Hamas Ceding Power in Gaza Or Not

 :Nadene Goldfoot                                           

Photos from Gaza became 3 IDF's last: Noam, Yaniv, Uri and Ehsan documented before they fell;  Capt. Noam Ravid, Maj. Yaniv Kula, Staff Sgt. Uri Bar-Or and Col. Ehsan Daxa were photographed during the height of the fighting in the Gaza Strip, at times only moments before they were killed.

Hamas terrorists announced Monday that after nearly two decades of governing the Gaza Strip, it will dissolve its government and hand over power to a Palestinian technocratic governing authority.

The move is part of the U.S.-brokered peace plan that paved the way for an October 2025 ceasefire between Hamas and Israel which did not hold for long.  Israel had accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire deal by withholding the bodies of the remaining 13 deceased hostages thought to have died during or after the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas had said the return of the remaining bodies "may take some time" due to the destruction. The militant group has now said it was prepared to hand over governmental responsibilities as part of the deal, but did not pledge to disarm—a key demand of both Israel and the United States.

The way that Hamas has this set up is not acceptable to Israel.  

"Israeli politicians dismissed the premise of the transition, arguing that it allows the group to retain power via its military wing.

Comparing the proposed model to Hezbollah’s role in Lebanon, where the Iran-backed militant and political group holds significant power, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar wrote on X that “a technocratic administration would be responsible for garbage collection and other municipal services, while Hamas would remain the dominant military force.”

But “as long as Hamas retains its weapons, any civilian government will of course operate as Hamas dictates,” he said.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told Agence France-Presse that relinquishing power was intended to “remove any pretext for the occupation” of Gaza by Israel.

Do they forget that Gaza was part of the land won by Israel in the 1967 War and that Israel gave them the land in the name of peace and had removed all Jews from the area when they handed over the land to them? During the Gaza war, at least 2,039 Israelis have been reported killed. This figure encompasses both military and civilian casualties, but I would think mainly IDF and on October 7, 2023 with 828 deaths of civilians.   I haven't forgotten and I wonder if the Trump Administration would even know about that little fact!!!!They all were only about 21 years old in 1967, and I wonder how well they have covered history of Israel in their high school history classes when the teachers were also coaches??? How well did the world learn of this other than some Jewish people besides Israelis???

The move marks the biggest shift in power in the territory since Hamas seized control of Gaza from rival Palestinian movement Fatah in 2007."

How Lebanon Got Involved with Iran's Plan To Wipe Out Israel

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                        

Hezbollah’s first attack on Israel as an organization occurred in 1985, shortly after its formal establishment, when it began launching guerrilla attacks and rocket fire against Israeli forces occupying southern Lebanon. 

Since its formation, the conflict has evolved across several major timelines:

• Initial Conflicts (1985–2000): Conducted a protracted guerrilla war against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, leading up to Israel's withdrawal. This lasted for 15 years. 
• The 2006 Lebanon War: Began on July 12, 2006, when a Hezbollah cross-border raid ambushed Israeli soldiers, triggering a five-week war. 
• The 2023–2024 Conflict: Hezbollah launched rockets into northern Israel on October 8, 2023, in the wake of the Hamas attacks on Israel, the big one that Israel will never get over or forgive,  leading to major cross-border bombardments and an Israeli invasion in 2024. 
• The 2026 Conflict Escalation: Following a nominally observed ceasefire in late 2024, Hezbollah resumed attacks on March 2, 2026, in retaliation for U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran and the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. 
• Israel and Lebanon have remained in a continuous technical state of war since 1948. While their national armies occasionally engaged each other, major direct fighting has almost always involved third parties or Lebanese paramilitary groups like the Israeli–Lebanese conflict Wikipedia page outlines. The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, is a long-running conflict involving Israel, Lebanon-based paramilitary groups, and sometimes Syria. The conflict peaked during the Lebanese Civil War. In response to Palestinian attacks from Lebanon, Israel invaded the country in 1978 and again in 1982. After this it occupied southern Lebanon until 2000, while fighting a guerrilla conflict against Shia paramilitaries. After Israel's withdrawal, Hezbollah attacks sparked the 2006 Lebanon War. A new period of conflict began in 2023, leading to the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.  It seems that Israel was defending itself against Iran/Hezbollah on Lebanon's turf many  a time.  
  The most notable direct conflicts and incursions include:
  • 1978 and 1982: Following attacks by Palestinian factions based in Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) invaded southern Lebanon in 1978 and heavily invaded in 1982. The 1982 invasion involved the Lebanese National Movement and Syrian forces. 
  • The Lebanese National Movement (LNM) was a major coalition of leftist, pan-Arabist, and secular political parties active in Lebanon during the early years of the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1982). The LNM strongly advocated for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and sought to dismantle the country's confessional political system.
  • 2006: Following a cross-border attack by Hezbollah that killed and captured Israeli soldiers, a major 34-day war broke out between Israel and Hezbollah. 
  • 2023–2024: Following the October 7 attacks in southern Israel, Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel, leading to months of heavy cross-border fire. This escalated into Israel's fourth ground invasion of Lebanon. 
  • 2026 Conflict: Following an escalation that began in early March, Hezbollah fired rockets and drones into Israel in retaliation for a U.S.-led strike on Iran's supreme leader. Israel responded with airstrikes and sent thousands of troops to advance into southern Lebanon. Numerous U.S.-brokered cease-fires have been attempted, though the border continues to see volatile skirmishes. 
  While Lebanon's government has been highly involved diplomatically—most recently through the Timeline of Decades of Conflict Between Israel and Hezbollah and direct talks in the U.S. and Switzerland to broker truces—the physical fighting on the Lebanese side has been carried out almost exclusively by the non-state militant group Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran. To read more about how these political and military dynamics evolved, you can explore the Why is there fighting in Lebanon? breakdown by CNN.
• Resource:
• https://jewishbubba.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-rulers-of-lebanon-and-how-they-got.html