Yahya Sinwar sent to Jahannam, heading to his 72 bacha bāzī boys.
We have previously noted how ‘Palestinian’ leader Yahya Sinwar was one of 1,027 prisoners that Israel exchanged for one, one! Israeli Defense Forces soldier, then-Corporal Gilad Shalit, and just how terrible a deal that turned out to be.
While The New York Times tried to tell readers what they could about Mr Sinwar, how his time in an Israeli prison hardened his heart and inspired him with renewed purpose, one thing the Grey Lady failed to tell us was that he was just plain nuts!
Hamas leaders’ October 7 letter reveals attack strategy and plea to Hezbollah
This document by top Hamas leaders offers insight into the mood before the attack, the relationship between Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, and Hamas’s strategy for destroying Israel.
By Ben Caspit | Tuesday, June 24, 2025 | 2:40 AM Jerusalem Time
A letter written by Hamas leadership addressed to Hezbollah and IRGC senior leadership, discovered by Israeli intelligence following the assassination of Mohammed Sinwar, revealed that Hamas had believed that October 7 would be the end of the Jewish state.
Muḥammad Ibrāhīm Ḥasan al-Sinwār replaced his brother, Yaḥyá Ibrāhīm Ḥasan al-Sinwār, as the leader of ‘Palestinians’ in Gaza following the latter’s death, but he didn’t hold office for that long, being sent to his 72 bacha bāzī boys eight months after his older brother.
The Jerusalem Post article continues to tell readers where the letter was found, along with similar materials, including correspondence between Hamas and foreigners.
The letter detailed the planned offensive: “When you read these words of ours, thousands of jihad fighters from the Al-Qassam Brigades will go out to attack targets of the criminal Zionist occupation, bomb enemy outposts, population centers, airports, and junctions in the southern region of occupied Palestine. They will breach the separation fence to confront and fight the occupation forces and take over military and civilian positions in the region, capturing large numbers of enemy soldiers.”
Odd how that description of what Hamas’ October 7 attack didn’t match what actually happened. Rather than “tak(ing) over military and civilian positions in the region, capturing large numbers of enemy soldiers,” Hamas engaged in an orgy of rape and murder, kidnapping unarmed civilians and hightailing it back to Gaza.
Further down:
The leaders then urged Nasrallah to take action, emphasizing the moral duty to defend Al-Aqsa and highlighting the urgency of the situation: “Today, Al-Aqsa and its defenders are calling on you, and so are the martyrs in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon.”
The letter ended with a stern warning that hesitation could lead to severe consequences, stressing that failing to act would cause the collapse of the “axis of resistance.”
“This campaign will change the rules of the game,” they declared, outlining a vision for the downfall of Israel and the establishment of a new political order in the region.
I have abridged the cited article, but it is entirely fantasy. Hamas did not notify Mr Nasrallah in advance of the attack, so it was wholly unrealistic to think that Hezbollah could muster his fighters quickly and attack Israel from the north. More, it promised action on the part of the “thousands of jihad fighters from the Al-Qassam Brigades” that were clearly far beyond their discipline and capacity to achieve. Since the Hezbollah leader, now in Jahannam himself, wasn’t sent the letter in advance, when he did get to read it, he could already see that Hamas’ promised action never came close to happening.
Which raises the obvious question: did Mr Sinwar actually believe that the Al-Qassam Brigades could or would actually achieve the military objectives the letter set forth for them? While there are ‘training videos’ of the jihadis meant to persuade people that they are highly trained soldiers, Hamas have never exhibited the kind of discipline that actually trained soldiers have. If the Al-Qassam Brigades mission was actually what Mr Sinwar and his minions specified, their lack of discipline becomes even more obvious.
There are only two possibilities: either Mr Sinwar believed that his jihadis could achieve the aims set forth for them, or he didn’t. If he did believe it, then he was wholly self-deluded, because Hamas have never demonstrated the ability to fight and win anything against disciplined armed resistance, but only against the unarmed. And if he didn’t believe it, he was just bat guano insane, because he had to understand that Israel, especially Israel under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would respond with burning and bombs and bullets. The Prime Minister had a lot of political opposition at home, including charges of corruption, and an attack by Hamas was only going to strengthen the Israeli leaders who stood most strongly against them. Mr Sinwar had to know this, unless he was completely off his rocker.
The Arabs have been trying to drive the Jews out of the Holy Land all along, and everything they’ve tried has failed. They had an actual chance for their own independent nation at the end of 2000 and very beginning of 2001, when then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak agreed to it, with President Bill Clinton having helped negotiate it, and, in the end, Yassir Arafat walked away, because he knew the irredentists would assassinate him if he took the deal. That they follow leaders who are actually crazy says something.