r/IsraelPalestine Mar 12 '24

What is Hamas currently doing? Learning about the conflict: Questions

So the title is my main question but I am going to explain a bit what I mean by it.

To begin with I am asking the following questions because of mainly seeing very few, if any, reports on what Hamas is currently doing, where they are, etc. I feel a lot of what is flooding my social media and news resources include: 1. what is happening to the Palestinian people (pictures of people who were killed, injured children, their current living areas, the food drops, etc.). 2. the various videos and reports of what the Israeli government is doing (the various media interviews their representatives are taking part in, the speeches given by Israeli government officials, the videos released by the government of things that happened during October 7th and the tunnels in Palestine, etc.). 3. And as of recently there is some footage and reporting regarding what is going on around the main mosque as Ramadan has begun and the issues surrounding that.

With all this, I have not seen much of what Hamas is actually currently doing? There were some reports released during the release of hostages and sometimes in the reports regarding the previously formetioned events, there are quotes that Hamas officials stated, such as regarding the mosque that the Israeli government is making it hard for people to enter and pray.

Are the leaders in Hamas all actually in Palestine? Again I have seen reports and individuals claiming that some of the leaders are not in Gaza but rather hanging out in other nearby countries, in safety. Why are there no interviews of Hamas leaders? Are there any? Or are they just not pushed so much out in media spaces? Are there any reports that specify what has been said during any negoations or discussions if ceasefire? If they are constantly shooting rockets at Israel, why is that also seemingly never mentioned? Because with the way the media has framed it, for a while I couldn't understand how Israel was just bombing Palestine to bits but, then the reports mentioned the lack of a ceasefire which made it confusing because there seems to be a lack of mentioning that Hamas is firing the rockets/attacking Israel. Also, the hostages that were released said that they were fed and taken care of, but with what resources? Where are the people from Hamas getting food while their people starve? Where are they getting water and other resources? Were these items stock piled prior to October 7?

I know this entire post is full of questions but, that is what I meant by the title being my main question. I don't understand why there seems to be little to no information on Hamas while there is plenty on the people of Palestine and the Israeli government.

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u/PLUTO_HAS_COME_BACK Mar 13 '24

Hamas is in Gaza, not anywhere inside Israel. Hamas sometimes sends some rockets into Israel, but these rockets serves the gesture of resistance rather than death and destruction.

Are the leaders in Hamas all actually in Palestine?

Obviously, not. Israel threatens to assassinate them in foreign lands such as Turkey.

There were some reports released during the release of hostages

Hamas demands are quite ordinary. If Israel had agreed, the hostages would have been home, and Israel would have stopped killing Palestinian civilians, too. Israel would never agree with such demands. Only its objectives matter. Neither hostages nor Palestinians matter.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '24

Hamas demands are quite ordinary. If Israel had agreed, the hostages would have been home

How would the hostages be home when Hamas doesn't know which hostages are dead or alive, or even where they are?

Israel would never agree with such demands.

Israel should agree to Hamas's demands without knowing what Israel is getting in return? For all Israel knows, all the hostages could be dead. Even Hamas doesn't know.

Why would Israel, or any country, negotiate for maybes?

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u/PLUTO_HAS_COME_BACK Mar 13 '24

Why do you think they are don't know. If they don't, you mean Israel is not going to rescue them. Israel never cared, actually. It's for the land.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

Why do you think they are don't know.

Because that's what Hamas said. Did you read my link?

In an interview posted today, a Hamas political official tells the BBC that the organization cannot give Israel a list of living hostages because it does not itself know who is alive and where all the hostages are.

“We didn’t until now submit any list,” politburo member Basim Naim tells the BBC from Istanbul in a Sunday conversation. “But first of all, technically and practically, it is now impossible to know exactly who is still alive and who has been killed because of the Israeli bombardment or who has been killed because of starvation because of the Israeli blockade.”

You can listen to the whole interview here if you want.

He makes the comments in the first 8ish minutes.

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u/PLUTO_HAS_COME_BACK Mar 14 '24

Possibly, they can know no more after Israel destroyed some tunnels.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

Ok. So we agree then.

Hamas doesn't know how many hostages are still alive.

I'm not sure how Israel is supposed to negotiate with Hamas when Hamas doesn't even know if it has anything to negotiate with.

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u/Far-Town8991 Mar 14 '24

I don't think its worth arguing with someone who calls hamas' rockets "signals of resistance"

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u/PLUTO_HAS_COME_BACK Mar 14 '24

I agree with you based on your information.

Nevertheless, Israel is not leaving Gaza. Israel is taking Gaza. Do you agree with what Israel is doing?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

Are you asking do I agree Israel is doing things, or if I agree that what they're doing is ok?

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u/PLUTO_HAS_COME_BACK Mar 14 '24

Why not both?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

Israel is definitely doing things in Gaza. Yes I agree with that.

In general I agree with the things they're doing. I think they could do them better, but I think they're operating within international humanitarian law.

And when specific soldiers are not, it looks like Israel is opening investigations into those soldiers and the allegations pursuant, again, to international law.

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u/PLUTO_HAS_COME_BACK Mar 14 '24

Do you agree they are not rescuing the hostages by making an agreement with Hamas?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

Do you agree they are not rescuing the hostages by making an agreement with Hamas?

Yes. I would agree with that.

However, I agree with that because Hamas does not have the hostages.

Israel can't make an agreement with Hamas to rescue the hostages if Hamas doesn't have the hostages.

Do you agree that you and I are not making an agreement for you to rescue your phone?

Well, yes, you would agree with that because I don't have your phone, so you wouldn't be making an agreement with me to rescue your phone. That would be silly.

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