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Hamas Threatened Another October 7-style Attack In Message To Israel - Report

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Hamas threatened another October 7-style attack in message to Israel - report

Hamas officials reportedly delivered the message last week during a meeting at the Gaza office of UN humanitarian coordinator, asking him to convey it to Israeli authorities

Hamas has warned Israel that it is prepared to carry out another attack similar to the October 7, 2023, assault wherever an opportunity arises, according to a Ynet report.

The reported threat extended to attacks inside Israel, in the West Bank and abroad. Hamas officials reportedly delivered the message last week during a meeting at the Gaza office of UN humanitarian coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov, asking him to convey it to Israeli authorities.

According to Ynet, Alakbarov passed the warning to Maj. Gen. Yoram Halevy, the coordinator of government activities in the territories, during a meeting on Wednesday. A document outlining the threats was then urgently circulated to senior political and security officials.

Israeli officials reportedly described the warning as unusually explicit and severe.

During their meeting with Alakbarov, Hamas officials reportedly complained about developments they said were weakening the group’s hold on Gaza.

These included continued Israeli military operations, changes to the “yellow line” marking IDF positions, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s cancellation of elections scheduled for November 28.

According to Ynet’s account, the Hamas representatives said they were no longer willing to accept the current situation.

The warning comes as .

Meanwhile, the Peace Council and international mediators are pressing Hamas to surrender its weapons. Israeli assessments cited by Ynet suggest the group is seeking to draw out negotiations without committing to disarmament.

Israel, for its part, has refused to allow a proposed technocratic governing committee or a Palestinian police force into Gaza, leaving arrangements for the territory’s administration and security unresolved.

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What we found (2)

i24News relays a Ynet report that Hamas threatened another October 7-style attack, and it attributes the threat and the Israeli assessments carefully. But when it turns to what Israel is doing in Gaza, it writes the killings out as Israeli forces "target" people, and it calls those killed "Hamas operatives" in its own voice on Israel's word alone. A reader learns of a Hamas threat in detail and is never told that Israeli forces are killing people in Gaza.

  1. Writes the death out

    Severe

    “Israeli forces continue to target Hamas operatives in Gaza”

    Why this matters
    i24News writes "continue to target" for what its own source calls a series of targeted killings. The word "target" names an aim, not a death.
    The impression it gives
    A reader comes away believing Israeli forces are pursuing or striking at Hamas members in some unspecified way, not that they are killing people in Gaza.
    The context
    Ynet, the report i24News is rewriting, says Israel is "carrying out a series of targeted killings". The article never uses any word for killing anywhere in its text.

    How we know

    Show it in the article

    Written straight

    The warning comes as Israeli occupation forces carry out a series of targeted killings in Gaza of people Israel says are Hamas commanders and members of its Nukhba unit.

  2. Labels people on one side's word

    Serious

    “Hamas operatives in Gaza, including commanders and members of the group’s Nukhba unit”

    Why this matters
    i24News states in its own voice that the people Israeli forces are going after are Hamas operatives, commanders and Nukhba members. It gives no source for who they are.
    The impression it gives
    A reader takes it as established that everyone Israeli forces are hitting in Gaza is a Hamas fighter.
    The context
    The only basis for who these people were is Israel's own account. The article names no independent source and gives no names, so the label rests on one party's word.

    Show it in the article

    Written straight

    Israeli forces continue to kill people in Gaza whom Israel describes as Hamas commanders and Nukhba members; the article does not independently verify who they were.

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