An Egyptian Jihadist Cleric's Message to Hamas

'Raise the White Flag'...

With reports and images of famine in Gaza coming to widespread global attention, condemnation of Israel’s military campaign continues to grow. Yet it is also apparent that amid the great suffering of Gaza’s people, Hamas has no ‘victory’ to speak of, even in the eyes of many who initially endorsed the ‘al-Aqsa Flood’ operation launched by Hamas on 7 October 2023.

The message below, composed by Yahya al-Farghali (an Egyptian jihadist cleric who used to be a prominent figure in Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, but subsequently left the group and is still based in northwest Syria), is an example of this sentiment.