“Israeli defense forces protect civilians as thousands riot in Gaza Strip.” This is a headline you probably have not seen following the violent riots orchestrated by Hamas, an internationally recognized terror organization, at the Gaza-Israel border.

Hamas is marketing its well-planned terror campaign as “peaceful protests.” Yet this is the same Hamas that took over Gaza by force in 2007 and continuously declares its aim of annihilating Israel and the Jewish people.

And instead of taking credit for the violence and terror, Hamas is hiding behind civilians by paying them $200 to get injured and $3,000 to the families of those who die while carrying out terror attacks. They even sent a 7-year-old girl to the border in a failed attempt to provoke the Israeli army.

When Hamas called for tens of thousands of Gazans to camp near the border of Israel, it was counting on things turning violent, it seeded the crowds with its militiamen, while senior Hamas officials addressed the people, urging them to “eat the livers of Israelis” and using other well-chosen phrases to ensure that the right level of hatred was maintained.

Furthermore, Hamas activists posted illustrated instructions on social media showing how to prepare Molotov cocktails and have been flying flags painted with swastikas in Gaza.

Seeing Nazi symbols being waved in the midst of these riots shows Hamas' real intention of annihilating Israel and the Jews.

This is especially concerning as we commemorated Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, on April 12.

On a recent Friday, tires were torched by the rioters and thick black smoke covered the attempts of the crowds to storm the border fence.

If they had succeeded, it is likely that the raging and aggressive crowd would had overwhelmed neighboring Israeli towns and villages, while Hamas terrorists hiding among the masses would have tried to attack or abduct Israeli civilians, or lay explosive charges on the fence.

As we know, they have done all of the above in the past, and indeed, very recently.

The latest incident (to date) was on April 11, when an explosive device placed during the confusion of the latest riots was detonated against an Israeli DefenseForce vehicle on the west-ern side of the security fence.

Additionally, during the riots on March 30, two armed Hamas gunmen reached the border fence and opened fire toward Israel. In mid-February, four Israeli Defense Force soldiers were injured by an IED that exploded on the border fence. These recent events and riots are just some of Hamas' many strategic campaigns aimed at the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people.

Since the Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip in 2005, there have been no Israeli settlements, citizens or soldiers inside the Gaza Strip.

Actually, the only citizens inside the Gaza strip are the bodies of Israeli soldiers that Hamas is holding as well as an Israel citizen Hamas has been keeping hostage since 2014.

The same black smoke intended to block the view of Israeli forces and used to enable Hamas militiamen to act under its cover may have been responsible for unintended Palestinians casualties.

Unintended by Israel, that is; as far as Hamas is concerned, the more casualties the better.

That's what makes the headlines Hamas is looking for.

The black smoke should not block us from seeing Hamas' real intention of destroying Israel.