Hamas wanted to dig up British war heroes' graves in Gaza to blackmail the UK government,

[The_DADDY]

Hamas planned to unearth buried British and Commonwealth war heroes in Gaza in a bid to blackmail the government, newly discovered documents suggest. 

 

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) led by the UK Defence Secretary has preserved the graves of over 3,000 Commonwealth veterans from World War I and II. 

 

Thousands of troops died battling with the Ottomans for power of the Gaza Strip 1917. 

The devastating war made way for British administration to take hold in Palestine for over three decades. 

 

The documents, supposedly found in the war-torn country and shared with the Telegraph by Israeli officials, detail an alleged scheme to dig up dead troops and hold them hostage. 

Israeli officials claim the plot was discovered at a base linked to Hamas chiefs Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif in Khan Younis last January. 

 

They are under the assumption the plot was drawn up by an unknown official in October 2022 - and was sparked by ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss' hopes to relocate the British Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. 

 

The seven-page alleged document had a list of demands, including the removal of buried Commonwealth troops to graves outside Gaza, backdated 'lease fees' for use of the grave sites since 1917, or a renouncement of the Jerusalem statement. 

 

'If the British government does not meet the aforementioned demands, the Gaza municipality will act to remove all the corpses from the cemeteries and collect them in a special location by judicial order, declaring that the corpses are considered captive until a solution or deal is found,' the supposed Hamas document read.

 

'The British government will find itself in an embarrassing position in front of the British people, its political elite and its military if any country desecrates the corpses of its soldiers.'

 

Israeli officials claim the document was created before the current conflict in Gaza. 

 

But as the Commonwealth grave sites are currently under Hamas control, they believe the threat of blackmail is still possible. 

 

Your thoughts?

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13752121/hamas-wanted-dig-british-war-heroes-gaza-blackmail.html

[RollingJ]

My one and only - there are a lot of 'alleged' 'supposedly' and similar get out clauses in that statement - doesn't sound very solid.

[lavery549@yahoo]

What do you expect from Terrorists , no shock 

[El Cid]

48 minutes ago, The_DADDY said:

Hamas planned to unearth buried British and Commonwealth war heroes in Gaza in a bid to blackmail the government, newly discovered documents suggest. 

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13752121/hamas-wanted-dig-british-war-heroes-gaza-blackmail.html

 

It's just the rightwing media stiring it up

Edited August 17 by El Cid

[cressida]

If its true it's a new low.

[Longcol]

9 hours ago, lavery549@yahoo said:

What do you expect from Terrorists , the Daily Mail, no shock 

 Fixed it for you 

[Baron99]

ISIS had plenty of time in Mosul to do similar, which they threatened but never did, apart from destroying what was above ground. 

https://news.sky.com/story/gentle-steps-forward-in-restoring-mosuls-commonwealth-war-cemetery-12272076

 

Don't forget people from ISIS, that bit of of the world & that religion are so backward, they'd be frightened of disturbing the dead just in case the dead rise up against them. 

[gaz 786]

On 17/08/2024 at 13:07, The_DADDY said:

Hamas planned to unearth buried British and Commonwealth war heroes in Gaza in a bid to blackmail the government, newly discovered documents suggest. 

 

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) led by the UK Defence Secretary has preserved the graves of over 3,000 Commonwealth veterans from World War I and II. 

 

Thousands of troops died battling with the Ottomans for power of the Gaza Strip 1917. 

The devastating war made way for British administration to take hold in Palestine for over three decades. 

 

The documents, supposedly found in the war-torn country and shared with the Telegraph by Israeli officials, detail an alleged scheme to dig up dead troops and hold them hostage. 

Israeli officials claim the plot was discovered at a base linked to Hamas chiefs Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif in Khan Younis last January. 

 

They are under the assumption the plot was drawn up by an unknown official in October 2022 - and was sparked by ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss' hopes to relocate the British Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. 

 

The seven-page alleged document had a list of demands, including the removal of buried Commonwealth troops to graves outside Gaza, backdated 'lease fees' for use of the grave sites since 1917, or a renouncement of the Jerusalem statement. 

 

'If the British government does not meet the aforementioned demands, the Gaza municipality will act to remove all the corpses from the cemeteries and collect them in a special location by judicial order, declaring that the corpses are considered captive until a solution or deal is found,' the supposed Hamas document read.

 

'The British government will find itself in an embarrassing position in front of the British people, its political elite and its military if any country desecrates the corpses of its soldiers.'

 

Israeli officials claim the document was created before the current conflict in Gaza. 

 

But as the Commonwealth grave sites are currently under Hamas control, they believe the threat of blackmail is still possible. 

 

Your thoughts?

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13752121/hamas-wanted-dig-british-war-heroes-gaza-blackmail.html

Absolute nutcases the lot of them 

[Longcol]

2 hours ago, gaz 786 said:

Absolute nutcases the lot of them 

 

People who believe every word in the Mail? Absolutely.