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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 436

Abu Obeida

Khaled Mashaal speaks in Doha, Qatar, August 28, 2014. (AP/Osama Faisal/File)
October 8, 2024, 6:37 am
Mashaal claims Hamas will rise ‘like a phoenix’ despite Gaza battlefield losses
Senior terror leader warns of ‘ticking time bomb’ in Mideast ‘as long as the occupation exists’; Hamas military spox hails ‘successful’ Oct. 7 attack, ‘humiliating defeat’ of IDF
By Agencies and Gianluca Pacchiani
Abu Obeida, spokesman of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian terror group Hamas, speaks during a memorial in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on January 31, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
September 3, 2024, 12:38 am
Hamas hints six slain hostages extracted by IDF were murdered because troops were near
Spokesman for terror group’s military wing says special instructions were given to guards following successful rescue of four other hostages in June; blames Israel for their deaths
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Two posters disseminated by Hamas in August 2024 following a failed suicide attack in Tel Aviv, vowing to blow up Israeli buses. (Via Telegram, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 26, 2024, 4:02 pm
Terrorize Israelis while eliciting sympathy abroad: Inside Hamas’s propaganda strategy
In accordance with its founding charter, Hamas uses a sophisticated media presence and uniform narrative to rally its base — and turn the world against Israel
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Footage released on August 15, 2024 shows IDF forces razing tunnels found on the Gaza-Egypt border (Israel Defense Forces)
August 15, 2024, 5:45 pm
IDF: Dozens of tunnels razed on Gaza-Egypt border, 17,000 terror operatives killed in war
Hamas, repeating claim that guard killed hostage, says captor acted against its ‘ethics’; it publishes propaganda image of Ofir Tzarfati, a hostage whose body IDF recovered 8 months ago
By Emanuel Fabian
Abu Obeida, spokesman of the Hamas military wing, speaks during a memorial in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on January 31, 2017. (AFP/ Said Khatib/ File)
August 12, 2024, 11:50 pm
Hamas says its guards killed a hostage, wounded two others; IDF investigating claim
Terror group spokesman pins responsibility on Israel, says efforts underway to save two severely injured female captives
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A Palestinian man walks amid rubble following an Israeli military operation that rescued four hostages held by Hamas in the Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on June 8, 2024. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
June 8, 2024, 10:24 pm
Hamas chief Haniyeh warns ‘resistance will continue’ after four hostages rescued
Terror group threatens remaining captives in Gaza following successful op to free hostages that was accompanied by intense fighting; PA’s Abbas denounces ‘bloody massacre’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
West Yorkshire Police officer Mohammed Adil, 26, charged with terror offenses for sharing posts in support of Hamas, leaves Westminster Magistrates' Court in central London, May 2, 2024. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
May 2, 2024, 6:51 pm
British police officer warned he may face prison for pro-Hamas posts after Oct. 7
Mohammed Adil posted photo on WhatsApp showing terrorist wearing Hamas headband, captioned with quote from terror group’s military chief
By AFP
File - An armed Hamas terrorist walking around the Supernova music festival, near Kibbutz Re'im in the Negev desert in southern Israel on October 7, where terrorists from Gaza massacred hundreds of people. (South First Responders/AFP)
April 12, 2024, 9:40 pm
EU sanctions armed wings of Hamas, Islamic Jihad for sexual violence on Oct. 7
Bloc says abuses by the Palestinian terrorists include ‘rape and subsequent murder of female minors, mutilation of corpses as well as genital mutilation’
By Agencies
Palestinian men surrender to troops in northern Gaza's Jabaliya, on December 10, 2023. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 10, 2023, 10:17 pm
Netanyahu to Hamas terror operatives: ‘Don’t die for Sinwar — surrender now’
PM says surrender of dozens of terrorists in Gaza shows ‘beginning of the end’ for terror group; senior IDF officer says signs that Hamas breaking don’t mean war will end soon
By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and AFP
Israelis look at photographs of hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, outside the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, October 30, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 31, 2023, 11:51 pm
Hamas claims it will free some hostages with foreign passports in coming days
Terror group’s spokesman denies IDF rescued soldier Megidish from its forces, implying she was held by other faction; Thai FM discusses efforts to free its nationals with Qatari PM
By Gianluca Pacchiani, AFP and ToI Staff
Israelis held in Gaza: Clockwise from top left: Oron Shaul, Avera Mengistu, Hadar Goldin and Hisham al-Sayed. (Flash90/ Courtesy)
June 27, 2022, 8:32 pm
Hamas claims health of Israeli captive ‘deteriorating,’ in rare announcement
Terror group is holding two live captives, as well as the bodies of two soldiers; Israeli officials reportedly dismiss Hamas message as ‘psychological warfare’
By Aaron Boxerman
A screen capture from a video released by Hamas's military wing on May 13, 2021, about the Ayyash missile, which the terror group claimed has a range of 250 kilometers. (Screen capture)
May 13, 2021, 8:48 pm
Hamas makes unverified claim it’s using new rocket that can hit all of Israel
Armed wing of Gaza-ruling terror group says it fired Ayyash missile, with range of 250 km, toward airport near Eilat; also launches explosive drones that are downed by the IDF
By ToI Staff
Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades' spokesperson Abu Obeida in a speech marking the anniversary of the 2011 kidnapping of Gilad Shalit on June 25, 2020. (Screenshot)
June 25, 2020, 4:51 pm
Hamas: Israeli annexation would be declaration of war
‘We will make the enemy bite his fingers in remorse for this sinful decision,’ official in terror group’s military wing says in speech marking anniversary of Shalit kidnapping
By Aaron Boxerman
Illustrative: A barrage of rockets being fired from the Hamas-run Gaza into Israel on May 5, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)
May 7, 2019, 12:55 am
Hamas says it beat Iron Dome with concentrated salvos. The IDF says it didn’t
Officials say that despite new tactic by Gaza terror groups, relatively few projectiles managed to penetrate Israel’s missile defense system, which had an 86% success rate
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Likud MK Oren Hazan boards a bus carrying family members of Gazans being held in Israeli military prison, December 25, 2017. (Screen capture: Israel Hayom)
December 26, 2017, 4:30 pm
Likud MK Oren Hazan gets extra security after Hamas threats
Terror group spokesperson lashes out at Israeli lawmaker, who confronted a busload of Gazans visiting relatives jailed in Israel
By Dov Lieber
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