Bkk Brian

Also, as I pointed out, Eisenkot's opinion was hardly his alone. Did you skip over the part about senior IDF commanders agreeing with him? No, I didn't skip over that, nor did many people, did the NYT name those other commanders? Thought not. The Israel Defense Forces says the comments cited in a New York Times report earlier were “not known” to the military and “do not reflect the IDF’s position.” The NYT reported today that four senior IDF commanders now believe Israel’s two stated goals of destroying Hamas and freeing the hostages are not compatible. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-commanders-comments-in-nyt-report-on-hostages-not-known-dont-reflect-military-position/ By the way, I don't mean anything other than that quoted above.

As Houthis vow to fight on, U.S. prepares for sustained campaign The Biden administration is crafting plans for a sustained military campaign targeting the Houthis in Yemen after 10 days of strikes failed to halt the group’s attacks on maritime commerce, stoking concern among some officials that an open-ended operation could derail the war-ravaged country’s fragile peace and pull Washington into another unpredictable Middle Eastern conflict. “We are clear-eyed about who the Houthis are, and their worldview,” a senior U.S. official said of the group, which the Biden administration designated this week as a terrorist organization. “So we’re not sure that they’re going to stop immediately, but we are certainly trying to degrade and destroy their capabilities.” https://archive.ph/O9BBs https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/01/20/us-military-yemen-houthis/

“We discovered that every house has a shaft, and a whole underground network connects them, including the school and the mosque,” In central Gaza, where gunmen lurk underground, a commander sees a long slog ahead His core message, one that he returned to several times, was that Israel’s war against Hamas was not close to being completed. “It’s not going to end soon,” said Shushan. “We are going to be here another year.” Two days before, troops under his command foiled a Hamas plan to fire dozens of rockets at Netivot. The attack had been slated for Sunday, when tens of thousands of people were gathered in the city to mark the anniversary of the death of the Baba Sali, a mystical Morocco-born rabbi with a large following. Shushan told The Times of Israel that they exposed the plot and raided the olive orchard in which the launchers were hidden. The launchers were mostly buried in the ground, with rockets loaded inside. https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-central-gaza-where-gunmen-lurk-underground-a-commander-sees-a-long-slog-ahead/

This is one of those gory incidents in this war since Oct 7th and what gets found when searching buildings. It was always known that Hamas offered $10,000 per live hostage taken when they got them back to Gaza, at least so that's the reports from some of the terrorists. But it seems body parts were also part of that deal, alive or dead. Government Spokesman: X Video link I'd like to draw your attention to the number 10,000. $10,000 is the price a terrorist tried to sell the dismembered head of an Israeli soldier in Gaza. Israeli father says Hamas tried to sell his son’s decapitated head for $10,000 A fallen Israeli soldier’s father claimed that after his 19-year-old son was killed, Hamas terrorists tried to sell his decapitated head for $10,000 in Gaza. Adir’s head was later found inside a freezer in Gaza, stashed inside a duffel bag with tennis balls and some documents, his father said. “[There were] documents of some terrorist and a soldier’s head. They managed to bring what was left after two and a half months, it was probably abused there as well,” he said. https://nypost.com/2024/01/17/news/israeli-dad-says-hamas-tried-to-sell-sons-decapitated-head/

Its currently a tale of two halves with some in the middle but the North has certainly been wound down and central is being slowly cleared of terrorist infastructure. Fighting Eases in Northern Gaza, Giving Residents Some Relief As Israel dials back the intensity of its military campaign in the northern Gaza Strip, some residents say they are able to walk through war-ravaged neighborhoods more freely, and that the sounds of gun battles and explosions are becoming less frequent. Rami Jelde, 32, a resident of Gaza City, said that over the last four weeks he had not seen any Israeli soldiers while walking the streets of what was Gaza’s most populous city before the war. He spent much of the past three months huddling with his family at a local church, alongside roughly 350 other Christians, in an attempt to evade nearly constant explosions. People “are starting to leave and walk around, get supplies, and hurry back,” said Mr. Jelde, who works for a Catholic relief group. https://archive.ph/gUm29 NYT

Indeed you are not alone in this, its something we've all wondered. I take faith in some of the hostage families including the ones whose son was accidently killed when he put up a white flag. The mum said she understood and the IDF were doing a very difficult job and it was "nobody’s fault except that of Hamas". They did make one successful rescue of a female soldier who was taken hostage but obviously the majority have been released through negotiations and temporary ceasefires. Israel knows that but the last ceasefire was broken by Hamas and they have so far failed to agree another one despite a very good offer from IDF. I had actually read this in the Times of Israel yesterday re Gadi Eisenkot calling for elections, and? 🥱

I asked your tag team mate, not you.

I am not sure what point it is your trying to make, the statement never said there was conclusive proof in the first place. It said: On January 2, 2024, U.S. intelligence confirmed its belief that Hamas used the Al-Shifa Hospital as a command center and to hold Israeli hostages The fact that released hostages have also confirmed they were held in hospitals along with others they met in them sort of clinches the deal.

Can you provide a link to that? .....lol

I provided a link to the whole article for you to read, just because I don't provide full quotes when its there for all to see makes me a troll now. I suggest do not ask me for citations again.

When are you actually going to start reading previous posts: "Your human shields claim has been debunked several times "

There is no new evidence, you are just making stuff up. Yea, another head in the sand moment, a bit like that Hamas does not use civilians as human shields claim..........

If thats what you think carry on, my response remains the same

Can you show me a report after the 2nd Jan that debunks this? new U.S. intelligence, U.S. spy agencies believe that Hamas and another Palestinian group fighting Israel used Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza to command forces and hold some hostages, according to new American intelligence declassified on Tuesday.

No but then you cant claim they were firecrackers or 2000 bombs. Which would of course leave massive craters

Again latest report:

and? I am still waiting for 2000 bombs blowing up hospitals, you two keep deflecting.....lol

Yes but I do not think hamas or the IDF used fire crackers, can you provide evidence they used 2,000 bombs directly on hospitals to blow them up?

Yes and? So does urban warfare, especially rpg's

Anything that goes against your bias sounds suss even when there's credible links to them: Hamas Used Gaza Hospital as a Command Center, U.S. Intelligence Says The Al-Shifa Hospital complex was used by both Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad forces fighting against Israel, according to new U.S. intelligence.Credit...Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times U.S. spy agencies believe that Hamas and another Palestinian group fighting Israel used Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza to command forces and hold some hostages, according to new American intelligence declassified on Tuesday. The hospital was the focus of a large Israel Defense Forces effort in November to take control of the facility, an operation that came under intense international scrutiny and criticism. A senior U.S. intelligence official said on Tuesday that the American government continued to believe that Hamas used the hospital complex and sites beneath it to exercise command and control activities, store weapons and hold “at least a few hostages.” https://archive.ph/hHq0R https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/us/politics/gaza-hospital-hamas.html Col. Elad Shushan: “There is not a UNRWA site, school, mosque, or kindergarten in which we didn’t find weapons. None. One hundred percent.”

What's that got to do with my post?

You knw as well as I, that he was referring to blowing up hospitals on purpose, the aftermath of urban fighting as seen there in that hospitals destruction is a far cry from deliberately blowing up a hospitals, its not happened.

Your claim was they blew up hosptials, that is false, they do not, have they fired at hospitals, sure, especially when teir full of terrorists: Gaza hospital chief admits to being Hamas commander, using clinic as military base The head of a Gaza hospital has admitted to being a senior Hamas commander — and detailed how the terror group transformed the medical site into an operational hub that once housed a kidnapped Israeli soldier. Ahmad Kahlot, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabaliya, made his taped confession to the Israeli security service Shin Bet after his arrest during last week’s raid on the facility in northern Gaza. https://nypost.com/2023/12/19/news/gaza-hospital-chief-admits-to-being-hamas-commander/

His words not mine: "Your human shields claim has been debunked several times "

Why clip my post out of context? It also happens to be a fact