‘Rockets Will Reach Tel Aviv Next’

The Fellowship | November 19, 2018

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwa visit the Gaza Strip's border with Israel — Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, center, chant slogans as he surrounded by protesters during his visit to the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Friday, April 20, 2018. Thousands of Palestinians joined the fourth weekly protest on Gaza's border with Israel on Friday, some burning tires or flying kites with flaming rags dangling from their tails. Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops firing from across the border fence, health officials said(Photo by Momen Faiz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

After more than 450 rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip at Israel last week, the two sides reached a tenuous ceasefire. Alas, Ynet News reports, leaders of both Hamas and Islamic Jihad have continued their hateful rhetoric, threatening that the next wave of rockets will impact Israel’s populous urban centers:

Hamas and Islamic Jihad continued to threaten Israel over the weekend despite the latest ceasefire agreement, as a delegation of senior Egyptian intelligence officials left the Gaza Strip after holding talks about a broader arrangement between the warring sides.

During a memorial service for Hamas fighters killed in the firefight that erupted after the Palestinians uncovered a secret IDF mission in Gaza last week, Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar pulled out a gun—which he claimed belongs to an IDF soldier who participated in the operation—and declared: “Next time, the barrage of rockets will reach Tel Aviv and its surrounding area.”

Standing in front of the Egyptian mediators and hundreds of Hamas members, the Hamas leader continued to threaten Israel, making perfectly clear that his organization had no intention of holding its fire.

“What did the Israeli leadership think when it allowed in fuel and Qatari funds? … That we would sell out our blood for diesel and dollars? They’ve been disappointed, and their goals have failed,” Sinwar asserted…