Hamas Is Already Preparing for Its Next Attack on Israel

[Richard D]

Much as the Houthis’ decision temporarily to suspend their attacks doesn’t mean that they have lost interest in wreaking havoc, the same can be said of Hamas’s acceptance of the cease-fire. Meir Ben-Shabbat argues that, in fact, the terrorist group has only been encouraged:

The cease-fire agreement has breathed new fighting spirit into Hamas’s leadership and members. “This is the result of our people’s steadfast stance over more than fifteen months,” declared Khalil al-Hayya—the head of Hamas’s political bureau who led the organization’s negotiating team.

We must assume Hamas in Gaza isn’t resting on its laurels and has already begun rehabilitating its military capabilities. It will exploit the cease-fire to revitalize its personnel, smuggle and manufacture weapons, reassert control over the population, and maximize political gains from the release of operatives in Gaza, the West Bank, and regionally.

https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/israel-zionism/2025/01/hamas-is-already-preparing-for-its-next-attack-on-israel/

[madaboutharry]

1. They will continue to bring the most misery to their own people:

Persisting in a never ending terror war against Israel will only continue to cause the Palestinians to exist in an endless loop of dependence and victimhood. Hamas is the thief stealing their future.
Israel is not ever going to disappear. Hamas can engage in perpetuating atrocities and a twisted form of magical thinking for another thousand years and they will be in the same place they are today.

[Richard D]

2. They really are . . .

. . . absolutely insane.

[elias7]

3. I'm sure we'll find some way to blame this on Israel

[Richard D]

4. without any doubt (nt)