Go Israel Go: Hamas Morale Reportedly Collapsing, Terrorists Are Fleeing IDF And Abandoning Positions

Since I am all for true and lasting peace — at least as much as can be achieved — I hope that Israel does not agree to any sort of ceasefire prematurely. If they were to stop operations now it would be an eventual regression to the status quo. In the eyes of terrorists, a ceasefire — a “hudna” in Islam — is intended to be temporary only and a time to regroup and rearm for the next round of fighting. Although there will never be any truly peaceful Palestinian leadership in either Gaza or the West Bank, Israel should go all the way now while they have the upper hand and crush Hamas and its ilk, arguably the greater of two evils, from Gaza for good. This would serve as a stern warning to terrorists everywhere: Israel means business. If we are attacked, you will pay …

Update: Israel Unanimously Rejects Kerry Ceasefire Proposal

Proverbs 20:26, “A wise king sifts out the wicked, and brings the threshing wheel over them.”

By Joel B. Pollak, Breitbart – “In an otherwise excellent article on the Hamas terror tunnel network in Gaza, the Jerusalem Post buries the lede. An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier in the field told the Post that while Hamas fighters offered fierce resistance when the ground operation began, now Hamas operatives are fleeing, abandoning their positions, leaving behind weapons and other material that the IDF is using to expand its assault on the terror group.

The source added that in recent days, a recognizable wave of demoralization has washed over Hamas’s combat battalions. ‘They simply escape, leaving behind weapons and suicide bomb vests that were laid out for battle. This morning we stormed a position, and they just weren’t there. I don’t see a determined enemy. We have encountered stronger pockets of fighting in the past. But now, I would not give them a high grade for fighting spirit.’

Using further eyewitness reports, the article describes how Hamas has integrated the tunnel network into the civilian infrastructure of Gaza, constructing entrances in homes and even mosques. ‘I have not entered one civilian home that did not have weapons, suicide belts, or booby traps in it,’ the source told the Post, stressing the lengths to which the IDF goes to protect innocent civilians caught in the crossfire, regardless.

The reports of a collapse in Hamas fighters’ morale lends credence to other reports that Hamas leaders were considering a temporary truce suggested by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The organization has insisted in the past on making a ceasefire conditional on the removal of the international blockade of Gaza, which exists to prevent Hamas from importing weapons and materials to build its terror network even further than it has.” Source – Breitbart.

Humiliation: 150 — Mostly Hamas — Surrender To IDF In Gaza – “Dozens of Palestinian terror operatives, most of whom were said to be members of Hamas, surrendered Wednesday to IDF soldiers during raids in the southern Gaza Strip cities of Rafah and Khan Yunis. The operatives, who came out of hiding spots with their hands raised above their heads, were taken into Israeli custody for further questioning. In total, 150 Palestinians were arrested, but only 70 of them who were suspected of carrying out terror attacks were transferred under tight security to IDF Intelligence and Shin Bet facilities for interrogation, an IDF spokeswoman told The Times of Israel, adding to 28 operatives already captured.” Read more.