In the video: Sinwar calls to go out with weapons or axes to carry out attacks in Israel (photo: Arab Networks)
In the background of the publication of Avra Mengistu's video by Hamas, senior officials in the security establishment claimed today (Wednesday) that the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, suffers from manic depression, a bipolar disorder, which manifests itself in extreme changes in mood regardless of the environment and reality.
Hamas's decision to distribute the documentation came as a surprise, since the terrorist organization does not usually give information on the issues of captives and missing people without any Israeli gesture or the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons.
An example that can explain the claim that Sinwar suffers from manic depression is his way of making decisions, which is unpredictable and unclear, such as launching the rockets towards Jerusalem in the "Guardian of the Walls" operation.
According to security sources, apparently there were differences of opinion in Hamas regarding the firing of the barrage and the meaning of entering into a conflict with Israel - but in the end Sinwar chose to approve the launches.
Now, the Southern Command is preparing for the possibility that Hamas will try to take advantage of an operational opportunity along the border of the Gaza Strip, to kidnap a soldier for bargaining purposes.
This, following the organization's attempts to start a negotiation process, which included the publication of Mengistu's video - more than eight years since he crossed the border into the Strip and his traces disappeared.
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The pressure on Sinwar from within the prisons in Israel has increased significantly in the past year (Photo: AP)
According to the same sources in the security establishment, the pressure on Sinwar from within the prisons in Israel has increased significantly in the past year, following the stalemate in negotiations with Hamas.
Also, the issue of prisoners is extremely sensitive and is at the top of Palestinian society's priorities.
Therefore, they estimate that the leader of the terrorist organization will look for any way, in order to bring the Israeli government back to discuss the issue.
"The publication of Avra's video can be linked to the manipulative and false publications in recent years about developments in the negotiations," said a senior official.
"They pointed to the plight of Hamas, and especially an attempt to show the senior prisoners in the Israeli prisons, Sinwar's close friends, that he is making an effort and not forgetting when in practice no progress has really been made."
At the same time, Defense Minister Yoav Galant met randomly this week with the father of Hadar Goldin, whose body was seized by Hamas in the "Tzuk Eitan" operation.
The minister pledged to the father that the issue of the captives is very important to him and he intends to meet with the families after he studies the issue.
The new government that was sworn in last month has not yet approved the policy of dealing with Israeli prisoners and missing people, and according to an estimate among senior security officials, the lines that were dictated in the past, according to which heavy security prisoners with blood on their hands are not released, will be adopted this time as well without change.
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