Hamas Drives Wedge Into Israeli Society With Hostage Murders

Published on September 7, 2024

News Analysis Hamas’s execution of six hostages may represent a new phase in the Israel–Hamas war: an effort to divide Israeli society. The terrorist organization, which has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007 and started the war with its Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in Israel, said after the Israeli army discovered the hostages’ bodies on Aug. 31 that it has issued new instructions to those guarding the remaining hostages. The new orders were issued after Israel’s successful rescue of four hostages in Nuseirat in June, Hamas spokesman Hudhaifa Kahlout, known by the nom de guerre Abu Obeida, said. “We say to everyone clearly that after the Nuseirat incident, new instructions were issued to the mujahedeen assigned to guard the prisoners regarding dealing with them if the occupation army approached their place of detention,” Kahlout said on Sept. 2....

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