Sons of Jerusalem

The guns may be (somewhat) quiet for now, but life for Gaza’s few remaining Christians, believed to be barely a thousand people, hasn’t gotten easier. Many are still sleeping in damaged churches with little food or medicine coming in, even as the ceasefire officially holds. Both Hamas and Israel claim victory, yet neither seems to see the people caught between them. Neither side defends them. they survive by faith alone in the land where faith began. Pray for those still carrying the Cross in Gaza. ✝️

🇵🇸- The new Gaza–Israel ceasefire may pause the rockets, but it’s far from peace…it looks more like Hamas buying time than backing down. A senior Hamas official openly admitted the group won’t disarm or relinquish control of Gaza’s security, framing the truce as a temporary phase rather than a transformation. While the deal halts large-scale combat and keeps foreign troops out, it leaves the core issue untouched: Hamas’s weapons and power structure remain intact. In reality, this “ceasefire” may be less an end to war and more a strategic reset before the next round.

🇵🇸 — Hamas: We affirm our full commitment to implementing everything agreed upon, foremost among which is the ceasefire in all areas of the Gaza Strip. We have no knowledge of any events or clashes occurring in the Rafah area, as these are red zones under occupation control, and communication has been cut off with the remaining groups of ours there since the war resumed in March of this year.

— Commentary: A very stupid claim going around right now is that "Hamas is fighting historically Salafi clans, ergo, Hamas is fighting Israeli-armed ISIS!" Let's dissect this claim with sources: Following the Second Intifada, many Fatah-aligned clans especially in the Gaza Strip began to be disillusioned with Fatah's participation in the Oslo Accords. At the same time, many of these clans were also Salafi. Thus many Salafi groups of various radical orientations were formed. The Mujahideen Brigades (infamous recently for the kidnapping of Kfir Bibas) were one of them but so was the Army of Islam, represented by the Doghmush clan. These formerly Fatah-aligned clans became anti-western and anti-Israel jihadists and attacked the IDF many times, they were never proxies. While the Mujahideen Brigades worked with Hamas and became more legitimized, the Army of Islam remained ragtag and more pan-Islamist. The latter has no loyalty to any foreign group and backs both Al Qaeda and ISIS. The history of Salafism and its connection to jihad in Palestine long predates even the existence of the state of Israel and was fundamental in the current of Rashid Rida (an early Levantine Salafi), Sayyid Qutb (although not exactly a Salafi himself), and Fathi al Shiqaqi (the founder of the Islamic Jihad, although pro-Shiite and Iran). For Hamas in particular, Saudi-educated Nizar Rayyan represented the Salafi wing of Hamas, and called for a more radical transformation of secular Palestine to an Islamic Emirate. Here's a picture from circa December 2014 showing an Al Qassam militant holding the ISIS flag (originating from Al Qaeda in Iraq). Salafism and Palestinian jihad are absolutely tied from the beginning, among all factions. Don't spread nonsense.

⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 The FBI has arrested Mahmoud Amin Yaqoub al-Muhtadi, a Palestinian from Gaza living in Louisiana, on suspicion of belonging to the Democratic Front and participating in the 7 October attack on Israel, Fox News reported. @wfwitness

⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 The FBI has arrested Mahmoud Amin Yaqoub al-Muhtadi, a Palestinian from Gaza living in Louisiana, on suspicion of belonging to the Democratic Front and participating in the 7 October attack on Israel, Fox News reported. @wfwitness

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇸🇦🇦🇪🇧🇭 — Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain have warned the U.S. administration that if it does not enforce the terms of the agreement on Hamas and ensure its disarmament, they will not participate in the reconstruction of Gaza. — Israeli Broadcasting Authority | @thewarreporterr

🇵🇸🔒 — Residents in Gaza report that dozens of local influencers and activists have gone missing after being called by Hamas for interrogation in the days following the ceasefire. According to several journalists, those detained are held inside Nasser and Al-Aqsa hospitals, which Hamas is using as makeshift detention and interrogation sites. Families say they have received no information about their whereabouts or condition.

🇵🇸❌🇵🇸 ✝️ — Over the past day, Hamas-affiliated Quds News Network started a wave of attacks against Khalil Sayegh, a Palestinian Christian activist and founder of Agora Initiative, accusing him falsely of being funded by Israeli Institutions for merely promoting a Two States Solution and peace between Arabs and Jews at the Holy Land ➡️ According to Agora, such thing was part of a coordinated smear campaign against Khalil and Kareem Jouda, a campaign that included open incitement to harm and defame them as well their family ➡️ The posts were deleted after Agora threatened the Pro-Hamas media with lawsuits if they didn't so 📝 Should be noted that Agora Initiative like most of Palestinian Christians are affiliated with the Palestinian Authority, which is diametrically opposed to Hamas's interests in the virtual space

🇵🇸🇵🇸 — Palestinian Security Forces Spokesman Major General Anwar Rajab: What Hamas gangs are doing is a despicable terrorist and ISIS-like act that cannot be ignored or overlooked. Palestinian Security Forces Spokesman Major General Anwar Rajab: The so-called Hosni al-Mughni is appointed by Hamas and speaks on behalf of Hamas and does not represent the tribes of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian Security Forces Spokesman Major General Anwar Rajab: Violence and brutality are an integral part of Hamas's ideological framework, and it has practiced this tactic since its inception. Palestinian Security Forces Spokesman Major General Anwar Rajab: Hamas bombed the homes of the Dughmush family in Yassin and Arbaji and burned them down. Palestinian Security Forces Spokesman Major General Anwar Rajab: Hamas wants to break the families in Gaza and is imposing taxes on the tents of the displaced.

🏴 — Abu Ataya, spokesman of the Al Nasser Salah al Deen Brigades: Over the course of two years of war of extermination and ethnic cleansing, Netanyahu, his criminal army, and his Western intelligence allies failed to reach their captives or liberate them by force, and finally acquiesced to the resistance's conditions, which affirmed that the Zionist entity would not obtain its captives except through an exchange deal and an end to the genocide and holocaust it is committing in Gaza.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Only four bodies out of twenty-eight were transferred by Hamas to Israel on Monday. It remains to be seen when the bodies of the remaining hostages in Gaza will be handed over. The Red Cross said it could take days or weeks - and there's a possibility some may never be found.