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| date =May 10, 2021<ref>Jonah Mandel (@mandeljonah) Tweeted:
| date =May 10, 2021<ref name=walla-7may2022/><ref>Jonah Mandel (@mandeljonah) Tweeted:
Air raid sirens followed by booms in south Jerusalem [https://twitter.com/mandeljonah/status/1391771192391000067?s=20 11:04 AM · May 10, 2021]</ref> - May 21, 2021<ref>"[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/306559 Rocket barrage on the south, one person injured]. Gaza terrorists fire barrages before ceasefire begins. One rocket directly hits building in Eshkol Regional Council, injuring one person." Elad Benari, May 21, 2021 12:47 AM | updated: 2:07 AM.
Air raid sirens followed by booms in south Jerusalem [https://twitter.com/mandeljonah/status/1391771192391000067?s=20 11:04 AM · May 10, 2021]</ref> - May 21, 2021<ref>"[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/306559 Rocket barrage on the south, one person injured]. Gaza terrorists fire barrages before ceasefire begins. One rocket directly hits building in Eshkol Regional Council, injuring one person." Elad Benari, May 21, 2021 12:47 AM | updated: 2:07 AM.
A ceasefire aimed at bringing an end to the latest escalation in Gaza went into effect at 2:00 a.m. on Friday morning. At 12:30 a.m., an hour and a half before the ceasefire began, terrorists fired a barrage of rockets at communities located near the Gaza border.</ref><ref>Netanyahu: "We caused maximum damage to Hamas with a minimum of casualties to Israel". May 21, 2021
A ceasefire aimed at bringing an end to the latest escalation in Gaza went into effect at 2:00 a.m. on Friday morning. At 12:30 a.m., an hour and a half before the ceasefire began, terrorists fired a barrage of rockets at communities located near the Gaza border.</ref><ref>Netanyahu: "We caused maximum damage to Hamas with a minimum of casualties to Israel". May 21, 2021
''General Rassan Aliyan told the residents of the Gaza Strip: "Residents of Gaza, in recent days and especially tonight, you have witnessed the IDF resolutely protecting the citizens of Israel, while Hamas continues to bring destruction and destruction upon you. The terrorist organization continues to launch rockets from civilian structures and uses you as a human shield - in your children, in your women, in innocent people who have been killed and injured.."''</ref><ref>Hamas' Use of human shields, explained. https://youtu.be/_IWrLkTYRO0</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/TheBuffaloTribune/videos/hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-admits-that-the-terrorist-group/2895337384055026/?extid=SEO---- Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar admits that the terrorist group] [https://www.instagram.com/p/CP1Ul_OAebu/?hl=en]</ref><ref>Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) Tweeted: Plain and simple: Sinwar the leader of Hamas in Gaza admits in his own words that they use civilian areas for terrorist purposes Next you blame Israel for killing innocent civilians understand that Hamas are using their people as human shields https://t.co/Hn2ioFoB25 [https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1401247789422628866?s=20 Junne 5, 2021]</ref> (and even killing civilians from its population in the process,<ref>Failed Hamas rockets killed Gaza civilians, says security official. JNS, May 13, 2021. https://www.jns.org/failed-hamas-rockets-killed-gaza-civilians-israeli-security-official-says/</ref> 1 in 7 rockets that Hamas fires lands in Gaza,<ref>Bassem Eid (@eid_bassem) Tweeted: 1 in 7 rockets that Hamas fires lands in Gaza. In total 439 rockets have been misfired at Israel, killing at least 20 Palestinians in Gaza. Hamas must be held responsible for these murders. #StopHamas https://t.co/VcjDS3t6DG [https://twitter.com/eid_bassem/status/1394099694117208067?s=20 May 16, 2021]</ref><ref>[https://news.walla.co.il/item/3435316 A tunnel under a school, and senior houses in Hamas: targets bombed in the Gaza Strip]
''General Rassan Aliyan told the residents of the Gaza Strip: "Residents of Gaza, in recent days and especially tonight, you have witnessed the IDF resolutely protecting the citizens of Israel, while Hamas continues to bring destruction and destruction upon you. The terrorist organization continues to launch rockets from civilian structures and uses you as a human shield - in your children, in your women, in innocent people who have been killed and injured.."''</ref><ref>Hamas' Use of human shields, explained. https://youtu.be/_IWrLkTYRO0</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/TheBuffaloTribune/videos/hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-admits-that-the-terrorist-group/2895337384055026/?extid=SEO---- Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar admits that the terrorist group] [https://www.instagram.com/p/CP1Ul_OAebu/?hl=en]</ref><ref>Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) Tweeted: Plain and simple: Sinwar the leader of Hamas in Gaza admits in his own words that they use civilian areas for terrorist purposes Next you blame Israel for killing innocent civilians understand that Hamas are using their people as human shields https://t.co/Hn2ioFoB25 [https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1401247789422628866?s=20 Junne 5, 2021]</ref> (and even killing civilians from its population in the process,<ref>Failed Hamas rockets killed Gaza civilians, says security official. JNS, May 13, 2021. https://www.jns.org/failed-hamas-rockets-killed-gaza-civilians-israeli-security-official-says/</ref> 1 in 7 rockets that Hamas fires lands in Gaza,<ref>Bassem Eid (@eid_bassem) Tweeted: 1 in 7 rockets that Hamas fires lands in Gaza. In total 439 rockets have been misfired at Israel, killing at least 20 Palestinians in Gaza. Hamas must be held responsible for these murders. #StopHamas https://t.co/VcjDS3t6DG [https://twitter.com/eid_bassem/status/1394099694117208067?s=20 May 16, 2021]</ref><ref>[https://news.walla.co.il/item/3435316 A tunnel under a school, and senior houses in Hamas: targets bombed in the Gaza Strip]
A. Bohbot, Walla, May 13, 2021.</ref>
A. Bohbot, Walla, May 13, 2021.</ref>
<ref>[https://www.memri.org/tv/magdi-khalil-hamas-uses-gaza-civilians-as-human-shields Egyptian-American Political Analyst Magdi Khalil: Hamas Uses Gaza Civilians As Human Shields; Recent Fighting Was Intended To Help Iran In Nuclear Negotiations], Memri, June 8, 2021. ''Yahya Sinwar admitted that [Hamas] was transferring its military bases away from residential areas and high-rises. He admitted that all their military bases are located in high-rises. No one believes him that they are going to move them. In other words, they sacrifice the civilians in Gaza, and they target every Israeli civilian, as well as the airport. If Hamas would have hit a civilian airplane with civilian passengers on it, this would be a cause for celebration for Hamas.''</ref>) VS humane Israeli army<ref>Colonel Richard Kemp: 'Israel: The World's Most Moral Army'. PragerU. Dec 7, 2015 — Is the Israeli military a paragon of morality and wartime ethics? .. https://www.prageru.com/video/israel-the-worlds-most-moral-army/</ref> who "moves Gazan civilians out of the way of attacks on Hamas."<ref>How Israel moves Gazan civilians out of the way of attacks on Hamas. ILH staff, May 14, 2021. https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/05/14/how-israel-keeps-innocent-gazans-safe-from-iaf-airstrikes/</ref> risking skipping terror target for fear of children being there,<ref>Shirel Laloom: [https://www.20il.co.il/%D7%99%D7%A9-%D7%A4%D7%94-%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%9A-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%A9%D7%A6%D7%94%D7%9C-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%98/ "There are children here, we will not go for it": the shelling that the IDF canceled. Documentation]. Channel 20, May 16, 2021. ''The IDF released documentation of an attack that was canceled at the last minute due to the presence of children at the scene. An amazing video released by the IDF today shows a planned attack in Gaza being stopped by soldiers noticing Gazan children.''. '"This Is morality" . "Check, maybe there are children": This is how the IDF refrained from operating in Gaza. Watch.' Kikar-HaShabbat, by B. Nisani, May 16, 2021. ''In a new documentation revealed by the Air Force, the soldiers in the "control room" are seen considering attacking a terrorist target in Gaza, but refraining - for fear that children will be harmed; Defense Minister Ganz praised them - Watch (Defense).'' https://www.kikar.co.il/392065.html . Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) Tweeted: IDF pilots call off a strike because children were there. "There are probably children here, we are stopping everything!"
<ref>[https://www.memri.org/tv/magdi-khalil-hamas-uses-gaza-civilians-as-human-shields Egyptian-American Political Analyst Magdi Khalil: Hamas Uses Gaza Civilians As Human Shields; Recent Fighting Was Intended To Help Iran In Nuclear Negotiations], Memri, June 8, 2021. ''Yahya Sinwar admitted that [Hamas] was transferring its military bases away from residential areas and high-rises. He admitted that all their military bases are located in high-rises. No one believes him that they are going to move them. In other words, they sacrifice the civilians in Gaza, and they target every Israeli civilian, as well as the airport. If Hamas would have hit a civilian airplane with civilian passengers on it, this would be a cause for celebration for Hamas.''</ref>) VS humane Israeli army<ref>Colonel Richard Kemp: 'Israel: The World's Most Moral Army'. PragerU. Dec 7, 2015 — Is the Israeli military a paragon of morality and wartime ethics? .. https://www.prageru.com/video/israel-the-worlds-most-moral-army/</ref> who "moves Gazan civilians out of the way of attacks on Hamas."<ref>How Israel moves Gazan civilians out of the way of attacks on Hamas. ''ILH'' staff, May 14, 2021.<br> https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/05/14/how-israel-keeps-innocent-gazans-safe-from-iaf-airstrikes/</ref> risking skipping terror target for fear of children being there,<ref>Shirel Laloom: [https://www.20il.co.il/%D7%99%D7%A9-%D7%A4%D7%94-%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%9A-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%A9%D7%A6%D7%94%D7%9C-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%98/ "There are children here, we will not go for it": the shelling that the IDF canceled. Documentation]. Channel 20, May 16, 2021. ''The IDF released documentation of an attack that was canceled at the last minute due to the presence of children at the scene. An amazing video released by the IDF today shows a planned attack in Gaza being stopped by soldiers noticing Gazan children.''. '"This Is morality" . "Check, maybe there are children": This is how the IDF refrained from operating in Gaza. Watch.' Kikar-HaShabbat, by B. Nisani, May 16, 2021. ''In a new documentation revealed by the Air Force, the soldiers in the "control room" are seen considering attacking a terrorist target in Gaza, but refraining - for fear that children will be harmed; Defense Minister Ganz praised them - Watch (Defense).'' https://www.kikar.co.il/392065.html . Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) Tweeted: IDF pilots call off a strike because children were there. "There are probably children here, we are stopping everything!"
@IDF https://t.co/zCIDryMTso [https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1393865972952584192?s=20 May 16, 2021].</ref>
@IDF https://t.co/zCIDryMTso [https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1393865972952584192?s=20 May 16, 2021].</ref>
The Hamas terror-tunnels have been built intentionally beneath civilian areas. And the IDF had to maneuver very carefully how to eliminate terror actors hiding there. Top Hamas engineers were eliminated.<ref name=walla-7may2022>Amir Bohbot, [https://news.walla.co.il/item/3504460 This is how the top Hamas engineers were eliminated in the "Guardian of the Walls": "They were buried"], ''Walla!'', 07/05/2022.
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During the operation, the IDF launched the "Goliath City" plan, the details of which are revealed for the first time, in which a huge branch branched off in tunnels under civilian buildings in Gaza City. "
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Hamas operatives inside a terrorist tunnel - Gaza Strip, August 2014 (Photo: Reuters)]</font>
Operation Guardian of the Walls began on May 10, 2021, Monday, with a significant air force attack that included 130 terrorist targets. Hamas understood that the IDF was facing an extensive operation and not a one-off response....
That evening, the chief of staff approved the "Goliath city" attack plan...
In a bunker, Hamas' research, development and production of weapons were hidden inside a ramified system of top tunnels. The challenge of attacking the bunker was enormous, as it was built (not by chance) under buildings containing civilians.
Researchers who analyzed the engineering infrastructure that helped build the huge bunker found that the "city" also has tunnels that lead to the heart of the bunker from nearby buildings.
After countless planning, training, exercises and technique development processes, the Air Force under the direct command of Amikam Nurkin prepared to attack the bunker.
At around 05:20 on Thursday morning, the Air Force attacked in more than four minutes more than 10 shafts that led to the bunker.
"We told ourselves that it was better not to attack the heart of the bunker, due to the fear of harming civilians, so we attacked the openings and so they were buried," said a source who was exposed to the operational plan before the execution.
"The results were impressive and accurate. If they had missed one shaft they would have managed to escape from the bunker."
According to IDF estimates, apart from senior Hamas figures who were killed, 50% of the rocket's production capacity and 75% of the Islamic Jihad's production capacity were damaged in the operation.
Beyond that, in the internal discussions in the defense establishment, the insight arose that after Operation Goliath, it will be difficult for Hamas to rebuild its military force.
The question then arose about the attack on the "metro", a ramified system of tunnels that Hamas had built for more than 15 years under Gaza City and by which escaped unmanned aerial vehicles....
"They invested everything in it, and the IDF destroyed it in the 'Guardian of the Walls.' Does that mean there will be no tunnels in Gaza?" Saar continued. "There will be tunnels in Gaza... but the tunnels - in a completely different event.
Now they already understand that they can die in the tunnels, now they understand that they can not move everything to the tunnels. Now they understand that we have a huge advantage over them and they need a different systemic idea."</blockquote></ref>
As Arab-Palestinian long time human rights activist (previously working at Betselem, before it became a total anti-Israel unreliable source of sheer propaganda) asserted:<ref>‘Israel Is Using Missiles to Protect Its People, Hamas Is Using Its People to Protect Its Rockets,’ Says Palestinian Human Rights Activist. Algemeiner, Sharon Wrobel, May 26, 2021.
As Arab-Palestinian long time human rights activist (previously working at Betselem, before it became a total anti-Israel unreliable source of sheer propaganda) asserted:<ref>‘Israel Is Using Missiles to Protect Its People, Hamas Is Using Its People to Protect Its Rockets,’ Says Palestinian Human Rights Activist. Algemeiner, Sharon Wrobel, May 26, 2021.
A famous Pakistani Muslim, (who 5 years earlier declared she's "devoting herself to Islam,"<ref>"Veena Malik declares she's devoting herself to Islam." The Daily Star, May 09, 2016. https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/veena-malik-declares-shes-devoting-herself-islam-1221103</ref>) movie star, Veena Malik tweeted Hitler quote about killing Jews.<ref>Gabe Friedman, "Pakistani movie star Veena Malik tweets Hitler quote about killing Jews." Jerusalem Post, May 13, 2021. ''''I would have killed all the Jews of the world … but I kept some to show the world why I killed them," the Pakistani actress tweeted Tuesday.'' https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/pakistani-movie-star-veena-malik-tweets-hitler-quote-about-killing-jews-668021</ref>
A famous [[Pakistan]]i [[Muslim]], (who 5 years earlier declared she's "devoting herself to Islam,"<ref>"Veena Malik declares she's devoting herself to Islam." The Daily Star, May 09, 2016. https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/veena-malik-declares-shes-devoting-herself-islam-1221103</ref>) movie star, Veena Malik tweeted Hitler quote about killing Jews.<ref>Gabe Friedman, "Pakistani movie star Veena Malik tweets Hitler quote about killing Jews." Jerusalem Post, May 13, 2021. ''''I would have killed all the Jews of the world … but I kept some to show the world why I killed them," the Pakistani actress tweeted Tuesday.'' https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/pakistani-movie-star-veena-malik-tweets-hitler-quote-about-killing-jews-668021</ref>
[[Pakistan]]'s parliament, Muslim bigot Kanwal Shauzab, colleague from Imran Khan's ruling party called for Jihad against Israel and praised [[Hitler]] for killing Jews.<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/news/world/pakistani-politician-praises-hitler-for-killing-jews-1.517034 Pakistani politician praises Hitler for killing Jews], JC, May 24, 2021.
[[Pakistan]]'s parliament, Muslim bigot Kanwal Shauzab, colleague from Imran Khan's ruling party called for Jihad against Israel and praised [[Hitler]] for killing Jews.<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/news/world/pakistani-politician-praises-hitler-for-killing-jews-1.517034 Pakistani politician praises Hitler for killing Jews], JC, May 24, 2021.
[https://mobile.twitter.com/KhaledAbuToameh/status/1401333927428640775 Jun 5, 2021]</ref><blockquote>UNRWA 'condemns the existence and potential use by Palestinian armed groups of tunnels underneath its schools (in Gaza) in the strongest possible terms It is unacceptable that students and staff be placed at risk in such a way.'</blockquote>
[https://mobile.twitter.com/KhaledAbuToameh/status/1401333927428640775 Jun 5, 2021]</ref><blockquote>UNRWA 'condemns the existence and potential use by Palestinian armed groups of tunnels underneath its schools (in Gaza) in the strongest possible terms It is unacceptable that students and staff be placed at risk in such a way.'</blockquote>
In August, 2021, Hamas prevented UN team from working near terror tunnel by school.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/hamas-prevents-un-team-from-working-near-terror-tunnel-by-school-report-676400 Hamas prevents UN team from working near terror tunnel by school - report] JPost staff, JPost, Aug 11, 2021</ref>
In August, 2021, Hamas prevented UN team from working near terror tunnel by school.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/hamas-prevents-un-team-from-working-near-terror-tunnel-by-school-report-676400 Hamas prevents UN team from working near terror tunnel by school - report] JPost staff, ''JPost'', Aug 11, 2021</ref>
==Ceasefire==
==Ceasefire==