U.S. officials confirmed today that Israel’s claim that Hamas runs command-and-control centers under Gaza hospitals and other civilian facilities is correct. Presenting more problems for Israeli Defense Forces [IDF], between the labyrinth of underground tunnels and command-and-control centers in hospitals. Issrael’s biggest war right now is with the media that condemns Israel for destroying civilian areas of Gaza where Hamas embeds itself as a foolproof way to holding onto power. Between the elaborate underground tunnel network and command-and-control centers, IDF has a mission impossible to root out Hams terrorists. Where in the world other than Gaza does a terrorist group borrow underground, creating a tunnel network as complicated as the Paris Metro? U.S. National Security Advser Jake Sullivan, 45, confirmed the presence of Hamas command-and-control in hospitals.
U.S. officials have bought Israel more time with the relentless global press that wants to repeat the same senseless wars, destroying Gaza over-and-over against, all because Hamas rakes in cash from oil-rich Gulf Arab States. If you calculated how much cash Hamas has racked up in 17 years, it’s over $100 billion, enriching certain Hamas officials like exiled l eaders Khaled Meshaal and Ismail Hanijech, both billionaires because of Hamas corruption. “You can see even from open-source reporting that Hams does use hospitals along with a lot of other civilian facilities for command-and-control, for storing weapons, for housing its fighters,” Sullivan confirmed. Global press doesn’t like the U.S. push back against accusations of Israeli genocide and war crimes. Hamas knows how to fight information wars, knowing exactly what to tell the global press to advance its cause.
IDF officials now hone in on Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital, the largest of Gaza’s medical facilities, the one with the biggest Hamas command-and-control center. “There is no more water, food, milk for children and babies . . the situation in the hospital is catastrophic,” said the director of Al-Shifa medical center Dr. Muhammed Abu Salmya. Salmya denies the Hamas uses the hospital as its primary command-and-control center but, more importantly, as main rocket-launching site. “There is no reason why we just can’t take the patients out of there, instead of letting Hamas use it as a command center for troops, for the rockets that they fire against Israel for the terror tunnels that they use to kill Israeli civilians,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjaminc Netanyahu said. Netanyahu has U.S. support but very little else with growing pressure on Israel to finish its latest IDF operation against Hamas.
Netanyahu vigorously defends Israel’s right of self-defense against the formidable enemy that slaughtered some 1,400 Israeli civilians before taking another 240 hostage Oct 7. Israeli has been careful to avoid as much collateral damage as possible, conducting surgical air strikes in Gaza’s densely populated streets, especially in North Gaza near the Israeli border. Netanyahu rejects the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Ministry of Health data on civilian death tolls. Hamas claims Israel has killed over 11,000 Gaza civilians with Netanyahu saying the figures are grossly exaggerated. So far, Netanyahu has resisted calls for a ceasefire, primarily because he can’t leave the mission until the IDF roots out Hamas terrorists. No Arab officials has asked Hamas to leave Gaza, knowing the destruction they’ve caused the region. Without the Oct. 7 massacre, Hamas would be in one piece.
Hospital officials have no doubt been told that if they cooperate with the IDF they’ll be liquidated by Hamas for treason. No Gaza resident can be truthful about the extent of Hamas destruction to the region. “The problems is not the doctors, it’s the patients. And if they are left behind, they will die and if they are transferred, they will die on the way, this is the problem we are talking about with 700 patients,” Al-Bursh told the press.. Al-Bursh is the Director of Hamas Ministry of Health that refuses to back up claims of civilian deaths. Anyone living under Hams rule knows there can be no disobedience without lethal repercussions. Israel fights the global press as much as it fights Hamas, realizing that its current IDF operation takes time, cannot be completed on the media’s timetable. Netanyahu looks more determined than ever to once-and-for-all finish off Hamas.
Israel and the U.S. finds itself constantly fighting Hamas propaganda and disinformation, especially about civilian casualties. U.S. officials worried that the Israeli-Hamas war could trigger a broader conflict. But after a month of fighting it’s clear that only Iranian-backed militia groups, especially Hezbollah in Lebanon, have caused any problems from Israel. Hezbollah walks a fine line attacking Israel from the north and risking decimating economically-strapped Lebanon. Hezbollah operates independently of Lebanon’s government but knows its risks Israeli bombing if the Iranian-backed Shiite militia goes too far. IDF must continue its operations at Ali-Shifa and A-Rantisi hospitals, both key Hamas conmand-and-control centers. Arab and Islamic leaders need to publicly distance themselves from Hamas in the same way they did ISIS to finally save Palestinians living in Gaza.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.
