The spirit of resistance will be strengthened
This is resistance that does not disappear when men disappear,
That obstacle has obviously been removed. Can’t predict that that means whoever replaces (Sinwar) will agree to a ceasefire, but it does remove what has been in recent months the chief obstacle to getting one,
I know Israel claims to have killed between 14,000 and 22,000 of them, but they don’t really know,
Hamas’s capacity to stage another October 7 has been removed,
I don’t think the pain, humiliation and anger of October 7 has ever really gone away,
There’s no plan, no strategy, nothing,
The group is still staging well-coordinated and well-timed attacks upon the Netzarim Corridor [the heavily fortified strip of land established by the Israeli military that bifurcates Gaza] as well as quickly retaking areas that Israel has previously cleared,
Hamas’s greatest strength lies in its capacity for civil government. Every time it brings out its bulldozers [to clear damage from Israeli assaults]; introduces the police, who restore stability; and produces all the infrastructure of local government, they’re contradicting an Israeli line and, I would say, undermining Israel’s plans to separate Gaza into controllable islands,
Even if Israel did decide to declare victory in Gaza with the death of Sinwar – something that analysts have long predicted – it may not mean the dawning of the ‘day after’,
The mission ahead of us is still unfinished.”
Hamas leader is killed in chance shelling by Israel ... Israel kills Hamas leader”.
We’ll still have belief,
If assassinations could end the resistance, it would have ended 90 years ago with the martyrdom of Izz al-Din al-Qassam,
Decapitation rarely works with networked organisations such as Hamas,
Most Palestinians would accept the idea that this conflict is not delivering what either side is expecting, and therefore, it’s not a bad idea to disengage to stop fighting … for 10 years, 15 years, or 30 years. During that period, people can have a respite. Then there will be a new generation emerging. Let future generations decide what they want to do about this conflict,
But in order for Netanyahu to take it, he's also going to have to take a strategic position about how the war ends, and he hasn't quite shown a readiness to do that,
These militant groups accept that they're going to lose their leaders as part of their war strategy,
It does create a succession question, which will give us some answers as to what the organisation as a whole would like to do in the future,
Now, do we know if they’ll go back to a dual leadership structure between a political and military wing?”