Hamas threatens execution of Israeli captives if Gaza attacks continue
Hamas threatens execution of Israeli captives if Gaza attacks continue
Death toll surpasses 1,300 as Israel strikes Gaza and fierce battles intensify between Hamas gunmen and Israeli troops.
Hamas’s Qassam Brigades has threatened to execute Israeli captives if Israel continues to bombard and kill civilians in Gaza.
“Any targeting of innocent civilians without warning will be met regretfully by executing one of the captives in our custody, and we will be forced to broadcast this execution,” said Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas’ Qassam Brigades.
“We regret this decision but we hold the Zionist enemy and their leadership the responsibility for this,” he said.
That's rich.
You just killed civilians, what evidence is there to conclude you wouldn't kill those ppl anyway.
Both sides of this conflict have done so much horrific shit, you can't trust any of them.
I'm not looking to debate right or wrong. Just like others said, I recognize war crimes on both sides. I would NEVER defend either side of this conflict.
But committing mass war crimes in the way they have, the norms are shattered, and Gaza, at the least, is done for.
As a realist, and without endorsement of any outcome--I think the best Palestians can hope for is being put into refugee camps on the Egyptian and Jordanian borders and those countries challenged to take them in.
Not that either of those countries will. They've refused in the past and will continue to.
Those "hostages" are probably already dead, and it's unlikely Israel will assume otherwise.
The tactic of using civilians as shields works until you demonstrate your willingness to torture and murder them yourself. Once Hamas demonstrated they were happy to do that, it's a safe bet that the tactic will no longer work.
(Please note that the above is not an endorsement of Israel's policies regarding Palestine. It's just an acknowledgement that Hamas is a brutal terrorist organization that slaughtered hundreds of civilians, and can no longer plausibly hide behind them because of that.)
So the USN is going to park the newest CVN in the fleet off the coast in a couple days. If they don’t end up participating in some sort of massive hostage rescue operation with a bunch of SEALs (and, perhaps, other regional/NATO specops branches), I’m honestly going to be kinda surprised.
This is very much “fuck around and find out” territory. I don’t think Hamas realizes how much the rules have changed in reaction to what they did this weekend. Israel isn’t going to stop until they’ve killed or captured every last militant they can get their hands on in Gaza.
Obligatory disclaimer: Both the IDF and various incarnations of Arab alliances/rebels/terrorist groups have been unequivocally heinous towards each other (and their respective affiliated civilian populations) since Israel became a country. We’re not here to debate that. This is about an attack on civilians in Israel that, proportional to their national population, had five times the casualties that 9/11 inflicted.
Always remember, if you plan on doing some stupid crime or barbaric thing, just make sure you say the other guy is responsible first. Prosecutors HATE this one trick!
Palistine, don't you know you're just supposed to let yourself be genocided quietly? You weren't supposed to fight back! The status quo! The more I see this shit the more I have to laugh. Is what Hamas doing good? No, not even remotely. Is it what you expect from people who have been nearly totally eradicated by the opressors that completely surround them? Yes, definitely.
It's time to free Palestine from this planet.