Hamas must capture more Zionist rats, writes editor of Qatari pro-government paper

Al-Harmi went on: “[Hamas sent] several others to suffer torment in this world by [causing them] permanent disfigurement and disabilities, or [by sending them] to lunatic asylums. I strengthen the hands of the heroes, and may the hands of the impure criminals, riff raff from all over the world, become paralyzed."

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Qatar is seen by many in the international community as a neutral mediator in the negotiations between Israel and Hamas.

Another writer for Al-Sharq, journalist Ihsan Al-Faqih, praised the same Hamas operation in her column.

She claimed that the attempt to abduct more Israeli soldiers "shocked Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his friends on the far right, confounded them, and upended the strategic military considerations of the Israeli leadership."

This action, she wrote, "which was the most prominent and forceful operation by the resistance since October 7, [2023], has many powerful meanings and implications".

She said it "proved that the resistance is still capable of taking the initiative." Israel was betting on the assumption that Hamas was exhausted and that the Gaza Strip would be safer for its soldiers, she said, but "this blow demonstrates the readiness of the factions on the ground… the existence of a united leadership infrastructure capable of taking decisions under stress… and the ability of the factions to use tunnels in this complicated and densely-populated area."