Multiple reports this weekend indicated that the remaining senior terrorists of Hamas, spurned by Qatar, have relocated to Turkey. The Turkish government denied that Hamas has relocated its “political” headquarters out of Doha and into Turkey, but did not directly address whether the terrorists in question were in the country or not. Hamas is a genocidal jihadist terror organization with close ties to Iran and vocal support from Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Hamas is officially the governing entity of the Gaza Strip but for years maintained its “political” offices in Qatar, where its leaders lived in luxury and engaged in fundraising and propaganda efforts for the jihadists on the ground. Hamas has waged war against Israel for decades, calling for the destruction of the country and attempting to bring it about through terrorism. Israel formally declared war on Hamas on October 8, 2023, the day after Hamas terrorists invaded Israel from Gaza and staged an unprecedented massacre, killing an estimated 1,200 people, abducting over 200 others, and engaging in widespread acts of torture, gang rape, infanticide, and other atrocities.
Since the war began, Israel has successfully eliminated many of Hamas’s top leaders, including Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar and “political bureau” chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was based in Doha. WATCH — WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Horror of the Hamas Terror Attack on Civilians at Kibbutz Be’eri in Israel After over a year of war, the Isra.