Revealed: Hamas' secret instructions to exploit hostages, manipulate public opinion
The documents, first reported by German newspaper Bild, provide a chilling insight into Hamas' ruthless tactics and disregard for Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
Miri Weissman
Israel Hayom
Sep 6, 2024
Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar speaks during a rally marking Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, in Gaza City, April 14, 2023.
Confidential documents obtained from the computer of a senior Hamas leader have unveiled the terror group's calculated strategy to exploit hostages, manipulate public opinion, and rebuild its military capabilities under the guise of ceasefire negotiations. The revelations, first reported by German newspaper Bild, provide a chilling insight into Hamas' ruthless tactics and disregard for Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
The document, drafted in spring of 2024, was found on a computer seized by Israeli Defense Forces. The computer is believed to have belonged to Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. The contents of the document, presented for the first time, expose how the terror group's leaders deceive the international community and torment the families of Israeli hostages. This manipulative effort aims to harness them towards a single goal, unwittingly rebuilding Hamas' military capabilities and securing its continued control over the Gaza Strip.
The secret document highlights several key aspects that the terror group intends to consider in managing negotiations. For example, it emphasizes the need to maintain "Hamas' ability to act against Israel," to "exhaust" Israel's political and military apparatus, and to erode Israel through international pressure. Alongside the importance of what appears in the document revealed by Bild, it is equally important to note what is not mentioned. The Philadelphia Corridor, the border area between Gaza and Egypt that has ostensibly been at the center of negotiations in recent weeks, is not mentioned at all in the Hamas document. In this context, Hamas' cynical tactic is clear: the terror group intends to present Israel's demand to remain in the Philadelphia Corridor as a way to blame Israel for the possible failure of talks to release the hostages and to increase tensions between Washington and Jerusalem over the issue.
Jonathan Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, attend their son's funeral in Jerusalem, Sept. 2, 2024
According to the document's content, Hamas has no intention of seeking a swift end to the war out of concern for Gaza's residents. On the contrary, the document explicitly states that "important conditions in the agreement need to be improved, even if this means negotiations will take longer." Although Hamas admits that "its military capabilities have been weakened," in its view, there is no need to strive for an immediate cessation of hostilities, despite the suffering of the Gaza population.
Unlike Hamas' propaganda statements aimed at the international community, which recycle claims of "thousands of Palestinian civilian casualties," the document does not mention them even once, a clear indication of the absence of this consideration from the Hamas leadership's list of priorities.
Cynical use of hostages
The document's contents reveal the devious ways in which the terror group cynically uses the hostages it holds to improve its negotiating position and force Israel to capitulate. The essence of the matter is embodied in an instruction that appears explicitly in the document: "Psychological pressure on the families of the prisoners must continue to be applied, both now and during the first phase (of hostage release as part of a deal and ceasefire) so that public pressure on the enemy government will increase."
In its conduct, and especially in the repeated release of videos in which hostages are required to criticize the Israeli government and beg to be released at any cost, Hamas is implementing the strategy as outlined in the document. It is no coincidence that even after cold-bloodedly murdering six Israeli hostages about a week ago, members of the terror group chose to distribute videos documenting their last words. The method is obvious to all: to torment the families of the remaining hostages and the general public in Israel in order to discourage them to such an extent that they will be willing to do anything and direct their claims and struggles towards the Israeli government and not towards Hamas.
The terrorists intend to use the hostages to pressure Israel even if agreements are reached and a ceasefire comes into effect. "During negotiations towards the second phase (of the deal), Hamas will allow Red Cross representatives to visit some prisoners as a gesture of goodwill and convey messages from them to their families," the document states. This move will also be exploited to increase pressure on the hostages' families and, through them, on the Israeli government, to force it to extend the ceasefire even if Hamas does not meet its conditions or deliberately sabotages the continued release of hostages.
Manipulations on the international community
Another part of the document revealed by Bild is devoted to the question of how to manipulatively influence the international community to promote the rebuilding of Hamas' military power. Among other things, it is proposed to adopt a "diplomatic maneuver" as follows: Hamas negotiators will offer "to station Arab military forces along the northern and eastern border" of the Strip with the aim that "the Arab military forces will serve as a buffer that will prevent the enemy from entering Gaza after the end of the war until Hamas reorganizes and rebuilds its military capabilities."
The document reveals that Hamas plans to rebuild all its lost capabilities under the protection of Arab armies, which will be brought in as supposed peacekeepers and then direct them against Israel again. Who will form the basis of the new command structure of the terror group? The document also has an answer to that. The document details some of Hamas' important demands from Israel, including the release of 100 convicted terrorists sentenced to life imprisonment for their actions, who could replace the commanders eliminated by the IDF.
The document also exposes how Hamas manipulates the media in Israel and around the world: in any case of negotiation failure, blame is to be placed on Israel. In such a case, Hamas instructs its people to tell the media that Israel rejected the compromise proposal formulated by the United States. Regardless of the facts, Hamas' position will be that Hamas accepted the deal and that it fell only due to "Israeli stubbornness," so that in any case, "Hamas will not be seen as responsible for the failure to reach an agreement."
1 comment:
It takes two sides to make a deal. The goat fuckers WANT the war to continue. They WANT the Israelis to keep killing people so they can be blamed for killing women and children.
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