Following the Knesset’s approval of a law authorizing the death penalty for terrorists, Hamas leadership in Gaza circulated an internal message among operatives calling for the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers and urging the group’s military wing to escalate active operations.

According to the contents of the document, which were published Monday evening by Israeli media outlet Kan News, Hamas described the newly approved legislation as the only proof that abducting Israeli soldiers remains the sole effective means of securing the release of Palestinian prisoners.

In the message, Hamas sharply condemned the law, referring to it as a “fascist law” and accusing Israel of acting like a violent criminal organization.

The document described the legislation as a “fascist law that is nothing but a reflection of the blood-soaked nature of this occupation… and embodies the mentality of bloodthirsty criminal gangs.”

The letter also invoked the legacy of Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin and former Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif, presenting the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers as a core strategic doctrine of the organization.

“From the will of Sheikh Imam Ahmed Yassin, who outlined with blood and unwavering faith the strategy of ‘kidnapping soldiers’ as the sole path to freedom… and remember the martyr commander Mohammed Deif, who turned the release of prisoners into a doctrine of warfare,” the document stated.

Hamas leadership also warned that any harm to Palestinian prisoners would trigger a broad regional escalation, while claiming the organization had already prepared military responses.

“Any harm to the life of a prisoner is an explosive charge that will trigger the eruption of a comprehensive volcano, which will leave nothing and spare nothing… through what this pure land conceals in its depths, ‘hidden secrets’ that will shake the earth beneath their feet.”

Toward the end of the letter, Hamas called on its armed wing to raise its level of readiness and move from preparation to direct action, insisting that freedom can only be achieved through force.

“The battle against the jailers is not being fought only within prison walls, but is your battle in the field. Raise the level of alertness, and let our response be an act the enemy will see with its own eyes before hearing about it, for freedom is taken by force of arms.”

{Matzav.com}