In an article in English, the newspaper analyzed Israel’s claims regarding the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh’s sons and grandchildren in Gaza, and how this assassination may increase the popularity of the head of the political bureau of the Hamas movement.
Announcement
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz, in its English edition on Thursday, criticized Israel’s assassination of three of the sons and three grandchildren of Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Hamas movement.
The assassination came on Wednesday, on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, when Haniyeh’s three sons and three of their children were in a car in the Beach camp, west of Gaza City, when an Israeli march bombed them and killed them all.
Haaretz says that the Palestinians see this assassination as an act of “retaliation” and an indication of Israel’s “frustration,” “and not an effective military action that would shake the depths of Hamas enough to throw it off balance.”
The newspaper continues in its analysis: “Haniyeh’s sons were not classified as fighters. Their elimination would constitute a profound intelligence breakthrough for Hamas, and the strike that targeted them strengthened Haniyeh’s standing with the Hamas leadership and the Palestinian public.”
Indeed, social media circulated shortly after the news of the killing of Haniyeh’s sons and grandchildren spread, the way in which Ismail Haniyeh received the news of the killing of his three sons Hazem, Amir and Muhammad, in addition to three of his grandchildren, while he was in the Qatari capital, Doha, and in the video clips he appeared coherent and steadfast. , repeating the phrase, “May God make it easy for them.” This reaction impressed social media users.
Shortly thereafter, Haniyeh appeared in a telephone interview with Al Jazeera, saying that the blood of his sons “are sacrifices on the path to liberating Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa,” adding: “All of our people and all the families of Gaza residents have paid a heavy price with the blood of their sons, and I am one of them…and nearly… 60 of my family members rose as martyrs, like all the Palestinian people, and there is no difference between them.”
While Palestinian sources say that Haniyeh’s family members were on their way to greet relatives on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, Israel claimed that they were on their way to carry out a “terrorist act.”
Haaretz newspaper says: “The Palestinians, including those who oppose Hamas, will not believe this claim, especially since two of the sons had their children with them.”
As for the truce talks between Hamas and Israel, the impact of the assassination of Haniyeh’s sons will not necessarily have a direct impact on them, according to Haaretz: “If real progress is made on the outstanding issues and Israel shows greater flexibility, or if a compromise is reached that both parties can accept, Haniyeh and his allies in the Hamas leadership will not be able to obstruct the agreement solely because of the strike that targeted his sons.”
“Temporary revenge”
However, Haniyeh’s assertion, after the killing of his family members, that Hamas will not back down from its demands in the negotiations, may “put another obstacle to the negotiations and force the two parties to spend hours, days and weeks in talks in which Hamas will demand guarantees that its leaders and their families will not be targeted inside and outside Gaza,” according to the newspaper’s article. It is likely that Israel will not agree to this demand, and this may even lead to delaying reaching an agreement.
Haaretz concludes by saying: “While Haniyeh may have lost three of his sons, he will gain more popular sympathy and support thanks to the Israeli operation. Israel may have achieved some temporary retaliation, but it will have distanced itself further from its war aims – and does not In particular, securing the release of the 133 hostages.
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2024-04-11 16:02:58
