Hamas not impacted by Israeli assassinations policy: MSNBC
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MSNBC reports that despite the Israeli occupation's assassination of Ismail Haniyeh and other senior leaders, Hamas' robust institutional structure and influence in Gaza ensure its continued endurance and readiness to appoint new leaders.
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People carry the coffin of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh who was assassinated by 'Israel' on Wednesday, during his funeral ceremony at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, August 1, 2024. (AP)
MSNBC reported on the Israeli occupation's assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, stating that this action would not significantly damage Hamas. The channel came to this conclusion after examining previous instances where Hamas leaders were assassinated by "Israel" over the years, which did not notably disrupt the group's activities.
In this context, the report stated that "Israel has killed several of Hamas’ senior leaders in the past, including the movement’s founder and spiritual guide, the quadriplegic Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, in March 2004, Abdel-Aziz al-Rantisi the following month and Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in January. In November 2012, an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City killed Ahmed al-Jabari, the de facto commander of Hamas’s military wing, the Izz-al Din al-Qassem Brigades."
The channel noted that despite these assassinations, Hamas has endured as a movement due to its robust institutional structure developed over the years and its strengthened influence in Gaza throughout its 17-year governance of the territory.
It concluded by emphasizing that there would be no shortage of fighters willing to join Hamas, adding that a replacement for Haniyeh would be appointed soon, ensuring that Hamas would continue to withstand the ongoing conflict.
Al-Qassam release footage destroying Israeli Namer APC with Red Arrow
On the 300th day of its ongoing Al-Aqsa Flood Operation, the Palestinian Resistance continues to confront the Israeli occupation forces along key battlefronts, with a particular focus on the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
Al-Qassam Brigades announced targeting an Israeli infantry force near a concentration of military vehicles with an anti-personnel shell in Tel al-Hawa, confirming that the attack resulted in the killing and wounding of Israeli soldiers and officers.
In the same area, al-Qassam Brigades reported targeting another Israeli force entrenched within two buildings using several anti-personnel shells and engaging in combat with the force using machine guns.
Additionally, the group's Military Media released footage documenting the destruction of an Israeli Namer armored personnel carrier by a Red Arrow ATGM system near the al-Husam Tower in the Tel Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Al-Qassam revealed the Red Arrow on June 23, announcing for the first time its possession of this type of weapon.
The Resistance faction also released footage of a qualitative operation it carried out, targeting an Israeli engineering vehicle of the Ovak type, west of the Tal Za'arub area, west of Rafah.
For its part, the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, said it bombarded Israeli soldiers and their vehicles stationed in southern Tel al-Hawa with several Ababil explosive devices and heavy-caliber mortar shells. The group's Military Media released footage of their targeting and destruction of the Israeli military vehicles that had advanced into Tel al-Hawa.
In a joint operation, al-Quds Brigades and al-Qassam Brigades engaged in fierce confrontations with an Israeli force in the al-Shabora camp in central Rafah, inflicting casualties on the force.
Meanwhile, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades published a video documenting strikes on a special Israeli force fortified in a house in Tel al-Hawa with a TBG shell and 60 mm mortar shells.
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