Israelâ€™s deceptive â€˜surprise attackâ€™ an â€˜absolute body blowâ€™ to Hamas

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Published on May 16, 2021
[Not once has the Colonel talked about making an end to the attacks. Seems he's quite happy to see Jewish Supremacy reign. It's people of his calibre who are the shame of Britain around the world., and in Britain.]
Retired British Army colonel Richard Kemp says in his entire military career heâ€™s never known of such an â€œextraordinaryâ€ surprise attack triggered by â€œdeceptionâ€ like the Israelis conducted in Gaza by duping the world.

On Friday the Israel Defence Forces sent out a tweet which said air and ground troops were â€œcurrently attacking in the Gaza Stripâ€.

Shortly after the Israel Defence Forces sent a clarifying statement which said â€œthere are currently no IDF ground troops inside the Gaza Stripâ€.

â€œWhat the Israelis did is that they massed tanks, artillery and infantry on the border with Gaza and gave every indication they were going in,â€ Mr Kemp told Sky News.

â€œThe tank engines were noisy with dust being kicked up, the world media picked that up and Hamas, of course, picked it up as well.

â€œIt was then thought there was going to be an immediate invasion of Gaza, and, of course, hundreds of Hamas terrorists then went into this, whatâ€™s called a metro tunnel network, an underground tunnel network theyâ€™ve dug since 2014 which contains weapons, contains command and control facilities, and shelter for the terrorists.

â€œThe IDF then attacked those tunnels with 160 aircraft which dropped â€¦ bunker-buster bombs and destroyed large parts of the tunnels.

â€œWhen some of the terrorists came out, they then got hit as well from their air.

Mr Kemp said the â€œabsolute body blowâ€ to Hamas would probably be a turning point in the conflict.

â€œThe reality right now, thereâ€™s some consideration being given to peace negotiations mediated by the Egyptians which could, I think, possibly produce some kind of result in the next day or so,â€ he said.