The Hamas terrorists who control the Gaza Strip in the Middle East supposedly turned over a new leaf some months ago. The reached a "reconciliation" with the Palestinian Authority run by president Abbas. Hamas also reached an accord with the Egyptian government of president Sisi. Hamas claimed to be more "moderate" than it had been. Now we learn that the moderation was all just another lie. Over the last few months, the Israelis have discovered and destroyed four terror tunnels dug from the Gaza Strip into Israel and Egypt. Israel has destroyed each of these tunnels. The latest one was attacked last night by the Israeli Air Force. Planes bombed the entrance of the tunnel in southern Gaza. It stretched about a mile into Israel and then on into Egypt. The tunnel was designed to permit weapons and soldiers to go from Gaza into Israel and also into Egypt.
What did this latest tunnel mean? First, the tunnel confirms that Hamas is working with ISIS in the Sinai province of Egypt. Hamas was actually sending weapons to the ISIS terrorists to be used against the local Egyptian police and military forces. Second, the tunnel confirms that Hamas was still preparing for major terror attacks against local Israeli populations.
There is no way to explain four tunnels being discovered other than to conclude that Hamas is still preparing for terror against both Israelis and Egyptians. The Hamas people claim that the latest tunnel was just for smuggling, but those who discovered it say that it was specifically designed to accommodate missiles. It was not a smuggling tunnel.
There is now a fear in the region that Hamas may soon attack before all of its tunnels are destroyed. The Israelis have a new system that is working quite well to discover the locations of these tunnels. Hamas has taken money designed for rebuilding Gaza and relief for local populations and used the funds instead to build the terror tunnels. The Hamas leadership is now watching all that work being destroyed. Hopefully, they won't decide to use what they still have before it is lost.
It's worth keeping in mind that some of the funds used by Hamas in this effort came through UNWRA. That's the agency of the UN that President Trump just cut off from American funding. It certainly sounds like a good move. Why should the USA send cash that Hamas used to build terror tunnels?
What did this latest tunnel mean? First, the tunnel confirms that Hamas is working with ISIS in the Sinai province of Egypt. Hamas was actually sending weapons to the ISIS terrorists to be used against the local Egyptian police and military forces. Second, the tunnel confirms that Hamas was still preparing for major terror attacks against local Israeli populations.
There is no way to explain four tunnels being discovered other than to conclude that Hamas is still preparing for terror against both Israelis and Egyptians. The Hamas people claim that the latest tunnel was just for smuggling, but those who discovered it say that it was specifically designed to accommodate missiles. It was not a smuggling tunnel.
There is now a fear in the region that Hamas may soon attack before all of its tunnels are destroyed. The Israelis have a new system that is working quite well to discover the locations of these tunnels. Hamas has taken money designed for rebuilding Gaza and relief for local populations and used the funds instead to build the terror tunnels. The Hamas leadership is now watching all that work being destroyed. Hopefully, they won't decide to use what they still have before it is lost.
It's worth keeping in mind that some of the funds used by Hamas in this effort came through UNWRA. That's the agency of the UN that President Trump just cut off from American funding. It certainly sounds like a good move. Why should the USA send cash that Hamas used to build terror tunnels?
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