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Gaza BEFORE Israel showed up

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Blowback: How Israel Helped Create Hamas

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7grSsuFSS0)

Did you also know that Hamas — which is an Arabic acronym for “Islamic Resistance Movement” — would probably not exist today were it not for the Jewish state? That the Israelis helped turn a bunch of fringe Palestinian Islamists in the late 1970s into one of the world’s most notorious militant groups? That Hamas is blowback?

Former Israeli official Brig. Gen. Yitzhak Segev, who was the Israeli military governor in Gaza in the early 1980s, told a New York Times reporter that he had helped finance the Palestinian Islamist movement as a “counterweight” to the secularists and leftists of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Fatah party, led by Yasser Arafat. Avner Cohen, a former Israeli religious affairs official who worked in Gaza for more than two decades, told the Wall Street Journal in 2009 that Hamas is “Israel’s creation.” Hamas was the result of this, as Mehdi Hasan explains. First, the Israelis helped build up a militant strain of Palestinian political Islam, in the form of Hamas and its Muslim Brotherhood precursors; then, the Israelis switched tack and tried to bomb, besiege, and blockade it out of existence.

Hosted by Mehdi Hasan (  / mehdirhasan  , “How Israel Helped Create Hamas” is the fifth episode of a six-part Blowback series for The Intercept. Throughout this series, Mehdi Hasan examines key examples of blowback in greater detail and explores how foreign policy decisions by the U.S. and its allies often produce blowback and so-called unintended consequences.

The Intercept is an investigative nonprofit news organization dedicated to producing fearless, adversarial journalism. We believe journalism should bring transparency and accountability to powerful governmental and corporate institutions.

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the Palestinian militant group Hamas has

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carried out brutal acts of terror

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against Israeli civilians and Israeli

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and American leaders always keen to tell

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us how dangerous and evil Hamas is

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inhumanity of Hamas I have no sympathy

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for Hamas they keep shelling Israelis

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thousands of rockets and a motor fence

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what if I told you that Israel helped

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create Hamas officially a Hamas which is

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the acronym for an Arabic phrase meaning

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islamic resistance movement was founded

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in 1987 at the start of the first

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Palestinian Intifada or uprising against

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the Israeli occupation but its roots

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were planted much earlier

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the Hamas found a chef Ahmadiyya scene

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was a half blind disabled Palestinian

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cleric and member of the Muslim

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Brotherhood the Brotherhood had been

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repressed by the Egyptians in Gaza prior

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to 1967

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but once the Israelis invaded and

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occupied the Strip

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they didn’t just turn a blind eye to

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these Islamists they encouraged them see

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the Israelis especially right-wing

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Israelis wanted to undermine the power

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of the dominant Palestinian political

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force at that time the nationalist PLO

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at the heart of which was the secular

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Fatah party of Yasser Arafat their bete

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noire say tunis theity were people to

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create a fair euro fear d by empowering

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Shaklee a scene and the Muslim

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Brotherhood Israeli leaders thought they

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could divide and rule the occupied

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Palestinians play them off against each

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other secular nationalists against

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religious Islamists so in 1978 when the

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Essene wanted to officially register his

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Islamic Association which was

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be the precursor to Hamas the Israelis

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were only too keen to help Yasin built

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and grew a network of Islamist social

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institutions across Gaza including

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schools and clubs and mosques and Israel

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helped fund some of those projects most

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American politicians have no clue about

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any of this although the former

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Republican congressman Ron Paul once

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made this point on the floor of the

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house Hamas was encouraged and really

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started by Israel because they wanted

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Hamas to counteract Yassir Arafat Arafat

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himself told an Italian newspaper it

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quote Hamas is a creature of Israel he

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even claimed that former Israeli Prime

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Minister Yitzhak Rabin admitted as much

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to him calling it a fatal error now you

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might be wondering why should I believe

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mad Ron Paul or the famously shady

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Yasser Arafat well you don’t have to you

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can believe top Israeli and US officials

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who’ve basically owned up to all this

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brigadiere yet Sachs Egger for example

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who is the Israeli military governor in

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Gaza and later told the New York Times

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reporter that he helped finance the

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Islamic movement the Israeli government

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gave me a budget he said and the

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military government gives to the mosques

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Colonel David Hakam who worked in Gaza

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in the late 1980s as an arab affairs

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expert in the israeli military has

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admitted that the original sin was

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israeli support for your scene in the

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late 70s but at the time he has argued

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nobody thought about the possible

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results

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well a Verna Cohen did Cohen was Eze

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Raley officially was responsible for

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religious affairs in Gaza for more than

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two decades and who now says quote Hamas

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to my great regret is Israel’s creation

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yeah

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Cohen’s words he actually wrote an

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official report to his superiors in the

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mid-1980s warning them not to play

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divide and rule in the occupied

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territories and calling on Israel to

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quote break up this monster before this

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reality jumps in our face but no one

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else on the Israeli side really took the

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possibility of blowback seriously at

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that time they never do do they Hamas

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has since killed far more Israeli

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civilians than any secular Palestinian

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militant group and its leaders have been

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pretty viciously anti Israeli and even

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anti-semitic in their rhetoric

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mcanalovin banana shake a scene would

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eventually be assassinated by an Israeli

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airstrike in Gaza Shakya scene and its

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organization the Hamas are responsible

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to the killings of more than 400

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Israelis so the question shouldn’t be

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why now I think it should be why not

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before why not before well because

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before Israel was actually nudging and

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winking at ya scene and Co building them

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up as a rival to Arafat Fatah the die

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was cast for blowback blowback

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incidentally that they decided to double

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down on when they assassinated ya scene

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would actually suppress or diminish that

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organization seems to be ill-judged the

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inconvenient truth is that Hamas is in

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part a creature of Israel’s own making

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an enemy that Israel spent more than 20

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years helping to build up and then spent

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the next 20 years the past 20 years that

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is trying to bomb the siege and blockade

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out of existence the three Gaza wars

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fought by Israel against Hamas since

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2008 killed around 2,000 Palestinian

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civilians and a dozen Israeli civilians

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that’s the real human cost of blowback

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David long a former Middle East expert

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at the US State Department under Ronald

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Reagan told journalist Robert Dreyfus

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I thought the Israelis were playing with

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fire I didn’t realize it end up creating

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a monster but I don’t think you ought to

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mess around with potential fanatics it’s

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a lesson both the Israelis and the

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Americans never seem to learn though and

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as usual

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innocent people in this case

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Palestinians and Israelis continue to

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lose their lives as a result

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How Hamas Was Formed and Which Nations Support the Terror Group? | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Hamas launched large-scale attacks into Israel. What is Hamas, the terror organisation that governs Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

How was the group founded and which nations support the terror group? Will the actions of Hamas instigate an all-out war between Israelis and Palestinians.

Palki Sharma tells you more.

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now let’s tell you about the group that

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started this Hamas who or what is the

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Hamas it’s a terrorist organization but

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it calls itself a political party it is

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in fact one of the two largest political

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parties in

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Palestine now Palestine is divided into

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two parts the West Bank and the Gaza

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Strip the West Bank is controlled by a

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coalition called the pl the Palestinian

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Liber ation organization led by a party

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called fat so the PLO rules the West

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Bank and the Gaza Strip is controlled by

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Hamas this group is ideologically and

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politically motivated it rules a

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population of more than 2 million

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Palestinians and it calls itself the

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face of the Palestinian movement Hamas

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gets its name from an Arab acronym harat

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Al Muka Al islamia which translates to

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the Islamic resistance movement

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now this group was founded by a man

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called shik Ahmed Yasin a Palestinian

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scholar and

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cleric in 1967 there was a Six-Day War

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Israel won and they took over

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Palestinian territory two decades later

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Yasin established Hamas and Palestinians

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Rose against Israel’s occupation the

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year was

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1987 the movement was called the first

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inada or the first Uprising there was

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there was a series of violent protests

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attacks targeting Jews in Israel

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one year later Hamas published their

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Charter it called for the destruction of

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Israel and for the establishment of an

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Islamic society in historic

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Palestine and then Hamas continued the

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attacks they reportedly resorted to

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Suicide bombings rocket attacks and

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Small Arms

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attacks their targets were civilians the

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International Community designated Hamas

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as a terrorist group over the years it

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tried to morph itself into a political

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party but it kept a milit milary Wing a

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political party with a military Wing

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that’s what they call themselves and

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this Wing was to carry out attacks

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against Israel Hamas created a top down

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government

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Approach at the top was the polit bureau

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a 15 member body which operates in Exile

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then comes the shura council its members

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are unknown but this Council elects the

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polit bureau it also oversees some

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welfare programs in the West Bank at

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Gaza and then there is the K Kamas

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government it implements policies and

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agendas set by the shura council

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but it’s more like a puppet

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government so does the Hamas have a

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representative face well it does and

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it’s this man ismile han he’s the

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designated chairman of Kamas and guess

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where he operates from qatar’s Capital

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Doha Hamas leaders have made qat their

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workplace because they had a falling out

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with their previous hosts that’s

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Syria which brings us to another

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question who supports and funds Hamas on

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the geopolitical level where do they get

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their money and weapons from Qatar is

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clearly an outright supporter apart from

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hosting the leaders of Hamas Qatar sends

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millions of dollars to the terror group

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in 2021 the Kari government announced

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Aid worth $360 million for

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Hamas that’s $360 million that Hamas has

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never given accountability for where did

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that money

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go next in line is

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turkey their president erdogan is a

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stalwart supporter of this Terror

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organization Hamas even has offices in

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Istanbul in the month of July erdogan

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hosted the chief of Hamas is Hana in

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Ankara erdogan openly supports the

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Palestinian cause and turkey has

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repeatedly sent funds to

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Hamas and even now after today’s attacks

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erdoan does not condemn them for what

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they’ve done listen to

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this

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is as turkey in the light of the events

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that have occurred in Israel this

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morning we call on all decides to act

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with restraint to stay away from

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impulsive moves that will heighten the

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tension

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further so erdogan is calling on all

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sides to act with restraint no mention

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of how Hamas escalated hostilities and

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how they put thousands of Civilian lives

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in

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danger despite eran’s open Embrace of

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Kamas he’s not their top supporter that

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title goes to

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Iran thean provides Hamas with funds

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weapons and Military train in it is

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common for Hamas leaders to meet Iranian

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leaders and

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clerics according to a report by the US

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state department Iran provides almost

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$100 million every year to Hamas what

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about the weapons there’s no Clarity on

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how many they give or what kind but

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here’s what the Hamas Chief says Iran is

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their biggest donor of

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weapons the Hamas leadership often

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visits Iran to plot against their common

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enemy Israel and they insist that this

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is not a proxy war that they’re not

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fighting on behalf of Iran but they

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haven’t found many

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takers over the years American sanctions

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have forced Iran to cut funding to Hamas

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but their relationship remains

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intact so for Iran Hamas is an ally for

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Israel it’s a terror group but how do

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the people of Palestine see

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Hamas a poll was held in the month of

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June by the Palestinian Center for

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policy research and they revealed some

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shocking numbers only 31% of the people

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in Palestine say that Hamas should

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represent them a whopping 73%

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Palestinians believe that they should

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not Hamas should not represent them

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73% they say there’s widespread

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corruption in Gaza in institutions run

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by

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Hamas the pole also asked Palestinians

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another question who would they vote for

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if elections were to be held

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today 56% pick the current Hamas Chief

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ismile Han

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and that’s a clear majority 56% so what

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does that mean it means that the people

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of Gaza do not trust the governing

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ability of Hamas but hania continues to

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be a popular

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figure ever since Israel withdrew from

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Gaza in 2005 Hamas has taken up the role

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of the de facto Authority here over the

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years they’ve purged political

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opposition the Gaza Strip has remained

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under their strict control Hamas has

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maintained its popularity with social

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service and the call to raise militias

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against Israel but this time they may

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have gone too far they’ve launched an

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allout military operation against

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Israel will this spell the end of Hamas

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we’ll be tracking this story for

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you

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How Did Israel Find and Kill Yahya Sinwar? | Vantage with Palki Sharma

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPE7e3I7L8U)

How Did Israel Find and Kill Yahya Sinwar? | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Despite possessing cutting-edge espionage technology, it wasn’t Mossad magic but sheer luck, that led to Yahya Sinwar’s killing. Israeli military has released footage of Sinwar’s final moments that show him flinging a stick at an Israeli drone. Palki Sharma tells you how Israel found and killed Yahya Sinwar.

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Baby Al f

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so how did Israel find Yaya Sinar was it

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a pager bomb or some cutting Ed

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satellite

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imagery what mosad magic ended this hunt

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as it turned out it was sheer luck Yaya

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Sinar was killed in a chance encounter

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not a targeted

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operation let me tell you how it

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unfolded Israel has been tracking sver

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since October last year it’s been a

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ruthless Manhunt one that has raised

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Gaza to the ground also left 42,000

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people

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dead yet they could not Pinpoint sinar’s

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location all they knew was this that

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Yaya sver was somewhere in the southern

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city of Rafa now Rafa is pretty big the

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total size is more than 64 Square km

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it’s also home to 1 million people so

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finding sver in Rafa was never going to

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be easy which brings us to Wednesday

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this Wednesday an Israeli team was

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patrolling a part of Rafa an area called

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tal Al Sultan suddenly the team

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encountered three adversaries naturally

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they they engaged them and during this

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gunfight the three opponents split up

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one of them ran into an abandoned

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building that’s when Israel switched to

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drones you just saw that video

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the Drone found a man slumped in a chair

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his head was covered and he was

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surrounded by debris at that point

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Israel did not know that this man was

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Yaya sver they thought it was a random

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Hamas fighter soon Israeli tanks were

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called in they fired rounds and raided

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the build raised the building rather and

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that’s how Yaya sver was finally killed

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again Israel did not know immediately

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they thought the building or the body

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may have been strapped with bombs so

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they left this site after the encounter

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then on Thursday morning they returned

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to inspect the bodies and that’s when

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they spotted

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sver of course you can’t go by looks

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alone you must forensically confirm it

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so a part of sin’s finger was removed it

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was sent to Israel for testing and when

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the results came it was confirmed

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Israel’s number one enemy was dead later

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that day his body was taken to Israel

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it’s not clear what happened after that

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or what they did to the body but a a lot

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of interesting facts do Stand Out Here

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for starters how did they confirm Yaya

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sin’s DNA well sver spent nearly 30

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years in Israeli jails from the 1980s to

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2011 during that time he developed a

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brain

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tumor he even had a surgery done in

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Israel and because of this they had a

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lot of his medical records like his DNA

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and his Dental reports and that is how

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Israel identified Yaya sber they also

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found money on him by the way they found

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money on his body nearly 40,000 shekels

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which is around

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$10,000 he also had a vest and a pistol

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with him but why was sver out in the

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open why wasn’t he in the

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tunnels you can give Israel credit for

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that they were hunting relentlessly in

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Rafa so sver was trying to flee to move

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further north

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the fact is that sin War probably stayed

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in that area in the same underground

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area in the complex we found his DNA a

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couple of hundred meters away from the

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tunnel where our six hostages were

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staying he stayed in that area our

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forces closed the area for a long period

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of time and I guess that he was on the

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run for a long period of time moving

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from underground space to houses and was

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trying to flee North to safer

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areas what about the hostages Sinar was

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said to be surrounded Ed by human

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Shields where did they go well he may

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have abandoned them to move quicker or

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maybe he lost them in the chaos either

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way no hostages were found with sver his

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security detail was also light like we

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said just two men and him perhaps he

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thought that a small team could move

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quicker but frankly his fate was sealed

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not yesterday not last week but on

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October 7th 2023 when he ordered his men

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to Massacre Israeli civilians we all

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know what happened next an intense cat

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and mouse game in Gaza Yaya Sinar had

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been preparing years for this attack he

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knew the Israelis pretty well he even

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spoke fluent Hebrew and that is how he

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thwarted every Israeli attempt to track

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him no gadgets no public appearances no

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direct contacts Yaya sin always lived in

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the shadows he seemed one step ahead of

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the Israelis but in the end they tracked

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him

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down you must admire Israel’s ruthless

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dedication

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but you must must also question the cost

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42,000 civilians were collateral damage

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in this hunt nearly everything in Gaza

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is destroyed was the October 7th attack

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worth this Carnage was killing Sinar

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worth this Carnage it’s a question that

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Israeli and Hamas leadership must Ponder

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a new sver May emerge soon but those

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Israeli and Palestinian families will

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never be whole

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Yahya Sinwar Resurfaces After Being “Presumed Dead” | Vantage with Palki Sharma

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfJXqP49inw)

Yahya Sinwar went silent

No radio contacts

Sinwar is alive

Sinwar is a slippery customer

Human Shields

Tunnels

Communication

Israels Problem

Sinwars Role

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