One of the occupational hazards of being a hitman is that your client who hired you will have you killed after you perform your services in order to silence you.
Thing is, this isn’t small. Hamas is well organized and there a lot of them making a coordinated attack. Probably most worrisome is they’re taking civilian hostages. Have no idea what they think their endgame might be, but this going to go on for a while.
Hamas is making a stupid move. Palestinians have needed a Gandhi for generations and all they’ve gotten are violent clowns. Peace was so tantalizingly close in 2000 and Arafat blinked. It’s been all downhill from there. (Just to be clear, I don’t think the Israelis are innocent lambs in any of this—they’re clearly the oppressors—but the Palestinian response has made it hard to paint this as a clear good guys/bad guys situation.
Hamas is starting to abduct Israeli children, entire families and bring them to Gaza. Another Russian tactic copied.
We live in times of appeasement in the West where justified actions of defense are declaimed as “forever-wars”. But if you don’t oppose evilness then forever-wars is the only thing you will get, except it will rage in your neighborhood instead stopped in the tracks, overseas.
Israel strikes Gaza tower as death tolls jump after Hamas attack (www.aljazeera.com)
At least 198 Palestinians killed in Israeli air raids; Hamas attack kills 70 Israelis, ‘big number’ also captured.
Six suspects in assassination of Ecuador candidate murdered in prison (www.reuters.com)
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