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Fri 06 Sep 2024 7:24 pm - Jerusalem Time

German newspaper reveals Sinwar's secret document on negotiations and psychological warfare against Israel

On Friday, the German newspaper "Bild" revealed what it claimed was a secret document from the Hamas movement that includes the movement's strategies for negotiating with Israel through the mediation of the relevant countries.


The document, which was found on a computer seized by the Israeli army forces, is believed to belong to the head of the Hamas political bureau, Yahya Sinwar, and was drafted in the spring of 2024.


The document reveals the Hamas leadership's plans to "deceive" the international community and use the families of Israeli prisoners to achieve a main goal: restoring Hamas's military capabilities and ensuring its continued control over the Gaza Strip.


The document lists several key aspects that Hamas intends to focus on during the negotiations, including maintaining "Hamas' ability to operate against Israel," "exhausting" the Israeli political and military mechanism, and using international pressure to weaken Israel.


The document, according to the newspaper, clearly indicates that Hamas does not intend to seek a quick end to the war for the sake of the residents of Gaza, but rather, it explains that "important terms in the agreement must be improved even if this requires negotiations to continue for a longer period."


Hamas also admits that its “military capabilities have weakened,” but it does not see the need to stop the fighting quickly despite the suffering of the Gazans.


The details of the document reveal Hamas’s methods of using prisoners as a means of pressuring Israel, with the aim of improving its position in negotiations.


The document shows clear instructions for the need to “continue psychological pressure on the families of the (Israeli) prisoners, both now and during the first stage of the release of the prisoners within the framework of the ceasefire deal,” in order to increase popular pressure on the Israeli government.


The document devotes a section to discussing how to influence the international community through manipulation with the aim of rebuilding Hamas’s military power.


The document proposes, as part of a political maneuver, that Hamas negotiators agree to “deploy Arab forces along the northern and eastern borders” of the Strip, with the aim of preventing the Israeli army from entering Gaza after the end of the war so that Hamas has a chance to reorganize its forces.


The document also reveals Hamas’s demands from Israel, including the release of 100 fighters who were sentenced to life in prison, to replace the leaders assassinated by the Israeli army.


The document also outlines how to direct the media in Israel and the world in the event of a failure of negotiations, with instructions including blaming Israel and accusing it of rejecting US-led mediation proposals, regardless of the facts, always according to Bild.

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