Hamas Threatens ‘Flood’ of Suicide Attacks as Blinken Attempts Dialogue AgainFrances Martel 19 Sep 2024
The “al-Qassam Brigades” of Hamas announced on Wednesday that it would unleash a “flood of martyrdom operations,” or suicide attacks, against Israel – a declaration that would appear to harm the chances that Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s ongoing trip to Egypt will result in a sustainable ceasefire between the jihadists and Israel.
Blinken departed for Egypt on Tuesday and spent much of Wednesday in discussions with strongman Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty. While the bulk of those conversations. Abdelatty told reporters, was focused on increasing trade, tourism, and academic ties between Cairo and Washington, working toward a “bridging proposal” to a ceasefire in Hamas-controlled Gaza was also on the agenda.
Blinken has spent much of the past year attempting to negotiate, on behalf of leftist American President Joe Biden, an end to Israel’s self-defense operations against Hamas in Gaza, which it has controlled for nearly two decades. All attempts as of press time have failed, as the Biden administration has failed to convince Israeli officials to allow Hamas to survive and continue to threaten the nation following its harrowing October 7 invasion of the country and massacre of an estimated 1,200 civilians.
The last attempt to convince Israel and Hamas to abide by a “bridging proposal” failed in August after Blinken insisted, without explaining why, that it was the “last opportunity” for such an agreement. A signed deal would have coincided then with the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, granting Biden’s party a diplomatic victory to tout during the campaign event.
Now, as Blinken discusses a new potential ceasefire deal with top mediator Egypt, Hamas’s jihadists have issued a call to plague the region with suicide bombings in an attempt to stop Israel’s self-defense operations.
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