With the Inevitable Breakdown of Hostage Negotiations, Israel Faces a New Gaza Dilemma
Pressures domestic, international, and military.
August 12, 2025
Anas al-Sharif was a Hamas operative. He was also an information warrior.
Hamas was able to make the most of the IDF’s missteps, and eventually stop the attempted siege, with an all-out propaganda campaign claiming that Israel was deliberately starving Gaza. For the most part, the media credulously accepted stories of famine—resulting in immense international pressure on Jerusalem to flood the Strip with humanitarian aid, most of which has been promptly stolen by Hamas.
Pressures domestic, international, and military.
Feeding the enemy.
Anas al-Sharif was a Hamas operative. He was also an information warrior.
Teach for Palestine, but not for Israel.
After five centuries of hiding.
“Abba of Naburya has perished.”
Hamas was able to make the most of the IDF’s missteps, and eventually stop the attempted siege, with an all-out propaganda campaign claiming that Israel was deliberately starving Gaza. For the most part, the media credulously accepted stories of famine—resulting in immense international pressure on Jerusalem to flood the Strip with humanitarian aid, most of which has been promptly stolen by Hamas.
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