{"id":644,"date":"2026-02-05T11:52:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/?p=644"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:52:34","slug":"assassination-and-repeated-strikes-is-israels-new-strategy-for-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/assassination-and-repeated-strikes-is-israels-new-strategy-for-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Assassination and repeated strikes is Israel&#8217;s new strategy for Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Hamas leader says Israel&#8217;s end-goal is to drive Palestinians off their land, and the silence from those who supported Trump&#8217;s peace plan is provide cover for the ongoing genocide. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Israel is imposing a new reality in Gaza involving assassinations and repeated strikes, enabled by US cover. This, according to Islamic Jihad deputy secretary-general Mohammad al-Hindi, will continue for as long as the guarantors are incapable of halting the genocide and contend themselves simply with condemning the ongoing killings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to Al-Jazeera Arabic, Al-Hindi said Israel has simply rotated its justifications in phase two without changing its conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first phase, he said, Israel invoked the issue of missing bodies while continuing attacks; in the second, it shifted to weapons. \u201cWith or without excuses, Israel will continue.\u201d he added as reported by Drop Site News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al-Hindi described how Palestinians trapped in Rafah tunnels are targeted when they emerge due to hunger and extreme hardship, then accused of \u201cviolations\u201d if they defend themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>In the first phase Israel invoked the issue of missing bodies while continuing attacks; in the second, it shifted to weapons. With or without excuses, Israel will continue its actions<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hamas deputy secretary-general pointed out how Israel repeatedly labels it a breach of the agreement when they surface, and responds by bombing displaced Palestinians in tents across Gaza. A recent attack this week saw strikes in Khan Younis and Gaza City that killed 32 people in a day, including children, DropSite reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey said this was the response. What kind of response is that?\u201d, he asked during the interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is no option for the resistance or the Palestinian people other than steadfastness,\u201d al-Hindi said, adding that Palestinians were being left with no option as Israel continues its wanton killing without any condemnation from the guarantors, nor any world leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is no other option. Give me another option and we will pursue it.\u201d He added that despite the lack of meaningful choices, the priority remains easing civilian suffering \u201cas much as we can\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al-Hindi suggested part of the Zionist strategy currently is to make life unbearable in Gaza to force people into leaving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYet Gaza\u2019s people are deeply rooted in their land with 80 000 Palestinians already registered to return to devastated, starved Gaza with no hospitals. This connection with Gaza is what worries Israel and drives their desire to make life impossible in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheCradleMedia\/status\/1990139645628133435?s=20\">Al-Hindi&#8217;s warnings on Peace Plan in November 2025 were spot-on<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Al-Hindi said the UN Resolution approved at Sharm el-Sheikh offered no real political horizon, despite claims to the contrary from some (the Palestinian Authority had endorsed it explicitly as representing one). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow it is clear the political horizon is completely blocked,\u201d he said, arguing Israel seeks \u201csovereignty for Trump and security for Israel\u201d in Gaza. Meanwhile, the West Bank faces nightly arrests and mass displacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe suffering in the West Bank has recently become worse than in Gaza,\u201d he said. \u201cThey condemn and warn,\u201d he said of guarantor states. \u201cBut the question is: what are you actually going to do?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In DropSite&#8217;s report of the Al Jazeera interview, Al-Hindi said: \u201cThe balance of power is what it is. This is a struggle, as I said, and Palestine is part of a broader regional conflict. There are states that guaranteed the agreement and states that voted in the Security Council, with specific clauses. What are they waiting for now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They said once the bodies issue is resolved, that\u2019s it. The technocratic committee is formed, that\u2019s it. The Peace Council is formed, that\u2019s it. Trump formed the Peace Council, formed the executive council largely composed of Zionists, and still the attacks in Gaza increase, with or without pretexts. Israel fabricates lies. This is very clear.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#39;The ideology of &quot;Jewish supremacy&quot;, which has become dominant in the Israeli government, resembles Nazi racial theory&#39;<br><br>&#8211; Moshe Ya\u2019alon, former Israeli defence minister<br><br>Full article here \u2935\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rJdcMW9n3l\">https:\/\/t.co\/rJdcMW9n3l<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiddleEastEye\/status\/2019320123195105418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As long as no one takes serious, effective steps, and as long as the Trump administration covers and participates in these crimes and coordinates with Israel, we should expect worse. Should we wait for crimes in Jerusalem, in the West Bank? What are they doing? What are they waiting for? Those who talked about the two-state solution, was that just rhetoric?.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al-Hindi rejected Israel\u2019s claim that Gaza\u2019s reconstruction depends on disarmament, calling it \u201ca big lie\u201d designed to justify continued violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen the pretext of the bodies ended, did the attacks stop? No,\u201d he said. \u201cIf weapons were handed over, attacks would not stop and reconstruction would not happen.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al-Hindi argued that disarmament would deepen Palestinian vulnerability, not enable rebuilding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWeakness invites more aggression,\u201d he said, warning it would open the door to forced displacement. He pointed to Israeli-backed collaborator militias in Gaza and said surrendering weapons would leave civilians exposed in Gaza and the West Bank alike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is not the weapon of a faction,\u201d al-Hindi said. \u201cIt is the weapon of the Palestinian people.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While noting that the resistance has shown flexibility to remove pretexts, with no armed displays or operations, he was unequivocal in his Al Jazeera interview: \u201c The weapons will not be handed over. It solves nothing and only serves as a pretext.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Hamas leader says Israel&#8217;s end-goal is to drive Palestinians off their land<\/em>, and the silence from those who supported Trump&#8217;s peace plan is provide cover for the ongoing genocide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[14,15,16,23,19,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-conflict-zones","8":"tag-gaza","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-palestine","11":"tag-trump","12":"tag-war-crimes","13":"tag-zionist"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions\/651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}