An Israeli military spokesperson confirmed that there were “hostage situations” in the southern city of Ofakim and the nearby kibbutz of Beeri.

Hamas said it had taken “dozens” of Israeli soldiers hostage and moved them to the Gaza Strip as footage emerged appearing to show gunmen in military fatigues leading a group of mostly barefoot women down a street in Israel.

The announcement and video verified by NBC News came hours after Hamas launched a deadly land, air and sea attack and fired a huge barrage of rockets at Israel.

  • TerryMathews@lemmy.world
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    If you punch someone on the nose, you can’t expect sympathy when they punch back. This isn’t going to produce the result Hamas was going for.

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      I mean, Israel is getting sympathy for punching Palestine for the last 75 years.

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      You can say the same thing about Israel as well. They are long past peaceful diplomacy when Israel decides it owns their homes.

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      I can’t even comprehend how one could have the situation so backwards in their head that they could say this.

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      With how skewed the power balance is against them, I support any effort at all to fight against Israel.

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        not every underdog in the world is morally in the right, you know. There’s also a huge imbalance in power between the January 6th rioters and the United States Government—are you suggesting the rioters were in the right?

        ugh, maybe I don’t want to know the answer.

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          Once again, shitty comparison. I don’t even think.I have to explain how this one makes no sense.

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            that was your logic: you support them because the power balance is skewed.

            many evil groups are small, and weak, and underdogs. Rooting for them on that basis is stupid.

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      It’s already produced the result Hamas was going for. They are not fighting for better treatment, they are fighting to cause terror, murder Jews, celebrate their deaths, and revel in their control over the poeple they supposedly govern.