Yeah, just re-read it and got it, my bad, lol.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and other Related Conflicts in the Middle East (read the rules in the first post)
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That is the easy part. Until he does not paragraph.
Israeli Army Radio: Yahya Sinwar has been killed
The Israeli army radio said on Thursday that the army was able to kill the head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip, amid ongoing DNA verification operations.
The Israeli army radio added that the clash with Sinwar took place in Tel al-Sultan in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, and that he was wearing a military quiver, along with another field commander.
Journalist Elias Karam told Al Jazeera, quoting Israeli media, that the assassination took place by chance without prior intelligence information, during the army's targeting of a building where Sinwar and other fighters were present.
He added that medical examinations are ongoing to confirm that one of the bodies belongs to Sinwar, noting that Sinwar was a prisoner of the occupation and that they have medical reports on him, including the results of the DNA test.
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some of the Hamas memebrs are already expressing their condolences for his death so we can take that as meaning that his death is confirmed by at least some people in Hamas.
The Israeli army radio said on Thursday that the army was able to kill the head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip, amid ongoing DNA verification operations.
The Israeli army radio added that the clash with Sinwar took place in Tel al-Sultan in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, and that he was wearing a military quiver, along with another field commander.
Journalist Elias Karam told Al Jazeera, quoting Israeli media, that the assassination took place by chance without prior intelligence information, during the army's targeting of a building where Sinwar and other fighters were present.
He added that medical examinations are ongoing to confirm that one of the bodies belongs to Sinwar, noting that Sinwar was a prisoner of the occupation and that they have medical reports on him, including the results of the DNA test.
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some of the Hamas memebrs are already expressing their condolences for his death so we can take that as meaning that his death is confirmed by at least some people in Hamas.
Killing Sinwar is a tactical victory but not a strategic one. In the 2000s Israel went on a campaign of assassination of the foundational leaders of Hamas. Yet 2 decades later Hamas did the October 7th military operation. Killing the leader doesn’t lead to break down of the group. We just seen with Hezbollah recovering quickly from the assassination campaign. It is reported that Sinwar’s younger brother is even more radical. So in the end it’s a dopamine rush but won’t change nothing on the ground. Someone more militant and radical will replace him. Doesn’t change Israel’s strategic peril.
If the reports are true, may Yahya Sinwar rest in peace.
Reports appear to indicate that Sinwar died aboveground, wearing a military vest with grenades. Thus Sinwar died personally fighting and resisting Israel to the last.
This generation is still the time of darkness for Palestine. Sinwar lived in the most hopeless era. Nevertheless, he bravely and hopelessly strove to liberate Palestine, although it will not happen this generation.
In my opinion, the liberation of Palestine will require a great change in the world. That change is happening today, but exceedingly slowly. However, I do find it possible to witness a free Palestine within my lifetime. From the river to the sea.
Reports appear to indicate that Sinwar died aboveground, wearing a military vest with grenades. Thus Sinwar died personally fighting and resisting Israel to the last.
This generation is still the time of darkness for Palestine. Sinwar lived in the most hopeless era. Nevertheless, he bravely and hopelessly strove to liberate Palestine, although it will not happen this generation.
In my opinion, the liberation of Palestine will require a great change in the world. That change is happening today, but exceedingly slowly. However, I do find it possible to witness a free Palestine within my lifetime. From the river to the sea.
Given the long and intense conflict they'd have no shortage of combat hardened leaders to fill the role. Israel keep doing this one trick over and over and we've already seen how it didn't worked on Hezbollah. Head assassination is just not very useful in modern warfare where it is an heavily organizational effort with multiple redundancy in command structure, Israel is relying on assassination like it is some sort of gangster warfare
there is an image showing his dead body. he died wearing his military gear with his weaponry beside him. he wasn't in a tunnel or surrounded by hostages instead he was above ground in a regular house and apparently he only had two bodyguards with him. he fought to his very last breath.
Hamas will not be affected by his death at all because as a military force Hamas fighters fight on their own without having to wait for orders from the higher ups. however his death will boost the morale of the IDF & it's supporters and thus it will embolden the Israeli leadership to become more aggressive.
Iran needs to stop screwing around and they need to aquire nuclear weapons. if Iran doesn't aquire nukes then Iran as a nation will be finished. Israel as a moraly bankrupt and genocidal nation will not hesitate at all to use it's nukes to wipe out Iran in one massive decapitating nuclear strike and they won't feel an ounce of guilt for doing that on the contrary they are likely to dance in celebration if dozens of millions of Iranian people go up in flames. and the US as a nation that is ruled by a puppet Zionist government will provide all diplomatic, military & economic support to Israel no matter what Israel does. no matter who is elected to rule the US, even if Netenyahu literaly rapes the first lady on a live stream Washington will obey the Zionists since Washington itself is ruled by a Zionist establishment.
most analysts seem to agree that Iran can produce nukes in about one week.
analysts like Scott Ritter say that the reason Iran is chosing not to produce nuclear weapons is because Iran doesn't want to disrupt any economic prosperity from joining BRICS. because if they produce nukes then that would bring more sanctions on them. if what he is saying is true then that is one of the dumbest reasons to not aquire nukes. how can you prosper economicaly if you are dead? if you want to prosper then at least ensure your survival so that you don't go up in nuclear flames and the only way to do that is to aquire nukes. once you aquire nukes and ensure your military survival then you can focus on the economy.
if they are not producing nuclear bombs due to fear that their nuclear program is infilitrated by CIA/Mossad agents and thus the moment they start producing them Israel would find out about it and deliver a pre-emptive nuclear strike then they could just buy say 5 nuclear warheads or so from North Korea within one day and that should be enough to get Iran one more week of safety from a preemptive Israeli nuclear strike to produce more nukes localy.
Hamas will not be affected by his death at all because as a military force Hamas fighters fight on their own without having to wait for orders from the higher ups. however his death will boost the morale of the IDF & it's supporters and thus it will embolden the Israeli leadership to become more aggressive.
Iran needs to stop screwing around and they need to aquire nuclear weapons. if Iran doesn't aquire nukes then Iran as a nation will be finished. Israel as a moraly bankrupt and genocidal nation will not hesitate at all to use it's nukes to wipe out Iran in one massive decapitating nuclear strike and they won't feel an ounce of guilt for doing that on the contrary they are likely to dance in celebration if dozens of millions of Iranian people go up in flames. and the US as a nation that is ruled by a puppet Zionist government will provide all diplomatic, military & economic support to Israel no matter what Israel does. no matter who is elected to rule the US, even if Netenyahu literaly rapes the first lady on a live stream Washington will obey the Zionists since Washington itself is ruled by a Zionist establishment.
most analysts seem to agree that Iran can produce nukes in about one week.
analysts like Scott Ritter say that the reason Iran is chosing not to produce nuclear weapons is because Iran doesn't want to disrupt any economic prosperity from joining BRICS. because if they produce nukes then that would bring more sanctions on them. if what he is saying is true then that is one of the dumbest reasons to not aquire nukes. how can you prosper economicaly if you are dead? if you want to prosper then at least ensure your survival so that you don't go up in nuclear flames and the only way to do that is to aquire nukes. once you aquire nukes and ensure your military survival then you can focus on the economy.
if they are not producing nuclear bombs due to fear that their nuclear program is infilitrated by CIA/Mossad agents and thus the moment they start producing them Israel would find out about it and deliver a pre-emptive nuclear strike then they could just buy say 5 nuclear warheads or so from North Korea within one day and that should be enough to get Iran one more week of safety from a preemptive Israeli nuclear strike to produce more nukes localy.
The folks at TWZ discuss the probable rationale for this show of force
We now enter an interesting stage in the conflict: who throws the next punch? If Iran doesn't then it seems Israel must. Certainly the US is not pursuing a UNSC resolution for attacking Iran. Then the next question is how big a punch can Israel throw? Iran may well decide to absorb it, especially if Russia and China help with defense and recovery. That leaves the US forces in the same state as prior to their illegal invasion of Iraq. Bush couldn't wait any longer and invaded -- will Biden to the same?
On the contrary, this is actually a problem for the Israelis. As long as he was alive, his capture was a primary justification for Israel to continue the genocide. Now it will be harder to justify internationally the level of violence and use of starvation