❗️HAMAS REJECTS DISARMAMENT AS ISRAEL PREPARES FOR RENEWED GAZA FIGHTING, IDF ELIMINATES THREAT NEAR TROOPS, AND COUNTERTERROR OPERATIONS AND DIPLOMATIC MOVES EXPAND ACROSS MULTIPLE ARENAS

❗️ Hamas rejects disarmament: Hamas stated it will not dismantle its weapons “as long as the occupation exists.” In Hamas’s charter, “occupation” refers to the existence of Israel itself, not Gaza, Judea, or Samaria, framing all Israeli communities as illegal and justifying continued conflict as long as Israel exists.

⚔ Israel advances preparations for r…