Israel ‘Deepens’ Gaza Operation as Hamas Refuses to Name Hostages Who Are Still Alive
Also, Hezbollah chief Nasrallah’s terrorist grandson reportedly killed in IDF airstrike.
The Israeli military appears to have intensified ground operations in Gaza as terrorist group Hamas stalls ceasefire talks by refusing to provide information about the well-being of some 136 Israelis in its captivity since October 7.
The terrorist group “refuses to provide the names of Israeli hostages who are still alive,” the Israeli news website YNET reported Sunday, citing a government official.
With Hamas stonewalling the negotiations, Israel has decided to stay away from the talks and won’t be “sending a delegation to Cairo today,” The Times of Israel reported:
Israel received an answer from Hamas about the framework for a hostage deal hammered out in Paris last weekend, but the Gaza-based terror organization refused to address Jerusalem’s demand to receive a list of living hostages and how many Palestinian prisoners Israel must release for every hostage freed, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel.
In the wake of the unsatisfactory response, Israel is not sending a delegation to Cairo today, says the official.
IDF ‘deepens’ ground operations in Gaza
Israel intensified military operations in Gaza, particularly around the southern Hamas stronghold of Rafah where hostages are believed to held by Hamas as human shields. The IDF was ‘deepening entry of ground troops into Gaza,’ the Israel TV channel i24NEWS reported Sunday.
“Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tanks reportedly entered the Hamad area of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the ground maneuver started, deepening its fight against terrorist factions. The Israeli Air Force also carried out extensive airstrikes in Khan Yunis,” the TV network added.
IDF drone broadcasts a message to the residents of Hamad residential town in Gaza, Khan Yunis warning them:
“This area is a dangerous combat zone, the Israeli army is actively targeting Hxmas militants in the area, please evacuate” pic.twitter.com/gHf3MNM8vB
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) March 3, 2024
Besides tanks, the Israeli infantry was carrying out ground operations in the south. “98th Division carried out an extensive series of strikes on terror targets in western Khan Yunis in order to intensify operational achievements in the area. During the strikes, the troops destroyed terrorist infrastructure and eliminated Hamas terrorists who were operating from civilian facilities in urban areas,” the IDF disclosed in a press release Sunday afternoon.
IDF drone broadcasts a message to the residents of Hamad residential town in Gaza, Khan Yunis warning them:
“This area is a dangerous combat zone, the Israeli army is actively targeting Hxmas militants in the area, please evacuate” pic.twitter.com/gHf3MNM8vB
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) March 3, 2024
Report: Hezbollah chief Nasrallah’s terrorist grandson killed in IDF airstrike
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah’s grandson, a terrorist himself, was eliminated in an IDF airstrike after firing rockets into northern Israel, Israel and Arab media report say. Nasrallah’s grandson, Abbas Ahmed Halil, was a member of the Imam Hossein Division run by the Quds Forces, Iran’s foreign terrorist arm.
“IDF aircraft struck a vehicle in southern Lebanon, in which a number of terrorists who launched rockets into Israeli territory were driving in. The terrorists operated under the Imam Hossein Division, which is affiliated with Iran and operates for the Hezbollah terrorist organization,” the IDF said in a related press release on Saturday– but did not mention Ahmed Halil’s name.
The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday:
The grandson of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Abbas Ahmed Halil, was one of the three Hezbollah terrorists killed on Saturday by an IDF strike in Neqoura in south Lebanon, according to a report by the Syrian radio channel Voice of the Capital on Sunday.
With Hamas hoarding food and fuel, Biden orders first aid airdrop into Gaza
While Hamas refuses to assure the well-being of hostages and threatens Israel with renewed terrorist attacks during the upcoming Ramadan month, President Joe Biden on Saturday ordered the first U.S. aid airdrop into Gaza.
Even before the October 7 terrorist attacks, Hamas has been hoarding large quantities of food, fuel, medicine, and other essential commodities in its terror tunnels. “Hamas has spent years stockpiling desperately needed fuel, food and medicine, as well as ammo and weapons, in the miles of tunnels it has carved out under Gaza,” The Wall Street Journal reported late October.
During the ongoing counter-terrorism operation, Israel has been allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza. Aid convoys continue to enter Gaza despite Hamas’s repeatedly plundering of trucks at gunpoint, videos like these on social media show:
תיעוד: תושבי עזה בוזזים משאיות סיוע של איחוד האמירויות שהגיעו לרצועה דרך מעבר רפיח@gal_sade @kaisos1987 (צילום: AP) pic.twitter.com/Fhr8TZoVat
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) December 17, 2023
The BBC reported:
The US has carried out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid for Gaza, with more than 30,000 meals parachuted in by three military planes.
The operation, carried out jointly with Jordan’s Air Force, was the first of many announced by President Joe Biden. (…)
Other countries including the UK, France, Egypt and Jordan have previously airdropped aid into Gaza, but this is the first by the US.(…)
Aid agencies have said that airdrops are an inefficient way of delivering aid.
“Airdrops are expensive, haphazard and usually lead to the wrong people getting the aid,” Mr Egeland said.
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This U.S. airdropping of “halal” meals to the supposedly saintly and blameless Arab Muslim Fakestinian “civilians” who popularly elected and support the genocidal Hamas regime, and, who participated in and/or gleefully celebrated Hamas’s genocidal murders and sadistic rapes and atrocities of 10/7., makes me sick.
Feeding these evil reprobates and Islamofascists, with taxpayer-funded meals, represents such profound and indefensible evil, dhimmitude and stupidity, from vile Biden and the Dhimmi-crats.
This airdrop is the equivalent of the U.S. Army Air Force airdropping supplies to the Wehrmacht and the Imperial Japanese forces, during WWII. Crime boss Biden is brazenly and indefensibly pandering to and kowtowing to Jew-hating Muslim supremacists, terrorism supporters and Islamofascists in Michigan and elsewhere, in the U.S.
No, dropping meals to terrorist Pali’s is equivalent to Bull Conner buying votes with free beer. Brandon has an election to win and he is trailing badly in the polls.
“Airdrops are expensive, haphazard and usually lead to the wrong people getting the aid,” Mr Egeland said.
S0 use this to deliver surprise packages to Hamas.
Step 1, which Israel could get on with if the lily livered would shut up for a while, is kill them all. There’s no point in negotiating with genocidal butchers. Step 2, there’s plenty of time to worry about “humanitarian” aid after an unconditional surrender, but that shouldn’t be an issue for anyone except other Muslim nations. Maybe cleaning up the mess that comes from murderous parts of their barbaric religion will give them something to focus on besides promoting terrorism.
Natanyahu said it won’t be over till the fat lady sings.
Joe Biden said he would put Whoopi Goldberg on the next flight to the middle east.
Can she sing?
Just saying…
I thought it would be Cher.
She was on the short list.
Now that is a bona fide war crime. Why would you do that to humans?
You can now see Biden and the other apologists building Ramadan up as the next red line for Israel. Settle for a ceasefire by the start of Ramadan OR ELSE.
Listening to the news these last few days it’s all been about a ceasefire by Ramadan. No mention of the hostages, who are probably mostly dead by now.
If you only ever got your news from the MFM you would have no idea Hamas kicked this all off with their October 7 genocide.
Yeah, the Ramadan talk drives me insane. During my three tours in Iraq, some of the most horrific attacks – mostly on Iraqi civilians – were perpetrated DURING RAMADAN. ISIS continued this trend when they engaged in the bloodbath campaign of Jihad.
It should also be noted that Hamas launched their massacre during a Jewish holiday, Shemini Atzeret I believe.
Yeah. 1973 War anyone? The Ramadan War, as the Arabs called it? I remember this crap in 1990-1 with ODS/S as well “we have to end it by Ramadan! Danger City!” What a load of nonsense.
When will Obama override Biden at the UN? There is one actual Jew hater between the two.
Why would Obama want to override Biden? Biden’s not in charge of anything.
The guy is inept, but not completely inept. And he’s not a Jew hater like his former boss.
I give him credit for standing up to Obama. Remember, he was supposed to quit at the first sign of disagreement with Kamala Harris, who was supposed to be elevated to president, and that really would have been Obama’s 3rd term. That’s the deal TPTB apparently agreed to, otherwise they probably would have supported Bernie. But plot twist! Biden didn’t quit, and he avoided assassination too, so far at least.
Two things jump out at me as odd.
1) Why aren’t the Arab countries dropping aid to the poor, downtrodden Pali’s?
2) How come it’s ok for Muslim terrorists to attack Israel during their Holy Days but if Israel returns the favor it’s a War Crime?
Because it’s OK for the Pali’s to commit war crimes, but if the Israelis even let their guard down, it’s their fault if the Pali’s overreact. The pali’s are like spoiled terrorist children.
Wouldn’t give odds many are still left
heart goes out to their families
Certainly. The fact is, in warfare, hostages are dead. Pali’s and Hamas collectively responsible for each such death.
So now Biden’s taking care of their nutritional and other needs, presumably well inspected at a US depot, and so Israel doesn’t have to let in any more aid trucks or allow Egypt to facilitate any more. Egypt had better stop now, or we’ll just drive all the Pali’s into Egypt and be done with the issue and the war. Let Arabs deal with Arabs, or whatever the Palis are, the Arabs don’t even claim them.
The terrorist-loving Biden is killing two birds with one stone—promoting his handler’s anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism in one treacherous move. His reprehensible goal is attracting votes from Muslims in America who are crabbed off because Biden giving lip service to supporting Israel while doing things that help jihadis is insufficient Jew killing for their tastes.
Wonder why the Israeli conditions a rarely aired by the media? Return all hostages and surrender and hand over all those who took part in October 7.
This very rarely gets aired by the media and in fact I’ve only heard it less than a handful of times, pretty much only when the broadcaster hasn’t been fast enough to cut the Jew off they are being hostile to..
We have an ally who is a Democrat on this one point. It’s causing a stir on X.
https://twitter.com/johnfetterman/status/1764351374538502609?s=61&t=1P81BRuReQGES8qe_inf6g
I am ashamed and outraged that our tax dollars and military are being used to fred Hamas Feeding any enemy in war time guarantees its ability to fight
I actually think dropping food into Gaza by air is a good move. It reduces the burden on Israel who, after everything is said and done (whatever that may turn out to mean), are going to HAVE TO feed the population as it is the duty of occupiers to do so.
I don’t believe, at this point, that food for Hamas troops is a deciding factor. It will be a military battle outcome, not a sustained siege situation. Let the Hamas fighters die with their bellies full. Anyhow, I believe that even without the air drops that would be the case. They are a comparatively small number compared to the population, and enough was stored, being smuggled, or being stolen to feed them anyhow,
Finally, what I like is that it gives the U.S. a way to act in the conflict without using military aid to either side, but it removes a major talking point for requiring a ceasefire to feed the populace, allowing Israel to proceed.