Hamas Gives Israel Until 6:00 a.m. Tuesday to Release Prisoners
by John Little on 3/07/2006The outlook for Gilad Shalit is not good:
“We give the Zionist enemy until 6:00 tomorrow morning, Tuesday, July 4,” the fax said. “If the enemy does not respond to our humanitarian demands mentioned in previous leaflets on the conditions for dealing with the issue of the missing solder…we will consider the current file of the solider to be closed … and then the enemy must bear all the consequences of the future results.”“The enemy proves time after time that it is trapped by personal considerations and by military illusions tainted by Palestinian blood, and fails to take into account all the human factors – even their own soldiers’,” the message continued. “The enemy has not learned lessons from its missing soldiers, and continues to pursue every sliver of information, while having lost dozens of opportunities in the past.”
The release can’t happen. Hamas is also threatening to carry out attacks against Israeli schools:
Hamas’ armed wing threatened Sunday to attack Israeli schools, institutions and power plants if Israel continues its air strikes against infrastructure in Gaza.“If they continue with these attacks we will strike similar targets in the Zionist Occupation which we have not targeted until now,” said Abu Ubaida, a spokesman for Hamas’ military wing, Iz al-Din al-Qassam.
Unlike Israel, which is going out of it’s way to avoid loss of life, Hamas’ threat to target schools means they intend to kill as many children as possible. Still, the Israelis holding back. Tanks have moved into northern Gaza but only in a very limited way. Someone will have to blink soon to get Gilad home safetly. I hope it isn’t Israel.
Update:
Thankfully Israel has rejected the demands:
IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz said in response to the ultimatum that Israel would not give in to extortion by the captors, and would continue to fight for Shalit’s release.
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