Security Officials: “Hamas Rocket Launchers Arrested”

After the rocket fire and its violation of the ceasefire, security officials claimed that Hamas stopped firing rockets. According to them, the terrorist organization was troubled by the situation and therefore, arrested the ceasefire violators.  Sep 17, 2014, 09:39AM |  Rachel Avraham

After three weeks of the existence of a ceasefire, it was broken when one rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip last night.  Today, security officials announced that Hamas arrested the rocket launchers because they were concerned about having another war with Israel and therefore, that is why they arrested those who fired as quickly as possible.

According to the security officials, the policies were explained to the Israeli leadership, who refused to comment publicly on the rocket fire from Gaza. The Prime Minister, the Defense Minister, and the other Cabinet ministers did not address the issue, even after the IDF confirmed that the rocket landed in Israel and Netanyahu declared in the past, “if Hamas will renew the rocket fire, we will not tolerate a barrage on any part of the State of Israel.”

The sources reported that the news of the arrest of the rocket launchers came after the rocket fire, via mediation channels. Hamas sent to Israeli security officials a message, according to which they are committed to the ceasefire and will try to find out who broke it. Israel responded that they expect Hamas to arrest and punish the rocket launchers or there will be an appropriate military response.

“Hamas responded very quickly,” the security official stated after the announcement of the arrest of the rocket launchers. “It probably happened because they were troubled by the situation.”

PS.-  VEEEERY STRANGE INDEED....or they are really worried of another Israel punitive action of they are master at propaganda.  Or in the immortal words of the late infamous-per-excellence Obergruppenfuherer Reinhard Heydrich: "We control events better when we control opinions and one sure way of controlling opinions is by a total control of the media."

NOW Hamas Denies Arresting Rocket Crew

By: Jewish Press News Briefs                                               Published: September 18th, 2014

Hamas denies they arrested anyone in connection to Tuesday’s rocket attack from Gaza on Israel, according to a tweet by Khaled Abu Toameh.

Khaled Abu Toameh @KhaledAbuToameh Hamas: We didn’t arrest those who fired the rocket rocket at Israel on Tuesday.

The rocket fire was a violation of the ceasefire.  The question comes down to whether Hamas is more afraid of an IDF retaliation, or of the PA saying Hamas is collaborating with Israel for arresting the rocket crew.  Gazans reported hearing a lot of IDF fighter planes overhead on Wednesday.  On September 15, Hamas executed a 59 year old Palestinian Authority colonel they accused of collaborating with Israel, according to Khaled Abu Toameh.  Hamas may be more afraid of more bad press that would come along with being painted with that same collaborator brush, particularly in light of the PA claims of their connection to the Gaza human smuggling scandal that’s rocking Gaza right now.