How did the confirmed dead Hamas speaker Abu Obaida become one of Hamas' senior officials?
Yesterday, the IDF targeted Hamas’ spokesman in an airstrike in Gaza City, and just minutes ago, DM Katz confirmed that the strike was a success.
You may be wondering, how does a spokesman become an ace? It’s simple: he became the face of Hamas, and for an organization that is invested in public relations even more than it is in terror, he took on an unusually significant role.
Is Hamas really that invested in PR? Well, take the Gaza famine campaign as an example. By now, Hamas is well aware that it can’t defeat the IDF on the battlefield. But what if it can generate such outrageous and heart wrenching propaganda from Gaza that the international community forces Israel to prematurely end the war, leaving Hamas in power?