{"id":52464,"date":"2025-09-13T16:47:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T20:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/getting-rid-of-hamas-leaders-in-gaza-would-end-war-free-hostages\/13\/09\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T16:47:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T20:47:48","slug":"getting-rid-of-hamas-leaders-in-gaza-would-end-war-free-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/getting-rid-of-hamas-leaders-in-gaza-would-end-war-free-hostages\/13\/09\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting rid of Hamas leaders in Gaza would end war, free hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reports by numerous Israeli media outlets state that the prime minister&#8217;s social media post largely implies that the Israeli strike in Doha to take out top-ranking Hamas officials had failed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/hamas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hamas;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hamas<\/a> for blocking ceasefire attempts in Gaza, specifically Hamas leaders living abroad, in a post on X\/Twitter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The Hamas terrorists chiefs living in Qatar don&#8217;t care about the people in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/gaza\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gaza;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Gaza<\/a>,&#8221; Netanyahu wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;They blocked all ceasefire attempts in order to endlessly drag out the war. Getting rid of them would rid the main obstacle to releasing all our hostages and ending the war.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reports by numerous Israeli media outlets state that the prime minister&#8217;s social media post largely implies that the Israeli strike in Doha to take out top-ranking Hamas officials had failed.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Prior reports that Hamas officials likely survived<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This comes two days after an Israeli official told <em>The Jerusalem Post<\/em> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/growing-assessment-no-senior-hamas-201240492.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:increased likelihood;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">increased likelihood<\/a> that no senior Hamas officials were killed in the strike.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>A CCTV footage shows explosion in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. (credit: SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE\/VIA REUTERS)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Some senior Hamas officials are believed to have been injured, although this has not yet been fully confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The same day, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/hamas-leadership-not-hit-qatari-064444248.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Qatari expert;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Qatari expert<\/a> told The Media Line also that the Hamas officials who were targeted had survived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Amichai Stein and Giorgia Valente\/The Media Line contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/netanyahu-getting-rid-hamas-leaders-202045193.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports by numerous Israeli media outlets state that the prime minister&rsquo;s social media post largely implies that the Israeli strike in Doha<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/getting-rid-of-hamas-leaders-in-gaza-would-end-war-free-hostages\/13\/09\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/c284943ca431099d259c95be5e0ba0e2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}