{"id":2265425,"date":"2024-06-11T19:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T23:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-leader-suggests-civilian-deaths-are-necessary-sacrifices-in-war-with-israel-report\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T19:45:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T23:45:05","slug":"hamas-leader-suggests-civilian-deaths-are-necessary-sacrifices-in-war-with-israel-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-leader-suggests-civilian-deaths-are-necessary-sacrifices-in-war-with-israel-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas leader reportedly states civilian casualties are &#8216;inevitable sacrifices&#8217; in conflict with Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhamas-leader-suggests-civilian-deaths-are-necessary-sacrifices-in-war-with-israel-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2265425&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Yahya Sinwar, the military leader of Hamas, reportedly indicated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-media-says-capitol-riot-killed-five-people-the-truth-is-more-complicated\/\" title=\"WALSH: Media Says Capitol Riot Killed Five People. The Truth Is More Complicated.\">civilian deaths<\/a>\u2063 are an\u200c unavoidable part\u200c of the ongoing conflict with Israel, according\u200b to a \u200cmessage to\u200d Hamas leaders in \u200dDoha, Qatar. The\u2064 conflict, \u2063primarily occurring in \u2063Gaza and the West Bank, has led to a high number of\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reduces-support-for-s-arabia-in-another-boon-to-iran\/\" title=\"Biden reduces support for S. Arabia in another boon to Iran\">civilian casualties<\/a>. While Israel faces considerable criticism for its bombing campaigns and is accused by some of committing genocide against\u2064 Palestinians, an accusation \u2062it denies, Sinwar&#8217;s comments as reported by the\u2062 Wall Street \u2064Journal\u200b suggest that Hamas \u2062is \u200dprepared to continue its military actions despite the cost to \u2063civilians. Sinwar&#8217;s \u200bremarks also imply a strategic calculation that ongoing Israeli civilian casualties could weaken Israel&#8217;s military position,\u200d especially as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-court-jails-womens-rights-activist-posing-challenge-for-biden\/\" title=\"Saudi court jails women\u2019s rights activist, posing challenge for Biden\">international criticism<\/a> might deter Israel&#8217;s allies from providing further military support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Yahya Sinwar, the military leader of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a>, reportedly suggested civilian deaths are \u201cnecessary sacrifices\u201d amid its war with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> in a message to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3033777\/kamala-harris-grieves-for-innocent-palestinians-killed-in-israeli-raid-to-save-hostages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>terrorist<\/a> organization\u2019s leaders in Doha, Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>The war between Hamas and Israel, much of it taking place within Gaza and the West Bank, has resulted in thousands of civilian deaths. Many have placed a majority of the blame for the casualties on Israel\u2019s consistent bombing of the region, with some calling it a \u201cgenocide\u201d of Palestinians. Israel has strongly denied those accusations.<\/p>\n<p>But Sinwar\u2019s remarks, reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/gaza-chiefs-brutal-calculation-civilian-bloodshed-will-help-hamas-626720e7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>, indicate that Hamas is willing to continue its war with Israel despite the heavy civilian cost. The report also suggests that with the growing backlash Israel is facing over civilian deaths, he believes Hamas could deal with a depleted Israeli arsenal as allies hesitate to supply the nation further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the Israelis right where we want them,\u201d Sinwar reportedly said in a recent message to Hamas officials in an attempt to forge an agreement with Qatari and Egyptian officials. Israel previously accused Hamas of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3000381\/hamas-human-shields-tough-conclude-israel-violate-international-law-us-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>using civilians<\/a> as \u201chuman shields.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The war could have ended as ceasefire negotiations have gone on, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3037892\/hamas-response-ceasefire-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reports<\/a> indicate that a ceasefire deal has effectively fallen through after Hamas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/hamas-response-rejects-hostage-ceasefire-deal-offer-presented-by-biden-official\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rejected<\/a> a hostage-release stipulation. Hamas and Israel have struggled to reach an agreement to halt fighting since a November 2023 ceasefire lasting four days.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas began the recent conflict with its Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, which killed hundreds of Israeli military personnel and citizens. Reports stated that the organization killed children and committed sexual violence against women during the assault.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings went out of control,\u201d Sinwar said in one of his messages, referring to gangs taking civilian women and children as hostages. \u201cPeople got caught up in this, and that should not have happened.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The war has escalated tensions in the Middle East. In April, Iran fired missiles into Israel as a response to the killing of an Iranian military official in Syria by Israeli bombers. Most of the Iranian rockets were destroyed, but the attack stirred worry that Israel could retaliate with substantial force and escalate tensions further.<\/p>\n<p>More than 37,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war, most of them civilians, according to Palestinian officials. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahya Sinwar, Hamas&#8217;s military chief, reportedly described civilian deaths as &#8220;necessary sacrifices&#8221; in a message to leaders in Doha, Qatar. The ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, primarily in Gaza and the West Bank, has led to thousands of civilian casualties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2265426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24141738897322.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24141738897322.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2265425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2265426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2265425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2265425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2265425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}