They planned and trained storming houses for months, then sent fighters armed with grenades, knives and assault rifles to undefended purely civilian villages and a music festival.
Recent interviews on Israeli radio indicate that the IDF was indiscriminately firing tank shells into buildings containing Israeli civilians because “what if there’s Hamas in those buildings?”
Purely from a utilitarian standpoint, hostages are more valuable than dead civilians, so it absolutely makes sense that Hamas would order to minimize civilian casualties.
They planned and trained storming houses for months, then sent fighters armed with grenades, knives and assault rifles to undefended purely civilian villages and a music festival.
“But don’t hurt anyone, k?”
Recent interviews on Israeli radio indicate that the IDF was indiscriminately firing tank shells into buildings containing Israeli civilians because “what if there’s Hamas in those buildings?”
Purely from a utilitarian standpoint, hostages are more valuable than dead civilians, so it absolutely makes sense that Hamas would order to minimize civilian casualties.