If you are an avid reader of the news, and also intelligent, there is no way to get around the feeling of utter confusion in the fog of disinformation that is the daily fare of all of us. On the one hand, you have Reuters declaring to everyone who will listen that there is definitely a ceasefire proposal between Israel and Hamas. This “deal” is variously described as involving a sixty day – or is that seventy day? –ceasefire and the release of five hostages and ten dead bodies. Or maybe ten hostages, who knows? And also that this is not actually going to be a ceasefire but the end of the war…

Our own government regularly issues denials that any such plan has been accepted.

Au contraire. Instead of winding down, which is what the terrorists and their supporters (which includes Great Britain, I am sorry to say, who has knowingly been transferring millions to Hamas through UN front agencies) Israel is now gearing up for the greatest battle in its history. A reported 450,000 reserve soldiers are due for call up. Israel expects to be in control of 75 percent of Gaza in two months.

We are making excellent progress. According to a Gazan journalist quoted by Abu Ali: “The Israeli army completely wiped out all of Rafah in 60 days. Now it is working to erase the area of Qarara (north of Khan Yunis), Khuza’a, Fakhari and Abbasan (east of Kahn Yunis) in a very systematic and rapid manner.”

The IDF dropped leaflets over Western Gaza City on behalf of the Shin Bet which say in Arabic: “Your angels and friends who went before you are waiting for you. Sinwar said they won’t go to hell without you, don’t worry. We’ll get you a fast ticket to hell soon.” A photo of Izz-a-Din al Haddad – the Gaza Brigade Commander and most senior military commander left standing – appears in the crosshairs of a rifle.

Only three Hamas commanders responsible for October 7 are still alive.

Another fog-inducing narrative is the famine in Gaza. Since all of the aid to Gazans are stolen by Hamas, Israel and the U.S. have set up a new supply mechanism in which the Gazans will have to come to three distribution centers to pick up their aid rather than buying it for exorbitant prices from Hamas.

Hamas is not happy. They have issued a directive to the Gazans not to accept this aid (!) from the “occupiers.” That international law (!!!) insists that the aid come to them where they are, and the deliveries continue through Hamas. That those who accept the aid are “traitors.” The PLO issued a response saying that Hamas had no trouble accepting 30 million a month from the “occupiers… It will be fascinating to see if the “starving” Gazans come to get their food or not. If they stay home, perhaps they are not as hungry as people are think they are.

Tekuma, the body designated to repair the destroyed villages of the Gaza Envelope says that 92 percent of the inhabitants have returned – 59 thousand out of 64 thousand. Out of 1,864 houses damaged, work has begun on 970. Out of 410 planned new buildings, work has begun on 110. Close to one and a half billion shekel has been budgeted for this work.

According to Roni Green Shualov, writing in Ynet: “While some of the settlements affected by the massacre are defined as under “rehabilitative prevention” for the return of residents – meaning that not enough buildings have been renovated yet, some are under “security prevention” – the IDF has not yet authorized residents to return; and there are places where there is still a combination of the two.

As for Re’im, Nirim and Kerem Shalom, the administration says that “the critical renovation work has been completed and the rehabilitation prevention will be lifted soon.” Due to security prevention, however, residents of Ein Hashlosha, Nirim and Kerem Shalom must remain in temporary housing for the time being, and these are just examples.”

Lishi Miran-Lavi, the wife of Omri, who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nahal Oz, presents another side: “Renovating damaged buildings is important, but it is not the key to real rehabilitation. In order to achieve the full rehabilitation of the communities and declare that we have overcome the October 7 disaster, we must first return the kidnapped people. Until then, you can throw around any number you want – true rehabilitation will occur when the 58 abductees are returned to full life and the dead are rehabilitated and given a proper burial.”

Aviad Friedman, Head of the Reconstruction Administration: “We can already see the renewal, construction, expansions and upgrades in the region, and we will continue working together with the communities in the area to improve the region’s education, health, economy, agriculture and all areas of life. We are all praying for the abductees’ return as soon as possible, and are working to ensure that they see a flourishing and prosperous region.”

The military wing of Islamic Jihad released a video showing how they transport an IED in a stretcher to harm our troops. And they wonder why their so-called hospitals are targeted!

Elias Rodriguez, the vile murderer of the lovely young couple working for the Israeli Embassy in Washington, was nurtured by hate groups like “The People’s Forum, IPA, and ANSWER Coalition which serve as the conduit through which Communist China-affiliated entities have effectively co-opted pro-Palestinian activism in the US, advancing a broader anti-American, anti-democratic, and anti-capitalist agenda,” reported think-tank Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI). Moreover, these three far-left groups “are part of a network linked by close financial, interpersonal, and ideological ties to Neville Roy Singham and his wife Jodie Evans, a power couple within the global far-left movement with close ties to the CCP.”

Little about this connection is being reported by the fake news networks which distribute their propaganda in the guise of news to Americans seeking actual news. Most of the time these groups are called activists, or by the deplorable NewsNation: “a group that fights against racism and war with organizing centers in cities and towns across the country.” This is how the hatred flourishes, and takes innocent American and Israeli victims. Who will publicize the truth? When will they all be shut down?

Hamas can’t win. But they won’t give up. The only weapon left in their depleted arsenal is to whine and cry, inflate the number of dead, encourage people to kill Jews abroad (since Hamas is having difficulty killing them here in Israel), and to inflame the passions of insufferably weak-kneed Western leaders like Macron, whose own wife smacked him across the face today (I side with Brigitte and thank her), Keir Starmer, and their idiot counterpart just elected by the stupid Canadians because Trudeau didn’t succeed in finishing them off completely.

There is nothing these three can do to help the Gazans, who are going down. Permanently. Perhaps instead of giving Israel advice they should try to save their own people from the Islamic invasion.

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