Israeli IDF Starts Hunting Down Hamas Leadership in effort to end threat once and for all!
by Jennifer Van Leer, RedState.com, January 3, 2024
A joint Mossad/IDF military intelligence operation in Lebanon has led to the death of numerous top Hamas leaders.
Saleh al-Arouri, the leader of Hamas' military operations in the West Bank and the man responsible for facilitating money and weapons transfers for the group since the 1980s, and others were killed when the building in which they were meeting with other "resistance factions" in Beirut was bombed.
Multiple reports confirm that Hamas Deputy Head Saleh al-Arouri and senior leaders Osama Hamdan and Khalil al-Hayya have been killed in an explosion in Beirut.
— Eli Kowaz (@elikowaz) January 2, 2024
A powerful reminder to Hamas leadership that Israel will find them and target them.
No matter where. No matter when. pic.twitter.com/oTtv3dFFyR
Reports indicate that Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas' deputy political director in Gaza, Abu Amar, head of Hamas forces in southern Lebanon, and Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan were also killed, but those identities have not been confirmed.
Salah Al Aruri wasn't only meeting Hamas officials. He was reportedly meeting other "resistance factions" leaders. This means that he was probably meeting with Hamas, Fatah, and other Palestinian and Lebanese terror groups' leaders.
— Khaled Hassan (@Khaledhzakariah) January 2, 2024
This was a brilliant hit by Israel, and the… https://t.co/R7Ey1zyrdg
According to journalist Yossi Melman, the targeted strike was part of a Mossad/IDF military intelligence joint operation.
About six weeks before the October 7 surprise attacks, al-Arouri gave an exclusive interview to Lebanese news outlet Al Mayadeen in which he said the group was coordinating with "all relevant parties" in preparation for an "all-out war." He alleged that some in Netanyahu's government wanted "a major conflict" and would conduct assassinations and "tak[e] control of the Al-Aqsa Mosque" to start it.
"The leaders of the occupation government, with their extremist policies, will cause an all-out war in the region."
"Smotrich desires a major conflict that would allow him to displace Palestinians from the West Bank and the '48 territories. Some in the cabinet are considering actions such as taking control of Al-Aqsa Mosque and dividing it, along with assassinations, knowing that this would lead to a regional war."
The battle for liberation in the West Bank is currently on the table, and Palestine has now entered the era of resolving this conflict, as evidenced by the attempts at the Judaization of the West Bank and the deportation of Palestinians, Al-Arouri pointed out. The breakout of an all-out war is inevitable at this point, he continued.
"We are preparing for an all-out war, and we are closely discussing the prospects of this war with all relevant parties."
Between the time of that interview and October 7 Israel did not carry out assassinations or take control of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, yet this attack occurred anyway, much to al-Arouri's delight.
October 7th: Hamas deputy leader Saleh Al-Arouri (on the left, next to the flag) thanks Allah for Hamas' rape, beheading, mutilating, lynching, and burning of 1,200 Israeli civilians, and kidnapping of hundreds 👇
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) January 2, 2024
Today he was eliminated in Beirut 🎯 pic.twitter.com/J094gD8JnO
