Report: Hamas Says Has ‘No Ability’ To Release Even 40 Israeli Hostages, Suggesting Most Murdered
Prime Minister Netanyahu: Israel’s “victory requires entry into Rafah and the elimination of the terrorist battalions there. It will happen – there is a date.”
Hamas has rejected the latest U.S.-backed ceasefire offer to free some of the Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian terrorists, saying that it has “no ability” to free even 40 out of 133 captives believed in its control — a chilling admission suggesting that the terrorist group has killed most of the hostages taken to Gaza six months ago.
“Hamas breached the understandings that were reached in Paris and which stipulated that 40 hostages would be released, and is claiming that it knows the location of less than 40 hostages who are alive, Channel 12 News reported on Monday,” the Israeli broadcaster Arutz Sheva reported [emphasis added].
Tragic news: According to Yaron Avraham on Channel 12 Israel news, Hamas has told the mediators that it does not have 40 hostages in the humanitarian category that are still alive. That is a category of women, children, the elderly, and the sick. The number that they say is…
— Shaiel Ben-Ephraim (@academic_la) April 8, 2024
The remaining hostages presumed to be in Hamas captivity include women, children, elderly, as well as five U.S. nationals. “The captivity figure includes 19 women, 10 people over the age of 75, and two children,” The New York Post noted Tuesday. “In addition, US officials say five of the remaining hostages are American citizens, though it is unclear whether they are alive or dead.”
Hamas made the admission after Israel on Sunday withdrew all troops from southern Gaza — amid growing pressure from the Biden White House on Jerusalem to end or scale down the military operation, and reports of a planned Israeli offensive on the last remaining Hamas stronghold of Rafah.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night vowed to bring back the remaining hostages and destroying Hamas terrorist fighting force in Rafah. “We are constantly working to achieve our goals, first and foremost the release of all our hostages and achieving a complete victory over Hamas,” Netanyahu said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
"Today I received a detailed report on the talks in Cairo. We are working constantly to attain our objectives, first and foremost the release of all of our hostages and the achieving of total victory over Hamas. pic.twitter.com/xw7LD2ujAo
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) April 8, 2024
Without specifying a date, he added that an Israeli “victory requires entry into Rafah and the elimination of the terrorist battalions there. It will happen – there is a date.”
The Reuters reported Hamas’s rejection:
Hamas rejected an Israeli ceasefire proposal made at talks in Cairo, a senior Hamas official said on Monday, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a date was set for an invasion of Rafah, Gaza’s last refuge for displaced Palestinians.
Israel and Hamas sent teams to Egypt on Sunday for talks that included Qatari and Egyptian mediators as well as CIA Director William Burns.
Burn’s presence underlined rising pressure from Israel’s main ally the U.S. for a deal that would free Israeli hostages held in Gaza and get aid to Palestinian civilians left destitute by six months of conflict.
But senior Hamas official Ali Baraka told Reuters: “We reject the latest Israeli proposals that the Egyptian side informed us of. The politburo met today and decided this.”
Another Hamas official had earlier told Reuters that no progress had been made in the negotiations.
“There is no change in the position of the occupation (Israel) and therefore, there is nothing new in the Cairo talks,” the Hamas official, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters. “There is no progress yet.”
Hamas calls ceasefire proposal 'unrealistic' but says it will examine it
'The list of hostages still alive has been a contentious point in previous negotiations as well. Hamas wasn't able to put forward such a list,' Our @PiaSteckelbach brings the latest details pic.twitter.com/I8Yc3PfQ18
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) April 9, 2024
Gaza: IDF airstrike eliminates senior Hamas operative
Despite large-scale withdrawal, the IDF is continuing counter-terrorism operations across Gaza. The Israeli air force eliminated a senior Hamas terrorist, Hatem Alramery, who was overseeing terrorist group’s missile and rocket operations, the military disclosed Tuesday. In recent days, Hamas had fires several rocket barrages into Israel.
Another targeted Israeli airstrike killed an unnamed Hamas terrorist who took part in the October 7 massacre. “IAF aircraft eliminated a terrorist in Khan Yunis who participated in the October 7th massacre,” the IDF statement said
The IDF says on Monday night, IDF fighter jets directed by intelligence, eliminated the terrorist Hatem Alramery, Head of Hamas' Emergency Bureau in the Gaza Central Camps.
Alramery was a Hamas military wing operative in the field of projectile launches within the Maghazi… pic.twitter.com/gk6Btz5k7z— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) April 9, 2024
The Jerusalem Post reported:
IAF fighter jets eliminated the chair of Hamas’s Emergency Bureau in the Central Camps in Gaza on Monday night, the IDF announced on Tuesday.
The terrorist, Hatem Alramery, was killed in a strike with intel provided by the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate.
Alramery served as an operative in the al-Qassam Brigades, working on projectile launches within the Maghazi Battalion of the Central Camps.
The IDF says a recent airstrike in southern Gaza's Khan Younis killed a terrorist who participated in the October 7 onslaught.
Also over the past day, the Israeli Air Force struck several sites belonging to terror groups across the Gaza Strip, including buildings, rocket launch… pic.twitter.com/LECGgVwOWa
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) April 9, 2024
IDF retaliates after Syrian army fires missile at Israel
Departing from its usual practice of not commenting on cross-border operations, the IDF on Tuesday admitted destroying hostile military targets inside Syria, a regime propped up by Iran and its proxy terrorist group Hezbollah. The Israeli fighter jets targeted Syrian military positions along the northern border in response to missile fire. Similar missile launches were also reported from Hezbollah-controlled southern Lebanon.
“Last night, one launch from Syria toward the area of Yonatan in the Golan Heights was identified. No injuries were reported. IDF artillery struck the sources of the fire,” the Israeli military said in a press release Tuesday. “Overnight, IDF fighter jets struck terrorist infrastructure belonging to the Syrian army in the area of Mhajjah. In addition, IDF artillery struck a Syrian military post in southern Syria last night.”
The Israeli TV channel i24NEWS reported:
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued Tuesday morning a rare confirmation of an airstrike on military infrastructure, and a military position, belonging to the Syrian army
According to the statement, fighter jets targeted the Syrian army positions and infrastructure in Mahajjah, within the Daraa Governorate of southern Syria.
In addition, the IDF reported of two incidents of artillery fire toward Syria.
Monday night, IDF artillery attacked a position of the Syrian army in the south of the country. The second incident was in response to a “launch” detected from Syria towards the Golan Heights area.
“One launch was detected from Syrian territory towards the Yonatan area in the Golan Heights, there were no casualties. The IDF attacked with artillery fire the sources of the fire,” the Israeli military said in its statement.
The statement concluded that overnight there were two launches detected from Lebanese territory towards the Misgav area in northern Israel, which fell in open areas and there were no casualties.
NYT: Iran ‘flooding’ West Bank with weapons to fuel terror campaign against Israel
The Israeli strike on Iran-backed Syrian targets comes as Tehran is flooding the Palestinian Authority-controlled West Bank with weapons in a bid to “foment unrest with Israel,” the New York Times reported Tuesday.
“Iran is operating a clandestine smuggling route across the Middle East, employing intelligence operatives, militants and criminal gangs, to deliver weapons to Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to officials from the United States, Israel and Iran,” the newspaper noted.
According to the report, “Iran is seeking to turn the West Bank into a flashpoint in its shadow war with Israel.”
Iran, the world biggest state sponsor of terrorism, has been bolstering and forging alliances with terrorist groups, ranging from Gaza-based Hamas to Yemen’s Houthis, to create a axis of terror in the Middle East.
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And. as per usual. vile and evil Biden and the Dhimmi-crats — following the despicable model established by narcissist-incompetent, Obama — are content to continue to provide funding, sustenance, succor and obsequious diplomatic deference to the evil, genocidal Islamofascist regime of Iran, and, to farcically treat terrorism sponsor, Qatar, as an alleged ally.
Joe Bidumb’s greatest middle east foreign policy hits ( misses):
1) VP when Obama gave Iran over a Billion dollars for failed nuclear deal ( including palletized stacks of untraceable cash for a side hostage ransom payout)
2) Forced the Saudis to stop bombing Houthis rebels in January 2021 ( even before the Afghan debacle). I guess so they could be rearmed by Iran with money Obama gave them so we could risk Americans doing the same thing. Total losses so far: several merchant vessels, millions of dollars in air defense missiles fired and two dead navy seals.
3) Afghanistan: Self explanatory.
13 dead marines
4) Bidumb administration rejoins Iran nuclear deal ( scam) and release another Billion in ” “humanitarian funds” to Iran
5) Iranian Navy seizes oil tanker in Gulf of Oman
6) Houthis attack ships in Red Sea.
7) Bidumb CIA doesn’t see October 7 attack on Israel.
8) Libtard students and muslim voters in Michigan make Joe engage in election interference in ally Israel so as not to lose primary votes while still going around Congress’ back to send aid to Israel. Demands Israel cease fire while arming Israel. That is some Iran Contra level shit tight there.
Did I miss anything?
Lost in the immediate focus on Gaza is the longer-term problem of Iran for not only Israel, but for much of the middle east (and US) as well. Israel does not have a military that is built for expeditionary action, few countries do. With no heavy bombers, they really don’t have any way to engage in a sustained (conventional) air campaign in any meaningful way; F-16 & F-15s simply do not have the payload capacity. So, while they still have a huge problem remaining in Gaza and another problem in Lebanon, their real problem – Iran – becomes more dangerous with every passing day as Iran inches towards a nuclear capability. It’s a mess.
Agreed. Until the festering cancer of Iran is decisively dealt with, the world is going to continue to get less safe.
The indefensible mistake that gullible, naive, stupid and feckless European dhimmis and American Dhimmi-crats are making is in believing — despite fifty-plus years of terrorist attacks and atrocities visited upon European countries, and, the U.S., a large portion of it sponsored by Iran and carried out by Iranian proxies — that Islamofascism and genocidal terrorism is exclusively and Israeli/Jewish problem. That attitude represents myopia and stupidity of the highest order.
“…is exclusively AN Israeli/Jewish problem.”
Power projection is waning for US. Frankly, just missile Iran back into the 8th century. Iran wants the Bomb…give it to them.
We don’t use Iranian oil. Europe doesn’t use Iranian oil. Let China and India keep the straits open. Not our problem.
Iran has one real export terminal in the gulf, the rest goes through pipelines. It would take very few missiles and bombs to cripple their ability to export.
There should no mercy, the majority of Gazans still support terror.
I have favored for a long time, as in since 1979, crippling Iran. , it is incredible that they were not squashed like bugs long ago.
That is most likely.
However its also possible that they’re just lying, and after they get their precious ceasefire they plan to ‘discover’ more hostages to use to demand even more from israel.
Which is another reason why it is fruitless to negotiate with terrorists. They play by different rules.
Suggesting Most Murdered
Or that they sold them off to other terrorist groups and no longer have control of them. Actually better to think of them as “captives” than “hostages.” Hostages get traded for things. Many of these were simply employed for sport for the evil, rotten thugs holding them.
And Israel should now simply say, “Surrender or die.” And then make good on that. Eliminate everyone who might support or be involved directly in ANY terrorist organization or military arm in Gaza. Let the remainder alone (no aid of any kind) until they plead and beg for mercy.
That probably means 71% or more of Gazans.
Five US citizen hostages missing and probably dead and the President fights for the survival of Hamas, the hostage takers…. It’s almost hard to fathom this is real.
And our media, including Fox, not a word, not a drum
Beat…
We live in a clown world
Change “clown” to “demon” and I’m 100% on board.
If we were using Roman tactics, the President would tell Hamas to release the prisoners and if not face complete annelation of Gaza….which would happen… count on it. Hostage problem? FJB ignores it… at least Carter in fumbling admitted there were hostages.
Yes. A real U.S. leader possessing moral clarity and probity would deliver an ultimatum to Hamas — release all hostages and surrender, or, face annihilation and witness (with your dying breath) Gaza being turned to ash and cinders.
instead, vile and evil Biden and the Dhimmi-crats provide funding, succor, sustenance and diplomatic deference to these Islamofascist, genocidal, terrorist thugs.
Did you ever see any sign the President cared about the 30+ American citizens killed on 10/7? This is no different.
A big ZERO
The IDF needs to get on with it. Raid Rafah and get it over with. The other fronts will open up soon enough. The West Bank is key. The enemy has been trying to heat up this front for 6 months, but Israel has so far kept the lid on.
I’m guessing hamas was mispresenting from the start of their terror campaign the number of live hostages. Hamas probably thought it gave them more “negotiating leverage” than saying they got murdered after several days in captivity.
It’s also possible that they never did a full accounting. The people captured weren’t Hamas’s prisoners. They were treated as the property of whoever took them. They could be released, abused, killed or sold at the whim of their captors.
That would mean that the people Israel is trying to negotiate with have no actual control of, or interest in, what everyone else has assumed were their bargaining chips.
There are things worse than murder, these low life Arabs demonstrate that. Those poor people suffered a horrible fate.
I agree that enough time has passed that Hamas has no living hostages to trade. On another point, have you noticed that while Hamas claims tens of thousands people killed, you never see proof of the graves or bodies. We are being lied to every day.
Especially since Palliwood loves to make little movies about their dead. Often starring a single body staged all around the devastation in order to make death look more ubiquitous than it is. If they had 30,000 bodies laying about, you’d think there would be evidence of it, all over their social media.
You’d also think master of social media that they showed themselves to be on Oct 7, that video of live hostages with some livestream going on next to them (to date it in a way newspapers used to) would have been used frequently. And it has not been.
There cannot be a ceasefire/hostage exchange when everybody captured by Hamas is dead. Also remember that muslims have lied to non-muslims as it is permissible in the koran,
From day 1 of the Hamas attack I knew most hostages would be tortured, raped and murdered. That’s what they do.
I have 0 sympathy for Gaza, they asked for it.
I felt the same, their deaths and especially the way they died. Think about a baby in an oven, Both Hamas and 71% of Gazans deserve no mercy.
Remember the clip of those 3 girls in captivity? They were being used as sex slaves and probably executed because they were then “unclean” under Islam.
Remember the little redheads?
So precious
Every day, every single day, a reporter needs to ask Biden about the American hostages
The mophead muppet mouthpiece would just ignore the question…..
I wonder how we would have reacted had a gaggle of French Canadian Quebecois parachuted into Woodstock during the 1969 festival and created murderous mayhem? We would have done the same thing that we are trying to prevent Bibi from doing.
Murdered, or traded or sold on to other jihadi groups. So Hamas might actually not know where those slaves—because that’s what people who are kidnapped from their daily lives and sold or traded are—actually went.
And that is probably worse than death.
The murderers need to be turned over to Israeli authorities before a ceasefire can even be considered.
Hamass has admitted what we suspected all along-it is time to cease talking with two legged animals and to send the IDF into Rafah-regardless of any civilian casualties and collateral damage-that is wars are won
One hopes that those calling for ceasefire will be remembered
What they are telling Israel to do is to be the first group of humans to have their territory invaded, have their females kidnapped and violated and killed , and then ……. “let it go.”
I’m pretty sure that such a thing has never happened in the past 50,000 years.
And yet, this is what a lot of folks are saying.
It’s extraordinary.
If this were a Liam Neeson action-flick ,
those who are calling for “immediate ceasefire”
would be identified,
and then their wives and daughters would be collected at, say, a fair-ground
— much like the Nova fairground.
And then these women and children would be filmed receiving the same treatments that Hamas administered on October 7th.
And the Cease-Firers would have to sit close by, and watch it all happen. Including the sexual mutilation and burning alive of parents tied up with children.
This is just a script idea for a new Liam Neeson movie.