Israel, Hamas cease-fire deal could enable rearming of Gaza terrorists

JERUSALEM—Scenes of equipped and uniformed Hamas terrorists could beryllium seen successful Gaza connected Sunday arsenic the archetypal 3 Israeli pistillate hostages were released arsenic the cease-fire woody came into effect. 

Israeli quality bureau TPS-IL reported that groups of equipped men, suspected terrorists successful the cardinal Gaza country of Deir al-Balah, celebrated aft the cease-fire and quoted them arsenic chanting, "It is continuous by God’s support to termination the past Zionist worker successful our beatified country," arsenic cars honked horns and euphony blared.

The statement could alteration Hamas to reorganize its terrorists successful Gaza and repopulate the bluish portion of the Gaza Strip that borders Israel, according to immoderate acrophobic Israeli subject experts.

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Hamas terrorists look successful a amusement of spot escorting Red Cross vehicles carrying 3 Israeli hostages to beryllium released arsenic portion of the cease-fire deal.  (TPS-IL)

"Despite important subject achievements against galore of the Iranian panic proxies astir it, Israel has been forced to hold to a precise atrocious woody that leaves Hamas successful power. As the leaders of Hamas person repeatedly stated, including aft the declaration of the cease-fire, Hamas intends to proceed connected its way of Jihad against Israel until Israel is wholly eliminated," erstwhile Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman, Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, told Fox News Digital.

He continued, "Israel is held astatine gunpoint by the Hamas panic enactment and has agreed to merchandise astir 2,000 convicted Palestinian terrorists, to retreat from the Gaza Strip and to temporarily cease-fire successful bid to repatriate 33 Israeli hostages."

Following the archetypal announcement of past week's deal, Khalil al-Hayya, a elder Hamas official, reportedly boasted that his question plans to perpetrate a 2nd October 7 massacre of Israelis, according to a Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) translation of his remarks.

He reportedly bragged astir the archetypal slaughter of implicit 1,200 Israelis, including much than 40 Americans, connected October 7, 2023, and declared plans to motorboat caller wide murders. "October 7 Will Remain A Source Of Pride To Our People And Our Resistance, And Will Be Passed Down From Generation To Generation," declared al-Hayya.

Hamas terrorists emerging from the shadows arsenic they situation Red Cross vehicles.   (TPS-IL)

He said the jihadi enactment volition expel Israel from Palestine and Jerusalem and that this volition hap soon, adding, "We volition ne'er hide and ne'er forgive," and vowing that Israel's crimes volition beryllium punished, "even if it takes time."

Conricus, a elder chap for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said that lone "Due to overwhelming planetary unit applied connected Israel passim the past 15 months, which has prevented Israel from exercising the needed magnitude of leverage and unit connected Hamas successful Gaza, this extortion woody is regrettably astir apt the champion mode of redeeming Israeli hostages."

Retired IDF Brig. Gen. Amir Avivi (Res) told Fox News Digital that astatine this stage, the authorities is prioritizing bringing backmost the hostages. It is evidently urgent. Their concern is precise bad." He added "The authorities intends to spell backmost warring aft the archetypal signifier unless determination volition beryllium different cease-fire to get each the hostages. But determination is nary volition to springiness up destroying Hamas and creating a caller world successful Gaza." 

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Hamas terrorists question to Gazans during Sunday's merchandise of 3 Israeli hostages. (TPS-IL)

Caroline Glick, a blimpish Israeli commentator, who is good versed successful the Jewish state’s run to decision Hamas, said on her podcast, "What we’re having present is simply a concern wherever we are being forced permanently into this presumption wherever we are not allowed to triumph due to the fact that that is what the cease-fire efficaciously does to Israel."

The cease-fire-for-hostages woody comes astatine a clip erstwhile Israel has mostly degraded Hamas’ subject power. Hamas is successful a feeble condition. Hezbollah, the main Hamas state successful the region, cut a cease-fire agreement with Israel and removed 1 of Iran-backed fronts against the Jewish state.

Iran’s authorities has launched nary caller strikes against Israel since Jerusalem countered its October aerial attack.

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Suspected terrorists successful Gaza travel retired of hiding arsenic cease-fire for-hostages woody gets underway successful Gaza's Deir al-Balah area. (Majdi Fathi/TPS-IL)

The woody contains heavy concessions for Israel. The Jewish authorities volition merchandise up to 2,000 Palestinian terrorists, including implicit a 100 serving beingness sentences.

The anticipation is based connected erstwhile releases of Palestinian terrorists for Israeli hostages progressive successful the Palestinian murderers returning to combat Israel. 

TPS-IL reported connected Monday that an estimated 20,000 terrorists from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and different panic groups person been killed successful the war. On Sunday, it was besides reported that Izz al-Din Haddad, commandant of Hamas’s Northern Brigade, who oversaw Sunday’s transportation of 3 Israeli hostages to the Red Cross, has been tapped arsenic the Hamas person to rebuild the panic organization.