It seems we're trying to forget and not remember our past lives and memories. For fear of falling back into the past, the pain of losing a son, and the destruction of homes and memories, we may be doing this intentionally. This morning, my daughter Yaffa reminded me that Eid al-Adha is just around the corner, in just a few days.
Time is full of blood, death and destruction, and cold and ridiculous talk on the media and satellite channels. Who bears the moral and national responsibility for what remains of lives, memories, property and possessions?
Darkness reigns and I no longer have words to describe the feeling of horror. The images and scenes burn the human soul. Hearts no longer beat. The statements from Hamas officials, and the refusal to accept a partial solution to stop the genocide, could have been better than what was.
99 martyrs since midnight until Sunday morning. The bloody nights of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the mass killing in tents and hospitals, the destruction of what remains of buildings, the suffering of hunger and thirst. Corpses are lying in the streets, fear is driving people to flee, the inability to bury them and flee to escape death. There is a severe shortage of available shrouds, to bury the bodies of the martyrs with dignity.
Hamas believes it has achieved success through its engagement with the US administration and the promises it received following the release of Israeli-American prisoner Idan Alexander, and that it possesses the solution and security. It also believes it possesses the power to protect Gaza and prevent the Israeli occupation from reoccupying the entire Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military operation continues even before Trump's departure, while mass famine deepens in the Gaza Strip, with hundreds of Palestinians killed in recent days as a result of Israeli airstrikes and displacement.
While Israeli public opinion is largely indifferent to the lives of Israeli prisoners and unmoved by the war's catastrophic consequences for the suffering of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the ground operation is expanding, and the severe restrictions and blockade on the entry of humanitarian aid are being imposed.
Netanyahu refuses to reach a prisoner exchange agreement and rescue the kidnapped Israelis. If Netanyahu decides to accede to Trump's demands and stop the war, the ruling right-wing coalition, which is pushing for the continuation of the war, the occupation of the Gaza Strip, and settlement expansion there, will bring down the government.
It seems that Hamas, as well as the international community, did not hear the remarks of MK Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism) on Channel 12 that "everyone is already accustomed to the fact that it is possible to kill a hundred residents of Gaza in one night of war, and this does not matter to anyone."
This is what is actually happening these days, and it demonstrates that the massacres taking place represent terrifying trends in the Israeli government's policy.
Hamas is still relying on US President Donald Trump's intervention to halt the war, hoping he will continue to pay attention to events in Gaza. Trump said Saturday morning that he is not bothered by Netanyahu's actions, describing him as "an angry man who has been in a difficult situation" since October 7.
Trump speaks to the media daily, but the problem lies in sorting the real information from the multiple, sometimes contradictory, statements, and trying to assess his intentions, knowing that they may change from one day to the next.
Trump also said, "We're watching Gaza and we're going to take care of it. There are a lot of people starving." His Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, also spoke by phone with Netanyahu last Thursday and said the administration was "concerned about the suffering in Gaza." Rubio's words may also indicate the seriousness of the situation in the Strip. But for now, the Trump administration has shown little interest in the issue.
Conflicting reports emerged on Saturday regarding the resumption of negotiations between the two sides in Qatar, mediated by Qatar, amid the ongoing genocide and Israeli military operation in the background.
Hamas still expects Trump to decide to intervene, as if he were the awaited messiah. The world and Arab leaders who gathered in Baghdad nearly 20 months later expressed their concern about the ongoing genocide and suffering afflicting the Palestinians, and their concern is worthless. Hamas can withdraw the pretexts and assume responsibility, given the ongoing war of deception, lies, destruction, and devastation.
شارك برأيك
Time of blood, death and destruction