not your doing.
Governments do. . .these things and some of us are simply trying to ferret out how we got here in international politics, because we have not been following it. . .as much/often as those who have a vested interest in those places. Yet, now it is becoming more of an 'every man's' reason to understand and in some ways relate.
Lastly, I am sure the above is not articulated well by me. The subject matter is 'ripe' for misunderstanding and questioning motives for asking . . . but I assure you I don't hold you or anybody else personally accountable for what Israel does or what Israel does not do. Or what Palestinians do or don't do. You have every right to support Israel . . . and you have good company: The United States of America backs up Israel.
But, that said, some of us have long-kept questions about the region. And, you are an 'added' source for answers. And, I am a firm believer in asking good questions - getting good answers!
(Sheepishly, holding my hat in my hand, thank you for listening.)
As I 'stand' up for civilian life everywhere I am compelled to be consistent and agree with this comment and what it seeks to convey. Thus, I want to be clear as to why I vote it up.
The complexity of this crisis area is in some ways: Mind-blowing.
And by now a thousand Americans are in Israel to set up a THAD missile defense network.
It's most likely that 98% of them are gentiles put in the same harm as the IDF and Israeli civilian.
That isn't throwing Israel to the wolves, and it's probably the beginning of "the creep" of more units, more personnel being transferred to Israel. The gradual sucking in of America, again.
Fuck Iran and to hell with your mean pessimism.
Contrary to some here, you are NOT offending me. But what you are asking me would in a reply be very personal and private so I would ask you to repeat your comment in a Private Note to me.
I had read that it was one unit and 100 personnel. Can you link to a source tor your statement. Well, yes, I DO admit that I am pessimistic about the whole world's treatment of Israel. And notwithstanding the provision of a defence-only unit, your government HAS issued threats of withholding arms for Israel.
That's hive minded drone nonsense unlike any I've ever heard before.
He is not the trash here.
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Yes 100 per Thad unit.
2,000 have been put on alert for immediate deployment and Biden is set to visit Israel.
Bing Videos
Yes because Benny is withholding food and water to the refugees from Gazza and he doesn't need any more 2000lb bombs. He should be asking for humanitarian aid, but he keeps that from Gaza as well
Biden recently authorized release of half of the 1,800 2,000 lb bombs and 1,200 500 lb bombs because of concerns for civilians and the fact there are no real targets left that require a 2,000lb bomb.
US sending Israel some heavy bombs that Biden withheld ahead of Rafah op | The Times of Israel
What We Know About the Weapons the U.S. Sends to Israel - The New York Times
Wow. Hamas' propaganda is REALLY effective. Hamas is hijacking the aid that is being sent, keeping it for themselves and to sell for exorbitant prices to the civilians. Hamas' use of psychological propaganda, as they've been trained to do REALLY works. They've ALREADY won the propaganda war.
By the way, if they're refugees from (as you spell it) Gazza, where are they? Egypt? If so, is Egypt starving them? Or is this just another avenue to "BLAME ISRAEL".
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same thing with the 10 americans held hostage. 10 cruise missiles a day landing on iranian infrastructure until their terrorist proxies release them ...
oh wait, iran likes hostages and ransom. put all iranian college students in the US in detention for a year and then ransom their wealthy iranian relatives ...
I'm not sure about this-- but I wonder if there are any Iranian students (i.e. those with iranian citizenship) in the U.S,?
And if there are any Iranians, they are probably all legal immigrants (?).
There are a lot of legal Iranian immigrants in the LA area--- in fact one was mayor of Beverly Hills!
Jamshid "Jimmy" Delshad (Persian: جمشید «جیمی» دلشاد) is an Iranian-American politician in the state of California. He became Mayor of Beverly Hills on March 21, 2007 when he was sworn in by Fred Hayman, and again on March 16, 2010. He is the first Iranian-American to hold public office in Beverly Hills.
(I've known some Iranian-Americans-- they insist on being called "Persians" -- or "Persian-Americans"). They are poud of their heritage. (They are not Arabs-- rather they are descendents of people of the ancient Persian Empire)
I can assure you that there are iranian, chinese, and russian college students in the US ...
I can assure you that there are iranian, chinese, and russian college students in the US ...
No need to assure me. I knmow there are. In fact I've met some.
(Many of the Chinese consistantly get higher grades than most other groups...in fact its a known fact that most universities discriminate agaisnt Chinese kids because if they choose students based on merit-- the Chinese kids would make up an overwhelming number of students in Universities).
Ditto South Korean students.
I'm referring to iranian, chinese, and russian nationals ...
Dense is cute only for so long......
OIC.
Thanks for the information. I knew there had been in the past, but had thought their numbers had dwindled.
I wonder what their governments think of that (apparently they approve? Or just that there's nothing they can do to change that?)
Even though America is afraid to allow many Chinese students get education visas. there are lots of other countries that do. One reason they do is because many get to remain in those countries and their superior abilities are a boon to those countries. I know how bright Chinese students can be, because I was their teacher.
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Good riddance
I agree.
Who doesn't? The problem is that although most forms of life will die when its head is chopped off, terrorists heads seem to regenerate as already established by Hezbollah.
They are large and well organized entities.
The best part is the SOB saw it coming.
I hope it wasn't instant death; he deserved to suffer tremendous pain as well.
They showed a video on the news tonight of what might have been Sinwar's last seconds. The guy in the video had one of his hands blown off from an explosion that just occurred, and he threw a piece of wood at the drone just before he got killed by the second explosion.
I really like it when religious radicals get blown up ...
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Awesome.
... and I'm not very particular about which ones, out of any of the 3 abrahamic religions.
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The whack-a-mole board of Hamas terrorists in Gaza keeps getting smaller and smaller. Kudos to Israel and the IDF. Keep the momentum going.
It really does seem like nothing will stop them-- as soon as one is eliminated another appears to take their place.
I thinkthe reason for that is so many actually believe the myth: that if they die "fighting for Islam"-- they will goto their Heaven, which they believe is such a wonderfully amazing place...
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What I'm wondering now is-- will this really make a difference? There seem to be several people who are willing to replace him-- all probably going to continie the same policies.
(More Israelis die, more Gazans die).
Sinwar's baby bro is the top contender and it said he is just as vicious and ruthless as well. I expect he will get nailed in short order.
if you traded the number of innocent deaths for the same number of dead religious extremists across the 3 abrahamic religious radicals in the region, we'd already have a peace agreement...
Nah, way too many angry left wing kooks for peace to have a chance.
Know what I mean?
nope. so, the 3 sects of religious fanatics in the region that have been killing each other off for 2+ millennium are angry left wing kooks?
No matter. Most of those crazies will never achieve peace. Big pharm will never invent enough pills to make it so. Shock therapy or a lobotomy is their only hope. Know what I mean?