“Officials said that Israel and Egypt were prepared to let foreigners leave the Strip which is under heavy Israeli bombardment, but Hamas had refused.”

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    1 year ago

    Their intent is that by their “martyring” Palestinian civilians, they’ll be able to use their deaths as PR against Israel.

    Yes, that is a cynical take. That’s how Hamas operates.

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      1 year ago

      I think there was no intent. I think Israel used proximity shielding like the US did as an excuse to kill civilians.

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        1 year ago

        why do you people think Israel wants to kill civilians? Do you really think the IDF is just hundreds of thousands of monsters who love killing? What is wrong with you people?

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          1 year ago

          Because it keeps doing so, documented by far too many human rights organizations and bodies already for nothing to have changed.