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Hamas Planned Victory Rallies for Its Leaders inside Israel
(Times of Israel) Hamas disseminated detailed directives via social media to inform Palestinians in which Israeli community its leaders would be delivering victory speeches after breaching Gaza's border, Israel's Hadashot TV news reported Friday. "Ismail Haniyeh will speak in Nahal Oz, Khalil al-Hayya in Kfar Aza and (Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader) Nafed Azzam in Be'eri. After the victory speeches, celebrations will begin throughout Palestine." Lt.-Col. Akhsan Daksa, an IDF battalion commander who speaks Arabic, said he communicated with some of the Palestinians over the fence, sometimes "from five meters away." They told him, "We're on our way to Nahal Oz, to the other communities. Today's prayers will be held there." He said he told them, "This won't help, this isn't the way." However, when they arrived in droves at the fence and hurled grenades or bombs, "there's no other measure that can work" besides sniper fire.