And they said the Hamas and Israelis can't find common ground on anything.
You deserve an upvote.
Claiming that they only targeted fighters while the whole world can see they’re killing civilians … hmm … seems to be the standard PR response in that region.
That’s the thing, one precipitates the other and their talking points start to converge.
One of them does it a lot more than the other too
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One of them has a fucking state with international recognition and controls their own water, power, and borders. Not to mention being propped up by one of the strongest militaries in the world. They shouldn't both be doing the same thing. Holding Hamas and the Palestinians in general to the same standards as Israel is naive.
Holding any human to basic human standards is not unreasonable. Its understandable that people would respond violently in that kind of situation… but that doesn't mean its excusable.
Making the IDF and Bibi's government out to be the only bad guys is naive. Hamas is using the Palestinian people as an excuse to carry out their own personal holy war. That is not any more acceptable than Netanyahu bombing civilians.
Hamas says the fighting must stop before hostages can be released. Israel said fighting will stop after hostages are released.
180 degrees apart, going round and round on the carousel of carnage.
"We'll stop fighting after you give up your only leverage!"
He personally didn't kill anyone. That's his logic.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A senior Hamas leader has refused to acknowledge that his group killed civilians in Israel, claiming only conscripts were targeted.
His claims are in stark contrast to the wealth of video evidence of Hamas men shooting unarmed adults and children.
Mr Marzouk, the group's deputy political leader, who is subject to an asset freeze in the UK under counter-terrorism regulations, was interviewed on Saturday in the Gulf.
Mr Marzouk recently travelled to Moscow to discuss eight Russian-Israeli dual citizens snatched on 7 October by Hamas, a proscribed terror organisation in many countries including the UK and US.
Challenged by the BBC about the attack of 7 October, Mr Marzouk claimed that Mohamed el-Deif, the leader of Hamas's Qassam Brigades military wing, had ordered his men to spare civilians.
Mr Marzouk is also listed as a specially designated global terrorist by the US Treasury Department, and is indicted on several charges of co-ordinating and financing Hamas activities.
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