The editor of a Qatari pro-government news organisation has praised the recent Hamas attack on Israeli soldiers in southern Gaza, adding that he hoped that the terror group would capture more hostage “rats” in a future operation.
In a post on his X account translated by media monitor Memri, Jaber Al-Harmi, editor of Al-Sharq, wrote following the attack: “Even if the Al-Qassam heroes failed to abduct Zionist soldiers this time around, the second, third or fourth attempts, Allah willing, will manage to add new rats to the number [of hostages] held by the heroes of the brigades.”
Three Israeli soldiers were wounded – one of them seriously – after 14 Hamas gunmen emerged from a tunnel in Khan Younis on August 20 and attacked an IDF encampment.
According to IDF sources, the terrorists emerged metres from the Israeli position and opened fire with machine guns and RPGs. At least eight were killed in the firefight.
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