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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas document details tactics to up pressure on Israel, stall hostage talks — report
2024-09-07
[IsraelTimes] According to Bild, terror organization seeks to introduce Arab forces to Strip to serve as buffer with Israel as it rebuilds, disregards Palestinian civilians

A newly revealed Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
document indicates that the terror group’s main concern in ceasefire negotiations with Israel is to rehabilitate its military capabilities, and not to alleviate the suffering of Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
’s civilian population, German newspaper Bild reported Friday.

The spring 2024 document, which Bild said it had obtained exclusively, without offering further details, was reportedly found on a computer in Gaza that belonged to Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

It articulates Hamas’s strategies and objectives in negotiations with Israel over a potential deal that would see hostages released in exchange for a ceasefire and the release of Paleostinian prisoners held by Israel.

According to the report, Hamas is indifferent to whether the ongoing war ends quickly, instead prioritizing maintaining the terror group’s military capabilities, "exhausting" Israel’s military and political apparatuses, and increasing international pressure on Israel.

While the terror group admits in the paper that the war, going into its 12th month, has diminished its military capacities, Hamas still seeks to "improve important clauses in the agreement, even if the negotiations continue for an extended period." Notably, Paleostinian civilian casualties are not mentioned in the document.

The report also said Hamas lays out a strategy of psychological warfare through the hostages, calling to "continue to exert psychological pressure on the families of the [hostages], both now and in the first phase [of the ceasefire] so that public pressure on the enemy government increases."
This strategy has been demonstrated through Hamas’s periodic publishing of videos of hostages pleading for their release. In the past week, Hamas has published such videos featuring hostages whose bodies were recently recovered from Gaza, days after they were executed by the terror group.

In the document, Hamas also plans talking points, blaming "Israel’s stubbornness" as delaying a deal. It also reportedly lists Hamas’s main objectives in a deal. One is securing the release of 100 Paleostinian prisoners held by Israel serving life sentences, usually for murder.

Another purported Hamas goal is to have forces from Arab countries stationed along the Israel-Gaza border as part of a more permanent ceasefire, to serve as a buffer between Israel and Hamas, thus allowing Hamas to recuperate and reorganize under the protection of these forces.

Notably, Israel has also reportedly suggested that a coalition of Arab forces administrate the enclave at some point in the future. Unlike the Hamas proposal, the Israeli plan would see the Arab forces ensuring Hamas does not rehabilitate its military capabilities.

The report also noted that the document does not mention the Philadelphi Corridor, despite the strip of land on the Gaza-Egypt border recently becoming a key sticking point in negotiations. This may be attributed to the time the document was written, as Israel only took control of the Philadelphi Corridor in May.
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