Israeli media: Situation before aggression on Gaza has not changed

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Israeli media pointed out Sunday that the current situation on the ground reminds all sides that the situation that existed before the Israeli occupation aggression on Gaza has not fundamentally changed and that Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad did not give up on connecting battle arenas.

"Israel" Hayom reported that the occupation celebrated, early last week, the end of the aggression on Gaza, and deemed it as an achievement that disrupted the connection between battle arenas.

The news website, however, considered that the celebrations were premature.

It said that this momentum continued even at the end of the aggression on Gaza and spilled over into the West Bank, with the Israeli occupation forces storming Nablus and assassinating Resistance leader Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi.

According to the news website, a week after the euphoria, the situation reminds all parties that the reality that existed before the aggression on Gaza has not changed fundamentally, at least till now, adding that Hamas and the PIJ do not give up on the connection between resistance arenas, including Gaza, occupied Al-Quds, and the West Bank.

Regarding Sunday's shooting operation in Al-Quds, the news website considered that it provides Hamas with an opportunity to claim that the resistance is crossing-platform and that the equation that was developed during the battle of Seif Al-Quds and aims to create a link between different battle arenas against "Israel", has not collapsed yet.

مشاهد من الحافلة التي تعرضت لإطلاق نار في #القدس المحتلة. #فلسطين pic.twitter.com/gorxuhjRvY

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) August 13, 2022

"Israel" Hayom claimed that as an organization that knows how to seize opportunities to advance its interests, an operation in occupied Al-Quds would help Hamas inflame passions and continue inciting operations outside the Gaza Strip, which is exactly the fuel the movement needs to start its propaganda machine.

Impossible to prevent one-man solo operations through intelligence

In the same context, Israeli media quoted former Israeli Minister Haim Ramon as saying that it is difficult and even impossible to prevent one-man solo operations through intelligence means.

The Palestinian man suspected of carrying out the shooting operation in occupied Al-Quds, Amir Sidawi, arrived in a cab at the "Moriah" Checkpoint and turned himself to the Israeli occupation forces, Israeli media reported on Sunday.

Al Mayadeen correspondent had reported Sunday that a number of Israeli settlers were wounded in a shooting operation that targeted a bus in occupied Al-Quds in the pre-dawn hours.

صور متداولة لمكان إطلاق النار في #القدس المحتلة. #فلسطين pic.twitter.com/jqLG3Ft3S2

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) August 13, 2022

The taxi driver that took Sidawi to his destination was also detained to be interrogated. He said he picked up Sidawi near the Israeli "Shaare Zedek" Medical Center.

Israeli media said Sidawi turned himself six hours after carrying out the operation in occupied Al-Quds. He was handed over to the Shin Bet security service for questioning.

Later on, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that Sidawi turned himself in to protect his family members after the Israeli occupation forces arrested several of them in order to push him out of hiding.

Reports revealed the operation had a huge impact on the Israeli occupation, giving rise to fears about an escalation in terms of operations in occupied Al-Quds and the occupied territories.

"The operation proved the failure of the Israeli security apparatus that resorts to collective punishment in order to make up for its failures," Al Mayadeen's correspondent added.

The Israeli ambulance service reported that the shooting left 10 wounded settlers, including two in critical condition.