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.

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Slowly genociding an entire people and their culture for their land eventually pushes them to commit unspeakable acts of violence to try and save themselves? Interesting.

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You’d think after the atrocities of the 1930/40s they suffered they’d learn to have some empathy for others, but nope

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I think that if they had no empathy they would have exterminated them a long time ago. They have the capability

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How is this saving themselves?

Do they somehow think that brutal violence at civilians will deter Israelis after brutal violence at civilians didn’t deter themselves?

No, all they’ve done here is fuck over both Israeli and Palestinian civilians. Senseless violence and revenge where nobody wins.

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Gaza population growth is 3% a year. If the Israelis are committing genocide they’re not doing a very good job.

Words matter. The Israelis treat the Palestinians atrociously but it’s not genocide.

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If anything the attacks will always have a response so that a rational actor would think better the next time. That strategy at best keeps the status quo and at worst could end in their own extermination.

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See the apologists are on top of the threads again. You sound like Putin. The crimes of the Palestinians are inexcusable.

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How is what zionists have been doing any better?

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They’re not. Everyone sucks here.

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That implies Israeli crimes are excusable.

No, it doesn’t, but the fact you think it does says a lot about YOU.

Rational, informed people condemn both sides here.

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Our projections only ever reveal about ourselves, and never about the person onto which we thought to project.

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You sound like a spastic. I wonder how many Palestinian civilians the Israeli government has killed. They really do deserve each other.

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Self defense is inexcusable? Or only inexcusable when certain people deign to exercise such rights?

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This will only bring more conflict upon the people Hamas pretends to “protect”

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Self-defense against this little teenage monster, huh? https://www.instagram.com/p/CyG1HdsA5I9/

There’s no such thing as self-defense against a civilian who never hurt anybody.

These are not incidental victims while the terrorists target the IDF. These are the targets. They are targeting innocent little girls.

Yes, murdering and kidnapping civilians is inexcusable, why would that be excusable?

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