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seriously, what was HAMAS' end-game here?
surely they knew that they couldn't defend Gaza against Israel?
Did they miscalculate the risk and think Israel wouldn't react?
Ah yes israel committing Genocide is actually Hamas' fault.
Please don't put words in my mouth.
I asked what Hamas wanted to achieve by attacking Israel.
Even I would have predicted Israel would lash out. And I'm not really familiar with Israel. So surely Israels direct neighbours, who swore to destroy it, would know it well enough to know how it would react.
What was their plan? What the fuck do they gain from this useless war and destruction?
Not going to pretend to be able to read the minds of Hamas. But it seems like the idea was that taking hostages would give them leverage to negotiate. Because although the Israeli government generally regard Palestinians as subhuman barbarians, surely they wouldn't risk the lives of the hostages by retaliating full force. And it seems in general they were partially right. The general population of Israel is calling for a ceasefire because they are concerned for the safety of the hostages and want their friends and family back. But Netanyahu seems to have very little interest in negotiations.