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WE make no apologies for repeating verbatim our prescient warning on January 24: “Lest anyone believe that the war in Gaza is over for good and we have heard the last of Hamas, it would take a brave person to accept that at face value. Only an eternal optimist would trust Hamas not to push the boundaries and breach the agreement at some point, sooner rather than later. Unless the terror group adheres to the agreement to the letter, the IDF will be on hand to continue its process of elimination of Hamas terrorists. It tends to be forgotten that what was agreed was not a permanent ceasefire but a six-week hiatus during which just 33 hostages will be freed in return for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons.” We concluded by saying: “Our fervent wish, and that of Israelis and Jews in the diaspora, is that the ceasefire leads to a permanent end to the cycle of terror and the subsequent necessary response from the IDF. But it is surely a pipedream.”
Sadly, but not unexpectedly, Hamas is responsible yet again for Israel’s swift response to its refusal to release all the remaining hostages immediately. The terrorist group has wilfully and deliberately continued to hold those it kidnapped on October 7, increasing daily the likelihood that more have died, knowing full well that it holds the key to Israel ceasing its operations in Gaza. Hamas, as always, prefers to see hundreds of those it purports to represent die while it pursues its bloody and immoral vendetta against the Jewish state. How soon before Gazans come to realise that Hamas has never had their best interests at heart and merely represent their own hatred of Israel, in the pretence that one day it will reign supreme over a Palestinian state which supplants Israel? A pipedream alongside that of a permanent peace. To read more on this story, subscribe to our new e-edition. Go to E-edition.jewishtelegraph.com.
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