Hard on the heels of a foiled terror plot, Ynet reports that Hamas is gearing up for a major “heavy casualty” attack in Israel.
Hamas may carry out a mega-terror attack, the Deputy Shin Bet Chief, known only as Y, told cabinet members Sunday. “There were clear orders from the Hamas headquarters abroad to Hamas here to carry out a mass casualty attack in Israel,” he said.
According to Y, the Hamas leadership in Gaza is experiencing “deep strategic complications.” The organization is frustrated by its lack of success in gaining legitimacy in the international arena, particularly in Europe.
They’re probing the borders, and gathering information.
IDF forces arrested six Palestinian youths trying to cross the border fence from the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday. The youths were taken in for questioning and IDF sources believe the six were sent to gather information for terror organizations.
The incident occurred just one day after two gunmen carrying an explosive device managed to infiltrate into Israel.
A military source said on Sunday, “Yesterday’s infiltration would not have been possible if information had not been collected in advance. The Palestinians know that the border fence is military territory and that anyone hanging around there is taking a huge risk. It is well-known that terror organizations use boys (to collect information), this is part of the way they operate.”
Yet another example of terrorists using children that the media either overlooks, or refutes by the tactic of posting denials by terrorist spokesliars that the children were involved in terror. The BBC is so biased they’re actually quoting terrorists describing “martyrdom operations” without explaining what that term means—and of course, this is the same BBC that refused to delete anti-Semitic comments on their news sites.
The terrorists are being actively aided and abetted by Egyptian soldiers turning a blind eye to the arming of Hamas.
Arms smuggling has not only continued, it has increased, Y reported. In the few months since Hamas’ took over Gaza in June of this year, 40 tons of weapons have been smuggled into the Strip – approximately one half of the total amount of armaments smuggled into the area since Israel’s July 2005 disengagement.
Since August, the defense establishment recorded five major incidents of arms smuggling through Egypt, during which 13 tons of explosives and 150 RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) carriers were brought in. Simultaneously, there has been an observable decrease in Egypt’s measures to combat the trend.
Not surprisingly, the deputy chief stated that armed attacks against Israeli communities and forces had increased. There were 20 Qassam attacks last week, a high number relative to the average of 70 rockets per month.
The number of shooting attacks from Gaza (gun or mortar fire towards the border fence or into Israel) also increased in the past week – up to 56, in comparison to 43 attacks the week before. The heightened mortar fire, specifically, was a response to the IDF’s operations within Gaza, Y explained.
The wire services ignore the continuous fire into Israel. They tend to only notice things like thwarted Palestinian infiltrations, Palestinians killed by IDF missile fire, and the all-important (to them) civilians caught in the crossfire.
Correction. They do manage to score interviews with the murderer-in-chief. Who then pretends that Hamas doesn’t want the complete destruction of Israel, which is duly echoed by the reporters. And by the way—if Gilad Shalit is alive and well, as Mashaal says, prove it. Supply a video. Because without that, Mashaal is just blowing smoke.