Further, this is a war, and those that started it could in fact surrender and return the hostages, rather than try to win a war by maximizing its civilian losses and counting on public opinion to win for them Hamas are cowards and evil and have no interest in compromise, agreement or peace. Of course, there may be some that disagree with me (though I would be embarrassed and conflicted to be in the side of a terrorist group that records its own rape of young Israeli girls, have their own people cheer about it, and then convince the rest of the world the rapes didn’t happen).

as "Israel's War on Gaza"? It's inaccurate, antithetical to Biden's foreign policy position, and weird.

Many do not trust Hamas

Link to tweet

Doesn't make it right.

Hamas or Israel? Who do you believe?

“A committee will be formed to count these [victims], which will start work immediately after the end of the war.”

'After the end of the war' . . . what if this is an endless war?

The calculated deaths of civilians is never excusable.

But the world really doesn't seem to care.

Israel can carry on until a lot of territory in the Middle East is a desolate, smoking ruin uninhabitable by anybody for decades to come.

So carry on.

Why not? As long as America keeps sending bombs and Bibi is bent on total annihilation, fighting off his real and imaginary demons.

Future history books will judge what went wrong and who to blame.

>> Future history books will judge what went wrong and who to blame.
Indeed! It's clear that Hamas are the ones who hide themselves, weapons, and their HQ/operations-centers among civilians... in schools, shelters, hospitals, markets. Hamas are the war criminals. Hamas are the ones who intentionally put civilians in harm's way.

>> The calculated deaths of civilians is never excusable.
I agree. Hamas is calculating wrong, and it's inexcusable. The cowards are calculating that they can shield themselves with innocent civilians. Hamas has calculated that the death of civilians is worth saving their own lives, and if not, it's great propaganda, eh?

>>But the world really doesn't seem to care.
Sure. That's it. Nobody cares. Please.

until Bibi declares that the World is a Better Place and he is satisfied.

I'm not taking much notice of people posting about who is to blame.
Who started it, who is putting out propaganda, who is putting out fake numbers, etc.

After all, the dead people probably didn't care about those details too much either.

>> I'm not taking much notice of people posting about who is to blame. Who started it, who is putting out propaganda, who is putting out fake numbers, etc.
Yes. Considering that it's a losing argument to try and place the blame anywhere OTHER than where it truly belongs - — with Hamas — I certainly understand why some folks would want to avoid having those conversations.

For many people, it's just easier automatically to place blame on Israel for anything and EVERYTHING without having to explain or defend the accusations, isn't it?

>> After all, the dead people probably didn't care about those details too much either.
Neither does Hamas, obviously. They clearly do not care about civilians, only about themselves, and only about destroying Israel. If they cared about civilians, then they would not hide among them. They would not put their operations centers in/under/near schools, hospitals, markets, refugee centers. The simple fact is that Hamas are cowards to be hiding among children. But, if that doesn't work as they hope, Hamas certainly doesn't actually CARE about more civilian deaths. In their estimation it's a bonus, a win-win... for propaganda purposes.