A Hamas official tells AFP that the group needed more time to study a Gaza peace plan put forward by US President Donald Trump and backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Hamas is still continuing consultations regarding Trump’s plan… and has informed mediators that the consultations are ongoing and need some time,” the official says on condition of anonymity.
Trump on Tuesday gave Hamas an ultimatum of “three or four days” to accept his plan to end the war in the Palestinian enclave.
A source familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel yesterday that the terror group would respond “positively” to the proposal but will submit a series of amendments. link The Hamas leadership is under intense pressure from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey to accept the proposal. All parties recognize that most of the 20 point proposal is ambiguous and somewhat amorphous and the changes that Netanyahu convinced Trump to make are definitely in Israel's favor. There are only 2 aspects of the entire proposal that have designated time tables: the immediate end of the war with the signing of the agreement and the release of all the hostages, living and dead within 72 hours. Everything else must be worked out in the negotiations that will follow the above 2 points. The negotiations will be long and difficult and, unless both sides show flexibility and compromise, the negotiations will never reach an end. It will, obviously be incumbent upon the mediators to force those compromises the two sides. Hamas has stated that they are seriously considering the proposal but will respond with requirements of many amendments to the plan. What will that mean? That is the big question. Will the sides be able to go to a signing with all the outstanding amendments or will Hamas demand answers to those amendments before signing. It is likely that the mediators are pressuring Hamas to go to the signing to bring about the most important aspect to them, the ending of the war, and then to deal with all the amendments in the negotiations that are set to follow. We will only know which way the wind is blowing once they come back with their response which should be in the next day or two.
The Lebanese newspaper al-Akhbar reports that Hamas’s preliminary remarks on the American plan for Gaza were conveyed to President Donald Trump by the emir of Qatar in a phone call yesterday.
The paper also reports, citing its sources, that American officials made clear to Cairo that the Trump plan is “the last opportunity” before they allow Israel to carry out a large-scale military operation in Gaza to eliminate Hamas and other terrorist organizations there.
Trump’s deadline nears: Hamas considers changes amid US and Israel rejections
Hamas considers adjustments to Trump’s war-ending plan; Washington and Israel refuse negotiations, Cairo grows pessimistic, Gaza calls it a 'war defeat'
Cairo sources expressed growing pessimism about the plan’s success. According to U.S. officials, the proposal represents the last chance to avoid a large-scale Israeli military operation in Gaza. The deadline for Hamas’ response is approaching.
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, a London-based Arabic newspaper, reported internal dissent among Gaza factions. Hamas reportedly does not intend to reject the plan outright but is considering accepting it with modifications, which Washington opposes. Israeli officials have made clear the deal is non-negotiable.
Hamas is expected to propose changes regarding the timely release of 48 hostages, Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza and security arrangements for a “day after” scenario. While seeking to show a positive stance to ensure a ceasefire and unrestricted aid access, Hamas officials say they cannot guarantee all hostages’ release within 72 hours due to uncertainty about their locations.
Other Gaza factions view Trump’s plan as a “defeat in war,” warning that accepting it could jeopardize Gaza’s future and allow Israel to establish West Bank-style security control. The Islamic Jihad has strongly opposed the plan, although the final decision rests with Hamas.Political scientist Maher Abu Saada, who moved from Gaza to Egypt, told The Guardian that Hamas now faces a choice “between bad and worse.” He said a rejection could allow Israel “to do whatever it takes to end the war,” as Trump has indicated.
Map of the Gaza Strip according to the American plan to end the war
(Photo: THE WHITE HOUSE)
Dr. Michael Milstein, a Hamas expert at Tel Aviv University, said there is no true division between Gaza, the West Bank and the external leadership. “All oppose the disarmament clause, as the fight is a core part of their identity. The military wing especially wants to continue fighting. They see Israel struggling with reserve mobilization and upcoming elections — this is a matter of endurance.”
The BBC reported that mediators contacted Hamas’ top commander in Gaza, Ezzedine al-Qassam leader Ez al-Din Haddad, who rejected the new plan. Haddad reportedly believes the plan was designed to “finish off Hamas,” whether accepted or not, and is determined to continue fighting.
Despite Trump’s assurances that Israel would not violate the agreement, Hamas remains skeptical that Israel will refrain from returning to combat after releasing hostages, particularly following the failed assassination attempt on its leadership in Doha, for which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apologized. link
Hamas Gaza chief Izz al-Din Haddad, then the commander of Hamas’s Gaza City Brigade, is seen in a video released by Hamas’s military wing in May 2022.
Hamas’s de facto leader in the Gaza Strip has indicated to mediators that he rejects US President Donald Trump’s new proposal for ending the ongoing war between the Palestinian terror group and Israel, the BBC reports.
The unsourced report says Izz al-Din Haddad, who formerly commanded the Gaza City Brigade, is believed to think the plan was designed to end Hamas, whether or not it backs the proposal, and therefore the terrorist organization is ready to keep fighting Israel. Link as I wrote 2 days ago
Hamas has always been a consensus driven terror organization with the 'power' of decisions being with consensus. The different bodies that are part of that decision process had been the following: Senior leaders in diaspora (Qatar, Egypt, Turkey), political leadership in Gaza (prior to Sinwar being selected for both military and political leader in Gaza, the positions were always divided), and the Hamas leadership in Israeli prisons. Now, the situation is vastly different. The Hamas leadership in Israeli prisons have been totally cut off and are not able to be part of the decision making process. All of the political leadership in Gaza has been killed and at present, there are only 3 senior military leaders. None of them are considered political leaders and it is likely that they have little to no role in the decision making process. That leaves the senior leadership in the diaspora and those are the same leaders who came together from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar to discuss the original Trump plan 2 weeks ago when Israel tried to assassinate them all. None of them were killed and they are the ones who will make the decision to accept or reject the 20 point plan.
There is a possibility that Izz al-Din Haddad has a vote, but it is a big question of how much weight that vote has. When Sinwar was alive, his actions forced changes in the consensus style of Hamas decision making. He took more power than was typical and came close to having veto power but never did. Since his welcome demise, no one has come close to that power position and it is not acceptable to them.
Hossam al-Astal, who leads an armed group supported by Israel east of Khan Younis, tells The Times of Israel that they thwarted a Hamas attack this morning in al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, with the assistance of the IDF.
Al-Astal says that at 6 a.m. this morning, Hamas operatives arrived in al-Mawasi and opened fire, launching RPGs toward an area where members of the al-Majaida family, whom the terror group was targeting, were present.
The al-Majaida family has been warring with Hamas for several weeks, ever since operatives shot several family members in the leg for unclear reasons, al-Astal says. He says the group has also claimed the family is collaborating with Israel and stealing humanitarian aid.
He says his forces came to the family’s assistance, and with the help of Israeli air support, they were able to strike the entire Hamas unit.
Eleven Hamas operatives were killed and six were seriously wounded, he says, as well as one member of the Majaida family who fought against them. His own forces sustained no casualties.
Social media accounts affiliated with Hamas also report on the attack, but claim that although members of Hamas’s armed wing were killed, Hamas managed to kill several members of the al-Majaida family, whom they accused of collaborating with Israel.
Al-Astal publishes photos on his Facebook page of the alleged Hamas operatives killed in the foiled attack, some wearing military vests and headbands of Hamas’s armed wing. This is the first reported case of a Hamas attack in Gaza being openly thwarted by a Palestinian armed group.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2025, at UN headquarters. (AP/Pamela Smith)
Egypt’s foreign minister says that Cairo is working with Qatar and Turkey to convince Hamas to accept US President Donald Trump’s plan to end a nearly two-year-old war in Gaza, and warns the conflict will escalate if the Palestinian terrorist group refuses.
Speaking at the French Institute of International Relations in Paris, Badr Abdelatty says it’s clear that Hamas has to disarm and that Israel should not be given an excuse to carry on with its offensive in Gaza.
“Let’s not give any excuse for one party to use Hamas as a pretext for this mad daily killings of civilians. What’s happening is far beyond the seventh of October,” he says, referring to the Hamas-led 2023 terror onslaught that sparked the ongoing war.
“It is beyond revenge. This is ethnic cleansing and genocide in motion. So enough is enough,” Abdelatty adds.
Egypt is a key mediator in efforts to end the Gaza war, and Abdelatty says Cairo is coordinating with Qatar and Turkey to convince Hamas to respond positively to the plan, but he remains very cautious.
“If Hamas refuse, you know, then it would be very difficult. And of course, we will have more escalation. So that’s why we are exerting our intensive efforts in order to make this plan applicable and to get the approval of Hamas,” he says.
Abdelatty says while he is broadly supportive of Trump’s proposal for Gaza, more talks are needed on it.
“There are a lot of holes that need to be filled, we need more discussions on how to implement it, especially on two important issues — governance and security arrangements,” he says. “We are supportive of the Trump plan and the vision to end war and need to move forward.”
When asked whether he fears the Trump plan could lead to forced displacement of Palestinians, he says Egypt will not accept that.
“Displacement will not happen, it will not happen because displacement means the end of the Palestinian cause,” he says. “We will not allow this to happen under any circumstance.”
Abdelatty also declares, “Hamas has no role in the day after.”
“This is a full agreement among us, as Arabs, as Muslims, and even among Hamas people themselves,” the Egyptian diplomat asserts. “They understand very well that they have no role for the day after, and this is a fact.” Linkthe Egyptian FM is very correct that there are numerous holes in the plan but that is deliberate. To present a complete and comprehensive plan with all the details would take months. The hostages and the Gazans don’t have months. The two most important points of this plan have specific time lines. Nothing else does. With the signing by the sides, all hostilities stop immediately and all the hostages are released and brought home within the first 72 hours. Everything else can be worked out over time. Those 2 critical things need to happen immediately.
Several rockets were launched from southern Gaza’s Khan Younis at an aid distribution site in Rafah yesterday, the military says.
The rockets struck near the aid site, run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, without causing any damage to the compound itself, according to the IDF.
Despite the rocket fire, the GHF site opened today for aid distribution, the army adds
Over a period of 12 hours between last night and this morning, the Israeli Navy took control of 41 vessels in the flotilla attempting to break the Israeli maritime blockade on the Gaza Strip, according to the military.
Forces of the Shayetet 13 naval commando unit, the Missile Ship Fleet, and the Snapir harbor security unit, along with other Navy forces, were involved in intercepting the flotilla.
The six largest vessels in the flotilla were boarded first, with the smaller ones being tackled later.
Some 400 activists have been detained and brought to Ashdod Port to be deported from Israel.
All of the vessels are being towed to Ashdod Port.
Tents sheltering people displaced by conflict are pitched in the yard of a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on September 30, 2025. (Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
The United Nations insists there is no safe place for Palestinians ordered to leave Gaza City and that Israel-designated humanitarian zones in the south are “places of death.”
“The notion of a safe zone in the south is farcical,” UNICEF spokesman James Elder tells reporters in Geneva, speaking from the Gaza Strip, pointing out that “bombs are dropped from the sky with chilling predictability; schools, which had been designated as temporary shelters are regularly reduced to rubble, (and) tents… are regularly engulfed in fire from air attacks.”
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled Gaza City in recent weeks amid a new IDF offensive there. The military has urged them to move south, to a newly-established humanitarian zone in Khan Younis.
The IDF during the war has declared several “humanitarian zones” in southern Gaza, where most aid is directed to and no ground operations are carried out.
However, airstrikes against Hamas targets — including rocket launchers and the terror group’s top military commander Muhammad Deif — have been conducted in the humanitarian zones, with the IDF saying it takes extra precautions to mitigate civilian harm when attacking there.
Two Hamas operatives armed with an RPG and another firearm who approached troops of the Kfir Brigade in Gaza City were killed in a drone strike, the military says, publishing footage of the incident.
According to the IDF, during scans by troops in the area using a drone, two armed operatives were spotted approaching them. The troops then called in an Israeli Air Force Hermes 450 UAV to strike them. video
Lebanese emergency and security service members deploy around the wreckage of a car hit by an Israeli drone strike in the southern area of Al-Jarmak on October 2, 2025. (Rabih Daher/AFP)
Three Hezbollah operatives were killed in Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanon over the past day, the military says.
A strike in Kafra on Wednesday afternoon killed Ali Mohammed Qarouni, who the IDF says served as Hezbollah’s local representative in the town, and as part of his role, he was responsible for liaising between the terror group and the residents “on economic and military matters.”
“The terrorist acted to seize private property for the organization’s military needs, such as renting homes for storing weapons and conducting surveillance,” the army says.
A separate strike earlier today in Kfar Reman killed two more Hezbollah operatives, who the IDF says were engineering operatives involved in restoring the terror group’s infrastructure in the Mount Dov and Khiam areas.
US President Donald Trump’s administration approved $230 million for Lebanon’s security forces this week as they push to disarm the once-powerful terror group Hezbollah, sources in Washington and Beirut say.
A Lebanese source familiar with the decision says the funding includes $190 million for the Lebanese Armed Forces and $40 million for the Internal Security Forces.
Democratic US congressional aides say the funds were released just before Washington’s fiscal year ended on September 30. “For a small country like Lebanon, that’s really, really significant,” one of the aides says on a call with reporters, requesting anonymity in order to speak freely.
The US State Department doesn’t respond to a request for comment. The funding was released at a time when the Republican president’s administration has been slashing many foreign assistance programs, saying that its priority in spending taxpayer dollars is America First. linkThis money that the US allocated along with other money from Gulf State nations for Lebanon to rehabilitate. its army and security forces is crucial for the peace of the region. Lebanon has known decades of internal and external conflict but most coming from the fractured state of internal affairs, infighting and civil war. There are both religious and nationalistic forces that have been fighting each other and preventing stable government and security for the country. Hizbollah, for many of those years took advantage of the weak Lebanese government and almost non-existent Lebanese army and what started out as a terrorist organization in the south fighting Israel turned into a strong political force that placed its goals and ideologies above Lebanon's and forced the Lebanese people into political situations that they did not want. With Hizbollah weakening due to the war with Israel, the Lebanese government was able to select a President who was willing to take the reigns of power and return it to the Lebanese people, with the immediate first steps of demilitarizing Lebanon except for official Lebanese forces. That has already happened in a number of Palestinian refugee camps and is in progress to demilitarize Hizbollah. Hizbollah is fighting this action as they know that without their military strength and threat, their power is greatly reduced, even more than it has gotten as a result of most of its senior leadership killed. Throughout the years of political disarray with a barely functioning government and no money to rebuild its army and internal security forces, Hizbollah thrived. The influx of money that is specifically directed for security purposes will have long range impacts for the health of a non extremist Lebanon and for the possibility of peace and perhaps, eventually Lebanon joining the Abraham Accords, or better, a Peace Treaty with Lebanon and Israel.
Henry Hamra, a Jew of Syrian origin who resides in the United States, is running for a seat in the Syrian parliament representing the Damascus district. The elections are scheduled for October 5.
In his campaign announcement, Hamra pledges to work with the Syrian community in the United States to abolish the “Caesar Act,” which imposes economic sanctions on Syria without conditions.
Hamra fled Damascus with his father, Rabbi Yusuf Hamra, in 1992 at the age of 15. They returned on a visit in February.
At its peak, the Jewish community in Syria numbered some 100,000 Jews, but today, only a handful remain.
Two Palestinians attempted to carry out a car-ramming and shooting attack at a West Bank checkpoint a short while ago, the military says.
The incident took place at the “Bell” checkpoint, where Routes 4436 and 4437 from Beit Ur and Ramallah hit the major Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway Route 443.
According to the IDF, the assailants first tried to ram into soldiers at the checkpoint with their vehicle, before one got out with a firearm and tried to shoot at the troops.
The soldiers returned fire, killing the armed Palestinian. The second assailant was detained, the army says.
A view of the sukkahs set up by Nachala, a radical settlement movement, on the Gaza border overnight as they campaign to spend the upcoming Sukkot holiday on the ruins of the former Gaza settlement of Nisanit, on October 3, 2025. (Tehilla Makler, Nachala Movement)
Dozens of right-wing settler activists, supported by far-right MK Limor Son Har-Melech, set up an encampment less than a kilometer from the border with northern Gaza, saying they are demanding the government allow them to celebrate the Sukkot holiday on the ruins of the former Gaza settlement of Nisanit.
According to the radical settlement movement Nachala, 11 families from a cadre dubbed “Gaza Pioneers” established the encampment overnight Thursday, together with dozens of settler youths, and erected several Sukkahs, the temporary outdoor huts used during the upcoming holiday of Sukkot.
Son Har-Melech and the Nachala movement, which organized the endeavor, also called on the government to “stop the dangerous Trump plan” and “immediately enable Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip.”
Nachala has campaigned for the establishment of Jewish settlements inside Gaza since the early months of the war against Hamas, sparked by its attack inside Israel on October 7, 2023, and has come out strongly against the US-brokered plan for an end to the conflict unveiled earlier this week.
“At this very moment, when a terrible deal is on the table that misses the historic opportunity to right the wrong done in the expulsion [the 2005 Gaza Disengagement] while also ensuring the safety and security of Israeli citizens, and preserving the achievements of the soldiers, I see in the amazing families of the Gaza Pioneers cadre, led by the Nachala movement, the great story of our generation,” says Son Har-Melech.
Nachala Co-Chairman Zvi Elimelech Sharbaf says his organization was “Calling on the government to win the war by establishing Jewish settlement throughout the Gaza Strip and not to submit to the Americans’ dictates of surrender,” adding, “Trump’s plan to end the war is a national disaster and will bring upon us another massacre, God forbid.”
Last week, Nachala called the Trump plan for ending the conflict “an awful capitulation,” which “if implemented will bring about the next massacre,” and insisted that “the only victory is the conquest of all of Gaza, the expulsion of the enemy, it has already been proven that all Gazans are the enemy, and Jewish settlement in the entire Gaza strip.” link. As is typical with these settlement groups, they are provocateurs, deliberately stirring up trouble specifically when we are at a critical time in negotiating the end of the war. Their intentions are well know and they include preventing the ending of the war, expulsion of all Palestinians from Gaza and setting up Jewish only settlements throughout the Gaza Strip. These are the same type of settler groups who built a succah 2 years ago in the middle of West Bank Palestinian village of Hwarwa. Following some terrorist attacks in Hwarwa against the settlers who live nearby, the extremist politicians and their settler groups decided on the strong provocation of setting up the Succah in the middle of the village to show the Palestinians that they were the boss and that Palestinians living there was, in the eyes of the settlers, just a temporary situation. However, the settlers can never do something like this or even live where they choose in those illegal settlements without the protection of the army. So, for that Sukkah and for the thousands of settlers and settler supporters who were coming to support and show the Palestinians who the boss is, they demanded a large presence of IDF soldiers and the IDF was instructed by Netanyahu to deploy large numbers of soldiers to Hwarwa and surrounding areas to protect these settlers. This was exactly 2 years ago, October 2023 and where did they army take many of the soldiers from? The Gaza border and border communities leaving the Gaza border extremely underprotected. For months after the October 7 massacre, the IDF denied the reports that so many soldiers were pulled off of the border to protect the settlers based on the demands of the extremist ministers Smotrich and Ben Gvir, but eventually the army came clean and admitted that they were indeed pulled from the Gaza border. Another of the major debacles by the army and the government that abandoned the Gaza border communities. And now the kicker. Ten of thousands of reservists have been called up once again but this time to again protect the settlers and settler supporters coming to the West Bank, again in places like Hwarwa where they have once again invited thousands to join them for Sukkot in the West Bank settlements. As we are still in a time of war, the government could easily have told the settlers that they cannot have the same type of Sukkot celebrations and gathering as they have traditionally had, in order to not call up so many reservists who have already done hundreds of days of reserve duty since the war began. But that wouldn't happen because the extremists' ideologies are far more important than the safety and well being of our soldiers and reservists and Netanyahu allows his extremist ministers determine the government's policies and actions in just about every arena.
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Trump’s security guarantee to Qatar reshapes Gulf dynamics and alarms Israel
Analysis: Qatar won the first written US security guarantee after years of refusals, spurred by Israel’s strike in Doha and Trump’s pursuit of deals and diplomatic gains; move leaves Israel wary as Washington shields a state that still hosts Hamas leaders
For years, Qatari rulers have sought such an assurance from Washington, arguing that their support for American military and diplomatic initiatives in the region exposes them to threats. In return for hefty rental payments, Doha hosts Al-Udeid, the largest U.S. air base in the Middle East. Until now, however, presidents from both parties balked at providing a formal commitment, fearing similar demands from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
That caution stemmed from a consistent U.S. concern: that binding guarantees to Gulf partners could entangle Washington in regional conflicts with little to do with American strategic interests. The feud between Qatar and Saudi Arabia — which nearly escalated into open conflict about a decade ago — illustrated precisely the type of confrontation U.S. officials wanted to avoid.
Donald Trump had previously embodied that caution. When Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure was struck in 2019 by Iranian cruise missiles and drones, he declined to deploy U.S. troops or Patriot missile batteries to Riyadh’s defense, insisting instead that the Saudis pay for any such protection
o why did Trump now agree to Qatar’s demand?
According to officials and regional observers, two events shifted the equation. The first was Iran’s attack at the close of the recent 12-day war, an operation coordinated in advance with the Qataris. The second was Israel’s strike in Doha against senior Hamas figures. That Israeli move, carried out in defiance of Qatari objections, was intended as a warning to the emirate’s leadership. By all accounts, the message was received: alarmed by the prospect of further escalation, Qatar sent a delegation to Washington seeking a unilateral written security guarantee.
Their argument was simple: supporting U.S. policy had turned them into a target, and Washington therefore had a responsibility to shield them.
Trump’s decision to depart from his earlier principles appears to have rested on more than Qatari arguments about vulnerability. Tens of billions of dollars in promised business deals from his recent visit to Doha, Qatar’s mediation efforts between the United States, Israel and Hamas, and Doha’s pledge to support a 20-point plan for ending the Gaza war and promoting regional stability all weighed heavily. That plan, if realized, could position Trump as a Nobel Peace Prize contender.
And then there was the personal gesture: the presidential jet presented to Trump by Qatar’s emir.
Taken together, these factors persuaded Trump to grant Qatar a U.S. security safety net no other Gulf state has been able to secure.
Seen from Israel, the episode carries additional significance. The highly public — and to some extent humiliating — apology that Trump pressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver to Qatar’s prime minister was only a prelude. The real prize for Doha was the written American commitment, which could reshape Gulf dynamics and limit Israel’s maneuvering room with a neighbor that continues to host Hamas leaders while deepening its security ties with Washington. Linkall that was written in this article holds salt. There are, however additional aspects that need to be recognized. Yes, Trump’s personal interests and ties with Qatar provide Qatar with a strong position to get more or all of what they want from Trump. The other important point here is regarding the Israeli attack on Hamas. The largest American military base in the Middle East is about 15 miles from where Israel attacked. The US military basically owns Qatari airspace. Everyone knows that an attack like that could never have entered Qatari airspace without the US/Trump giving the green light. No amount of denials could convince the Qataris that Trump didn’t give permission for the attack in Qatar. This made their bargaining position more like a demand that could not be denied. Trump would not want the Qataris making a big deal of American enablement of the attack due to all the potential ramifications it would have throughout the Gulf.
This defense agreement is not just bad for Israel, it’s horrible. No one should forget that Qatar was one of the largest financiers of Hamas and other Muslim brotherhood terror organizations and still is. No one should forget or dismiss that Qatar has spent billions over more than a decade financing American universities and making curriculum and staff changes to reflect an anti-Israel and antisemetic monumental change on campuses as well as financing the creation and running of organizations chartered to run campaigns promoting and supporting Hamas under the guise of supporting Palestinians and protesting against Israel and Jews. None of the ‘spontaneous’ rallies, protests, demonstrations and attacks of Israelis and Jews on campuses were spontaneous at all. They were well planned for years waiting for the moment to act and run by well oiled and well financed organizations that were primarily financed by Qatar and Iran.
Since the war began with the horrifying videos and pictures taken and put online by the barbaric Hamas terrorists themselves, Qatar was deathly afraid that their very close association either the massacre would be headlined to the world and they would be made to pay a heavy diplomatic price, starting with the devastating designation if being a State that sponsors terrorism. That would immediately cut them off from the international banking system and have grave impact in their economy and trade abilities. In addition, the very popular Qatar Airways would be forbidden from landing in most western countries around the world, basically grounding them. These would be the beginning of a long list or repercussions for that designation. The writing was very much in the wall, so they quickly maneuvered into the position of ‘the good guys’ who were going to be the leading mediators to get our hostages home. No one can deny their very important role together with Egypt but we should never forget the rest. We cannot and should not ever refer to them as frenemies because of their continuing role of sponsoring terrorism. They still are the major base for most of Hamas’ senior leadership and that doesn’t appear to be changing in the near future.
Besides this past attack on the Hamas leadership, it is not the first time our security forces have acted on Qatari soil to assassinate Hamas leaders. This defense agreement effectively prevents us from further attacks on Hamas leadership which is very problematic. Just as every person involved in the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Olympics against the Israeli sports teams are no longer breathing, and everyone involved in the kidnapping and captivity of the soldier Gilad Schalit is no longer breathing, every Hamas leader should be considered a dead man walking. The Mossad, together with affiliates has already designated every single one of them for assassination. Not being able to act on Qatari soil will make them more difficult. We also won’t act in Turkish soil due to the potential international ramifications, nor would we/should we act on Egyptian soil due to our peace treaty. These are the three key living locations of Hamas leadership. Getting to them just became much more difficult.
“ The U.S. pledge, coupled with Netanyahu’s personal assurances, effectively means that any militant or terror operative on Qatari soil will now enjoy an unprecedented level of protection.”
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid slams Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the White House’s announcement that President Donald Trump signed an order vowing the United States will defend Qatar if attacked, following the failed Israeli attack targeting Hamas chiefs in Doha.
“This is a diplomatic failure of incomprehensible scale by Netanyahu’s government,” Lapid writes on X. “A failed attack in Doha, negligent behavior vis-a-vis the [US] administration and zero diplomatic vision lead to the collapse of Israel’s unique status in the US and diplomatic success that Qatar could not have dreamed of two years ago.
BERLIN — German authorities remand into custody three alleged members of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas on suspicion of plotting attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany.
The suspects appeared before an investigating judge in the Western city of Karlsruhe, where formal arrest warrants have been issued, says Ines Peterson, a spokesperson for the federal prosecutors’ office.
They are set to be transferred to a prison for detention ahead of a trial, which is likely to take months as an investigation continues.
Germany’s federal prosecutor announced Wednesday that the suspects were arrested on suspicion of being involved in procuring firearms since earlier this summer. Various weapons, including an AK-47 rifle, and ammunition were found during a raid.
Two of the suspects are German citizens. The federal prosecutor’s office describes the third as being born in Lebanon. They have only been named as Abed Al G., Wael F. M., and Ahmad I., in line with German privacy rules.
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๐️Day 443 that 100 of our hostages in Hamas captivity **There is nothing more important than getting them home! NOTHING!** “I’ve never met them, But I miss them. I’ve never met them, but I think of them every second. I’ve never met them, but they are my family. BRING THEM HOME NOW!!!” We’re waiting for you, all of you. A deal is the only way to bring all the hostages home- the murdered for burial and the living for rehabilitation. #BringThemHomeNow #TurnTheHorrorIntoHope There is no victory until all of the hostages are home! ืืื ื ืฆืืื ืขื ืฉืื ืืืืืคืื ืืืืช
๐️Day 455 that 100 of our hostages in Hamas captivity **There is nothing more important than getting them home! NOTHING!** “I’ve never met them, But I miss them. I’ve never met them, but I think of them every second. I’ve never met them, but they are my family. BRING THEM HOME NOW!!!” We’re waiting for you, all of you. A deal is the only way to bring all the hostages home- the murdered for burial and the living for rehabilitation. #BringThemHomeNow #TurnTheHorrorIntoHope There is no victory until all of the hostages are home! ืืื ื ืฆืืื ืขื ืฉืื ืืืืืคืื ืืืืช
๐️Day 484 that 79 of our hostages in Hamas captivity **There is nothing more important than getting them home! NOTHING!** “I’ve never met them, But I miss them. I’ve never met them, but I think of them every second. I’ve never met them, but they are my family. BRING THEM HOME NOW!!!” We’re waiting for you, all of you. A deal is the only way to bring all the hostages home- the murdered for burial and the living for rehabilitation. #BringThemHomeNow #TurnTheHorrorIntoHope There is no victory until all of the hostages are home! ืืื ื ืฆืืื ืขื ืฉืื ืืืืืคืื ืืืืช
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