{"id":594373,"date":"2023-10-15T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hamass-march-to-armageddon-the-hill\/"},"modified":"2023-10-15T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T11:30:00","slug":"hamass-march-to-armageddon-the-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hamass-march-to-armageddon-the-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hamas\u2019s march to Armageddon | The Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/AP23280356490357.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Iran and Hamas pried Pandora\u2019s Box wide open on Oct. 7\u00a0by unleashing a heinous wave of rocket attacks and assaults on Israeli cities and villages. This was likely done with Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s tacit <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval, if not\u00a0direction and planning. What had been chiefly a localized threat to Jerusalem \u2013 Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syrian and Iranian troops along the Golan Heights \u2013 is now an existential threat to the state of Israel on a regional and global scale.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/20th_century\/hamas.asp\">Hamas\u2019s goal<\/a>, stated\u00a0in its founding covenant, is the destruction of Israel, and its inexorable pursuit of an Israeli Armageddon must now be taken at face value by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his national unity government. Especially after the reign of terror Mohammed Deif, Hamas\u2019s military commander, unleashed in\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/oct\/11\/hamas-attack-kfar-aza-kibbutz-massacre-israel\">Kfar Aza<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/world\/middleeast\/100000009124862\/palestinian-gunmen-killing-sderot.html\">Sderot<\/a> and at a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-music-festival-6a55aae2375944f10ecc4c52d05f2ffe\">music festival<\/a>\u00a0on a scale that the Jewish people had not witnessed since the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/international\/article\/2023\/10\/11\/hamas-s-massacre-in-kfar-aza-we-collect-the-bodies-and-put-them-in-bags-it-s-a-nightmare_6164952_4.html\">end of the Holocaust<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Israel cannot risk waiting to eradicate Hamas. Not after NBC <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> reportedly obtained documents\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/top-secret-hamas-documents-show-211527766.html\">marked \u201ctop secret\u201d in Arabic<\/a>\u00a0outlining \u201cplans to target elementary schools and a youth center in the Israeli kibbutz of Kfar Sa\u2019ad.\u201d Not after images of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/nato-ministers-shown-horrific-video-hamas-attack-2023-10-12\/\">slain Israeli children<\/a>\u00a0have spread across mainstream and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>. And not as Tehran nears enriching sufficient highly enriched uranium to begin producing\u00a0nuclear weapons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jerusalem has stated that it will take out Hamas, like ISIS was taken out. In time, Iran will also likely face Israel\u2019s retribution. Netanyahu and his government cannot allow Deif or Ali Khamenei, Iran\u2019s supreme leader, to allegorically-speaking reach the gardens of Armageddon \u2014 and potentially deploy nuclear or bioweapons later against the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>For now, however, forcibly retaking Gaza is the Israel Defense Force\u2019s (IDF) likely primary objective.<\/p>\n<p>It will not be easy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hamas has predicated its self-defense on a suicide pact that is has enforced on Palestinians living in the Gaza S<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>. By Deif\u2019s design, no Palestinian civilians are safe from Hamas. Men, women and children will be willingly sacrificed as human shields in the looming street-to-street and tunnel-to-tunnel battles with the IDF \u2014 as evidenced by\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-war-c8b4fc20e4fd2ef381d5edb7e9e8308c\">Hamas\u2019s rejection<\/a>\u00a0of Israel\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/13\/middleeast\/israel-gaza-hamas-war-friday-intl-hnk\/index.html\">evacuation order of upwards of 1.1 million Palestinians<\/a>\u00a0living in Gaza City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>United Nations Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a>\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/13\/opinion\/israel-gaza-united-nations.html\">Ant\u00f3nio Guterres<\/a>\u00a0was quick to object to the order, and in a New York Times op-ed urged Israel to \u201creconsider,\u201d while reminding the IDF that \u201cinternational humanitarian law \u2014 including the Geneva Conventions \u2014 must be respected and upheld.\u201d Israel is not relenting and has begun a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/israeli-forces-entered-gaza-localized-raids-idf-tells-fox-news\">localized ground raids<\/a> inside the Gaza Strip.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Israel is losing the information war. It is imperative it does what Hamas callously refuses to do and immediately implement measures to minimize Palestinian suffering and loss of life. It must create safe corridors, temporary refugee camps and provide for medical and other forms of humanitarian aid to displaced Gazans. Jerusalem must also continue to diplomatically engage regional and global partners in addressing the deepening humanitarian crisis that Deif and Hamas have caused.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF faces a daunting fight in Gaza. Hamas\u2019s forces (alongside those of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Palestinian Mujahideen Movement and Popular Resistance Committees) are well trained and equipped. Israel\u2019s elite air force special operations team, known as the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idf.il\/en\/mini-sites\/idf-units\/shaldag-unit\/shaldag-unit\/\">Shaldag Unit<\/a>, found that out, suffering \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/themessenger.com\/news\/air-force-terror-children-israel-hamas-war-killing-knives-idf-kibbutz?utm_source=onsite&amp;utm_medium=trending_story\">heavy casualties<\/a>\u201d combatting Palestinian terrorists who had killed more than 100 Israelis at Kibbutz Be\u2019eri.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The IDF learned from its bloody and costly encounter with Hezbollah during the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/2006-Lebanon-War\">Israel Lebanon War<\/a>\u00a0in 2006 and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-28439404\">Operation Protective Edge<\/a>\u00a0in 2014, the IDF\u2019s 50-day incursion into Gaza. In 2006, fighting in and around Bint Jubayl turned hand-to-hand in street-to-street fighting. Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, Israel\u2019s chief of the General Staff, knows what the country is up against in Hamas and its \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rEXIlVyascE?feature=shared\">ruthless terrorists<\/a>,\u201d and has likely factored in military lessons and stratagems learned from the ongoing war in Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Netanyahu and his government\u2019s stated goal\u00a0is to \u201cwipe Hamas from earth,\u201d and the Israeli prime minister has\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-67082351\">personally avowed<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cEvery Hamas member is a dead man.\u201d To achieve both, Israel will have to be innovative in how it proceeds with its ground incursion into the Gaza Strip.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/live-updates\/israel-gaza-hamas\/israel-to-strike-gaza-city-very-soon-103982459?id=103804516\">Late Saturday night<\/a>, IDF Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said during a nationwide telecast that Israel will \u201cbroadly attack Gaza City very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Any ground assault into the Gaza Strip will likely be slow and deliberate. Hamas has prepared for this scenario for years. Hardened underground bunkers and tunnels afford subterrain movement, and recently destroyed buildings provide excellent dismounted fighting positions and cover for the defenders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>IDF forces will likely partition the Gaza Strip into manageable objectives, with assault forces mutually supporting one another to seize and secure each objective \u2014 similar to the military tactics employed by the U.S. Army in Fallujah, Iraq. Tanks in an urban environment are vulnerable, as such they will likely be used to support dismounted infantry as they clear buildings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The cost in manpower will be high as forces must remain behind in secured areas to ensure Hamas militants cannot infiltrate and attack IDF rear areas through their extensive tunnel networks. Israel\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/10\/10\/israel-military-draft-reservists\/\">present troop level<\/a>\u00a0mobilization of 360,000 may not be sufficient to conduct a ground operation in Gaza while defending threats from Lebanon, the West Bank and other regional actors, including Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The urban fight will be different this go-around. With the introduction of unmanned aerial vehicles and mechanized ground robots, exposure to hostile fire can be mitigated. Reconnaissance drones can identify Hamas battle positions and activity, deliver and direct fire upon them and provide overwatch as IDF soldiers secure buildings. Communications, from the strategic to the tactical, is imperative.<\/p>\n<p>But Hamas is not alone in this fight, nor in its desire to bring about a symbolic Armageddon-like end to Israel. Unrest is swelling in the Palestinian Authority-controlled\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2023\/10\/14\/world\/while-world-is-watching-gaza-violence-fuels-growing-tensions-occupied-west-bank\/\">West Bank<\/a>. Hezbollah is active in armed clashes along the Lebanese-Israeli border. And\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/israel-warns-hezbollah-stay-out-gaza-war-2023-10-14\/\">Tzachi Hanegbi<\/a>, Netanyahu\u2019s national security adviser, has warned Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, to stay out of the war, lest it result in the \u201cdestruction\u201d of Lebanon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Iran and its fast-growing nuclear threat loom to the east as well. If confronted with losing its Hamas-Hezbollah deterrence \u2013 especially in terms of protecting its nuclear weapons program \u2013 Tehran could opt to militarily strike Israel\u00a0directly or indirectly\u00a0via Syria, or both. As the Voice of America reported last Thursday, \u201cForeign Affairs Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian warned that Tehran\u2019s allies in the region could take action against Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, regional tensions are intensifying. Amirabdollahian\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-768377?utm_source=jpost.app.apple&amp;utm_medium=share\">met with Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh<\/a>\u00a0in Qatar on Saturday. And, according to reports, the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/hamas-attack-israel-war\">U.S. dispatched<\/a>\u00a0the \u201cUSS Eisenhower carrier strike group to join [the] USS Ford\u201d in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p>Israel views any ending to itself as a modern Jewish state to be the equivalent of Armageddon, an unacceptable end-state. Consequently, Jerusalem is now existentially regarding Hamas\u2019s multi-domain sea, land and air assault on Israel and its civilians as a march to Armageddon that must be stopped at all costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p><em>Mark\u00a0Toth\u00a0is a retired economist and entrepreneur who has worked in banking, insurance, publishing, and global commerce. He is a former board member of the World Trade Center, St. Louis, and has lived in U.S. diplomatic and military communities around the world, including London, Tel Aviv, Augsburg and Nagoya. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/mctothstl\"><em>@MCTothSTL<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jonathan Sweet, a retired Army colonel, served 30 years as a military intelligence officer. His background includes tours of duty with the 101st Airborne Division and the Intelligence and Security Command. He led the U.S. European Command Intelligence Engagement Division from 2012-14, working with NATO partners in the Black Sea and Baltics. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JESweet2022\"><em>@JESweet2022<\/em><\/a><em>. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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This was likely done with Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s tacit approval, if not\u00a0direction and planning. 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