The things done on the October raid, the rape, murder, mutilation were done by “terrorists” or barbarians. An elected government like Hamas, that uses its own people as human shields, uses hospitals as cover for military operations, uses grade schools to store military arms, and takes humanitarian food and money to use for military purposes and not help all of its people deserves to be treated like barbarians.
The problem with the countries focusing on the plight of the non-combatant people of Gaza, is that their suffering could end if Hamas would surrender. That has nothing to do with Israeli military objectives. Israel is fighting barbarians who observe no civilized code of conduct and use human shields.
Israel needs to convince the non-combatants of Gaza that Hamas is not a legitimate government and that law, order, and civilization need to be established. I have no problems with the IDF killing or jailing anyone who does not get on board with those principles.
One must be barbaric to fight barbarians. My father fought in the jungles of Japanese held islands in WW2. Virtually no quarter was given to the enemy, because the enemy offered virtually none. In some ways he was deeply troubled by what he needed to do to survive. As they say war is hell.
Hamas is being supported and supplied by the Iranian government, so to completely wipe out one you’d also have to wipe out the other.
“The record is not very friendly to military campaigns seeking to eradicate political military movement that are deeply rooted,” Bilal Y. Saab, an associate fellow in the Middle East and North Africa at Chatham House, told CNN.”
Who in the hell is Bilal Y. Saab anyway? As for his claim, I think Hitler, Mussolini, and many other tinpot dictators would disagree.
They better be. It's the ONLY way to stop them.
Despite the headline Israel continues to wipe out Hamas fighters by the hundreds.
https://www.youtube.com/@RaptorNews
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjq2W_mSIG1gmxA6TpYO-qA
Rob doesn’t grasp the fact that Hamas is in fact very nearly eradicated. The assault methods have changed because there is no longer the necessity to bomb every structure housing Hamas associated people.
In most of Gaza what was once Hamas is now just dirt. For a brief while Hamas was turned to dust and chunks and rebar tangles but the big IDF D9’s have transformed that rubble to just plain old dirt.
Presently, those Hamas remaining alive are being systematically killed, shot or buried. Some have surrendered. Few. Most of the fanatics just get killed.
The change in the war is the result of Hamas being dead.
“The record is not very friendly to military campaigns seeking to eradicate political military movement that are deeply rooted,”
Unconditional surrender and the total annihilation of whole cities worked against Nazis and the Japanese.
See tagline.
Let Israel do what must be done.
It’s CNN. They all hate Israel and side with Hamas, so...