I’m more than aware that a lot of Israeli civilians killed by friendly fire. But your claim that the IDF “did the vast majority of damage” is exactly the hexbear fantasy I’m talking about.
Their plans were clearly to capture and ransom them
You’re lying to yourself, and others. You might think it’s for the better, but it’s not. It’s lies like these, on both sides, that lead to a worse world and more killings. It’s not too late for you to change.
Hamas militants flagging down a car as it drove slowly along a rural road. The gunmen open fire, hitting the vehicle, which swerved and halted, revealing two people slumped in the front seats.
a father and his two sons, aged approximately seven and nine, running in their underwear to what appeared to be a bomb shelter. A Hamas attacker threw a grenade, killing the man. The boys emerge bloodied and run. “Dad’s dead, it wasn’t a prank,” one shouts. “I know, I saw it,” replies his brother, later screaming: “Why am I alive?”
In another scene Hamas attackers entered a house and spoke to a girl hiding under a table. “After some talking back and forth they shoot and kill her,” tweeted Jotam Confino, one of the correspondents at the screening. “Hard to say how old she is but looks like 7-9 years old.”
Who’s going to revive a 10 year old political case against an 83 year old that’s retiring from politics? In the US?