Author: Blazingcatfur

In the wake of Hamas ’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, most people, especially those on the Right, quickly recognized that Israel ’s battle to destroy Hamas was and is completely justified. Unfortunately, fewer seem to grasp that the destruction of Hamas, while necessary, is not sufficient for Israel’s security.

The fact is Hamas is just one part of a much larger threat that Israel has faced for years. Israel has had to also ward off attacks from the Palestine Liberation Army operating in Judea and Samaria, and other Palestinian terrorist groups such as Islamic Jihad, which recently announced it executed an innocent Israeli woman who had been held hostage for more than a month.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has responded to growing criticism being expressed by senior U.S. officials regarding the number of civilian casualties suffered by Palestinians throughout Israel’s ongoing war against the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip.

While President Joe Biden and his administration have repeatedly expressed their support for Israel’s efforts to eliminate Hamas in the wake of the group’s unprecedented October 7 surprise attack, top figures such as Vice President Kamala Harris and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin have suggested their ally was not doing enough to mitigate the harm being inflicted upon civilians.

Hamas’s battle plans for its attack on Israel on October 7 show that the terrorists were more ambitious than realised, according to evidence gathered by the Israeli military and disclosed on Monday.

Instructions and maps found on Hamas fighters killed in the attacks and in later raids in Gaza suggest that military bases deep inside Israel were among the targets.

The plans, some found on laptop computers taken from terrorists’ vehicles and others in notebooks and phones, give instructions to individual units. There are also booklets about weaponry including how to strike weak spots on Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles.