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IDF Releases Extensive Footage of Hamas Tunnels Under Hospital—Bathrooms, Weapons, Even A/C
In the first clip, a young soldier faces the camera and says the footage proves that Hamas used the hospital as a terrorism base:
She starts by showing a massive trove of weapons Israeli forces discovered. “We see all the equipment that the fighters found here,” she says.
Then she descends into a “major shaft” of the tunnel system, which she says connects to the larger network under Gaza. Watch as she takes us down into the subterranean lair, passing multiple rooms, extensive wiring, sinks, an A/C unit, even toilets:
Senior IDF officer dismissed pre-Oct. 7 intel on Hamas invasion as ‘fantasy’
A senior and experienced non-commissioned officer as well as a junior officer in 8200 alerted senior IDF officers well in advance that a major operation was being planned by Hamas, but their warnings went unheeded, according to Thursday reports on Channel 12 and the Kan public broadcaster.
The exposés piled onto several others from the past month that revealed other information the IDF had on a possible Hamas invasion, including reports filed by IDF surveillance soldiers based on the Gaza border who detailed unusual Hamas training exercises three months before October 7.
According to Channel 12’s report on Thursday, the NCO in Unit 8200 put together a report from an array of raw intelligence data detailing a scenario that essentially predicted the October 7 invasion.
She, together with the junior officer, also pointed to a Hamas drill a month before the Hamas attack, noting that it included preparations for a mass invasion with multiple entry points into Israel.
IDF Arrests Director of Shifa Hospital over Evidence of Terror at Facility
In recent days, the IDF uncovered the terror tunnels beneath the hospital, which had tapped into the hospital’s own electricity and water supplies. The IDF also concluded that soldier Noa Marciano, who was taken captive by the Palestinian Hamas terror organization on October 7, had been murdered in the hospital.
The IDF also discovered surveillance footage of other hostages being moved through the hospital by armed Hamas terrorists on the day that they were abducted from Israel during the attack. And the IDF had uncovered weapons stored within the hospital
As a result, the IDF and the Israel Security Agency (the Shin Bet, or Shabak) arrested Salmiya and took him in for questioning.
In a joint statement, the IDF and ISA said Thursday:
Hamas Releases First Group of Hostages Under Deal With Israel
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said in a social media post that the 12 Thais had been released from captivity in Gaza. There was no further information immediately available about the Thai prisoners, whose release had not previously been announced as one of the terms of an agreed prisoner swap accompanying the first truce of the seven-week-old war.
"I have received confirmation from our national security team and ministry of foreign affairs that 12 Thai hostages have been released. Our RTE staffs are on their way to receive them," Mr. Thavisin said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. "We should know more about their names and details, please stay tuned," Mr. Thavisin added.
Israeli media, citing anonymous sources, reported that the group of hostages due to be released under the truce deal had been handed to the Red Cross and to an Egyptian security team. The Epoch Times could not immediately confirm those details.
Hamas Chief Thanks Iran for ‘Victory’ Following Israel Hostage Deal
Haniyeh appeared to credit Tehran’s theocratic rulers for playing a role in an agreement with the Israeli government to pause the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) operations in Gaza and free some convicted terrorists in exchange for Hamas freeing some Israeli hostages.
Hamas is believed to have taken about 250 hostages during an unprecedented string of atrocities committed on October 7, in an event the genocidal jihadist group refers to as the “al-Aqsa Flood.”
That day, a wave of Hamas terrorists invaded Israel and went on door-to-door killing rampages, killing entire families in their own homes, raping and torturing random civilians, and filming themselves desecrating the bodies of their victims.
At a music festival taking place that day, Hamas terrorists opened fire on concertgoers, gang-raped women on site, and similarly brutalized the corpses of those they killed. Forensic evidence suggests the use of rape as a weapon of war and the gruesome killing of children as young as infants, found decapitated and burned.
Biden Just Kneecapped Israel and Gave Hamas New Life on Ceasefire
Hours after a press conference in which he claimed Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th because he was about to secure peace in the Middle East, Biden spoke to reporters again. This time, he directly stated that the first ceasefire was "just a start" and claimed that there was a "real" chance the truce could be extended.
In other words, Biden is now pushing for an outcome that would allow the remnants of Hamas to escape Northern Gaza and regroup to carry out new attacks. Any long-term truce is simply a new lease on life for the terrorist government.
Biden's choosing to promote such nonsense has given Hamas the green light to pursue a strategy of trickling out hostages in order to keep a one-sided ceasefire going for possibly months. The ultimate goal would be for the fighting to stop long enough that international pressure would prevent Israel from reigniting the fight to finish off Hamas.
Long story short, Biden is a coward. He does not have the stomach to finish off Hamas, and he wants to prevent Israel from doing so in order to secure his domestic political fortunes. His base of far-left, pro-Hamas lunatics has been screaming bloody murder for a month-and-a-half, and the president is trying to find a way to give in to them but save face at the same time. A prolonged ceasefire that preserves Hamas gives him the out he needs.
Israeli-Owned Cargo Ship Struck By Iranian Terrorist Attack In Indian Ocean: Report
The Malta-flagged CMA CGM SYMI cargo ship was targeted by a triangle-shaped, bomb-carrying Iranian Shahed-136 “kamikaze” drone while in international waters, a senior U.S. defense official told the Associated Press.
The official said that the U.S. believes the attack was carried out by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) that is comprised of the hardline faction of Iran’s military.
Why Hamas Terrorists Are Delaying the Release of New Hostages
The first problem for the United States was obvious: our citizens are still being held captive. The second is that hours after the agreed ceasefire, Hamas fired rockets into Israel. It was only a matter of time before Hamas decided to play these games. Now, the terrorists are claiming Israel broke tenets of the agreement, which is why they’re withholding the release of the latest batch of hostages (via Axios):
Fox has more:
'She has finally come back to us': Hostage horror is over for Irish girl Emily Hand who is reunited with her devoted father after 50 days of hell - as terror group frees 20 prisoners in exchange for 39 Palestinians
- Hamas handed over six women and seven children hostages this evening
- Irish girl Emily Hand, 9, was reunited with her father after 50 days in captivity
- READ MORE: Meet the 13 people whose 50-day captivity hell is finally over
Hamas Violated Ceasefire Within 15 Minutes
According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Palestinian militants in Gaza violated the established ceasefire agreement within 15 minutes. The IDF reported they intercepted a rocket aimed at southern Israel.
"Rocket sirens sounded in the evacuated southern Israeli towns of Kissufim and Ein HaShlosha early on Friday morning, shortly after a four-day ceasefire came into effect that will allow a prisoner exchange and the delivery of humanitarian aid into the besieged and devastated Gaza Strip,” reported Newsweek.
What kind of sick freaks kidnap children and then make them perform for the cameras as they are finally being released? Keep in mind that some of those released learned only after getting back to Israel that Hamas had murdered their parents or other members of their families. The psychological warfare being waged, even in being forced to send some hostages home, is disgusting and disturbing.
That's what that video and everything else Hamas has done is all about. They want to project dominance over those they took hostage, but they also want to provide their online army with fodder. That's what the "keep waving" part of the video is all about. Videos of smiling hostages give the pro-Hamas lunatics "evidence" to claim that they were actually happy while in captivity, and that the terrorists who kidnapped them are really just humane victims of Israeli aggression. It's total garbage, but if you haven't been paying attention to what's being spread online, you'd be shocked.
U.S. Navy Captures Terrorists Who Tried To Hijack Tanker Tied To Israel
“US Navy personnel from the USS Mason responded to a distress call from the crew onboard an Israeli linked tanker,” said Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin. “5 armed gunmen tried to hijack the ship in Gulf of Aden. US Navy pursued toward Yemen. Warning shots fired. Gunmen now being interrogated.”
The incident marked the second time over the last few days that terrorists have tried to hijack the ship after Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists previously tried.
“The 5 gunmen boarded from a skiff by pulling up alongside the tanker which I am told ‘has a low free board’,” Griffin said. “The crew had locked themselves in the Citadel (safe room). A Japanese destroyer assisted the USS Mason with the interdiction. 2 Chinese Navy warships in the area did not render assistance.”
The terrorists tried to gain access to the safe room by breaking down the door but were unsuccessful.
Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen fired two ballistic missiles at a U.S. destroyer in the Gulf of Aden just after midnight on Monday after the vessel thwarted an attempt by terrorists to seize a tanker connected to an Israeli businessman.
The Liberian-flagged Central Park chemical tanker — which is managed by Zodiac Maritime, a U.K. based firm that is part of Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Group — was believed to have been seized earlier in the day.
However, the USS Mason and associated aircraft received a distress call from the vessel that the crew was under attack. Upon arrival, the destroyer demanded that the crew be released and the five terrorists who boarded the ship got back on their small boat and attempted to outrun U.S. forces but quickly failed.
“At approximately 0141 on Nov. 27 Sanaa time, two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen toward the general location of the USS MASON (DDG 87) and M/V CENTRAL PARK,” U.S. Central Command said in a statement. “The USS MASON (DDG87), which is part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, was concluding its response to the M/V CENTRAL PARK distress call at the time of the missile launches. There was no damage or reported injuries from either vessel during this incident.”
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The Liberian-flagged Central Park chemical tanker — which is managed by Zodiac Maritime, a U.K. based firm that is part of Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Group — was believed to have been seized earlier in the day.
However, the USS Mason and associated aircraft received a distress call from the vessel that the crew was under attack. Upon arrival, the destroyer demanded that the crew be released and the five terrorists who boarded the ship got back on their small boat and attempted to outrun U.S. forces but quickly failed.
“At approximately 0141 on Nov. 27 Sanaa time, two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen toward the general location of the USS MASON (DDG 87) and M/V CENTRAL PARK,” U.S. Central Command said in a statement. “The USS MASON (DDG87), which is part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, was concluding its response to the M/V CENTRAL PARK distress call at the time of the missile launches. There was no damage or reported injuries from either vessel during this incident.”
Iranian-Backed Terrorists Fire Ballistic Missiles At U.S. Destroyer
Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen fired two ballistic missiles at a U.S. destroyer in the Gulf of Aden just after midnight on Monday after the vessel thwarted an attempt by terrorists to seize a tanker connected to an Israeli businessman. The Liberian-flagged Central Park chemical tanker...
Warped Hamas warlords REFUSE to release youngest hostage instead handing TEN-MONTH-OLD Kfir Bibas to separate Palestine terror group operating in southern city expected to be obliterated by IDF when ceasefire ends - as Israel welcomes 11 captives home
- Baby Kfir Bibas is the youngest hostage being held by Hamas
- The ten-month-old and his family will be moved to the city of Khan Younis
- They will be held by a separate terror group, an IDF spokesperson claimed
Hamas has handed ten-month-old Kfir Bibas to a separate Palestinian terror group in the southern city of Khan Younis, an IDF spokesperson today claimed.
Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Colonel Avihai Adrei said the 'babies with the red hair' were 'now being held by one of the factions' in the area around Khan Younis, Gaza, according to a message posted on X.