Hamas launches over 30 attacks AT Israeli forces IN GAZA…..
At Isreael’s Memoral Day….Hostage release protests against Netanyahu government…
We do a look at Hamas’s effort to control Gaza, which was agressive and severe..
What cease fire, settelemt, hostage/POW swap talks?
These peiple ain’t seriously ready….
Here’s what we know:
Hecklers assailed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders as tensions over the Oct. 7 attacks and the Gaza war flared on one of Israel’s most solemn holidays.
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Protesters disrupt Israel’s day of mourning, highlighting wartime divisions.
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An international U.N. worker was killed in Rafah, a first since the conflict began.
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The White House says Israel still has not provided a plan for protecting civilians in Rafah.
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Republicans plan a symbolic House vote ordering a reversal of Biden’s pause on arms to Israel.
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A look at where fierce fighting continues in Gaza.
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Israelis mark Memorial Day among portraits of those lost at the Nova festival ground….
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Hamas power play for control of Gaza….
The Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has for years overseen a secret police force in Gaza that conducted surveillance on everyday Palestinians and built files on young people, journalists and those who questioned the government, according to intelligence officials and a trove of internal documents reviewed by The New York Times.
The unit, known as the General Security Service, relied on a network of Gaza informants, some of whom reported their own neighbors to the police. People landed in security files for attending protests or publicly criticizing Hamas. In some cases, the records suggest that the authorities followed people to determine if they were carrying on romantic relationships outside marriage.
Hamas has long run an oppressive system of governance in Gaza, and many Palestinians there know that security officials watch them closely. But a 62-slide presentation on the activities of the General Security Service, delivered only weeks before the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, reveals the degree to which the largely unknown unit penetrated the lives of Palestinians.
The documents show that Hamas leaders, despite claiming to represent the people of Gaza, would not tolerate even a whiff of dissent. Security officials trailed journalists and people they suspected of immoral behavior. Agents got criticism removed from social media and discussed ways to defame political adversaries. Political protests were viewed as threats to be undermined.
Everyday Gazans were stuck — behind the wall of Israel’s crippling blockade and under the thumb and constant watch of a security force. That dilemma continues today, with the added threat of Israeli ground troops and airstrikes.
“We’re facing bombardment by the occupation and thuggery by the local authorities,” Ehab Fasfous, a journalist in the Gaza Strip who appeared in the files of the General Security Service, said in a phone interview from Gaza…..
May 13, 2024 – ISW Press
Palestinian militias, including Hamas, claimed an unusually high number of attacks targeting Israeli forces in the northern Gaza Strip on May 13, demonstrating that these militias remain combat-effective and retain a significant force presence there. This supports CTP-ISW’s assessment that Hamas and the other Palestinian militias remain active beyond just Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian militias claimed 33 attacks targeting Israeli forces in Jabalia, marking the most attacks claimed in a single day in 2024.
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