Over the weekend, the IDF confirmed that it killed the Hamas terrorist who commanded the attack on Israel a week earlier. It was later disclosed that the terrorist was arrested by Israel in 2005 for abducting and killing Israelis. He was released in 2011 by Netanyahu’s government in return for a captive Israeli soldier abducted in 2006 as part of a prisoner exchange deal.
Netanyahu knew that Hamas received money, weapons and training from Iran
The deal included the release of over 1,000 prisoners, many of them dangerous terrorists who returned to Gaza and rose through the ranks of Hamas. This controversial agreement exemplifies Netanyahu’s failed policy of containment and appeasement towards Hamas. Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006, bringing a bloody conflict between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA), which has ruled Gaza since 1994. This caused a split in Palestinian politics. Since 2007, Gaza has been under the control of Hamas, while the PA has ruled over the West Bank.
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