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Originally Posted by Doctorfever
Educate me please.
So Palestinians are essentially cut off from supply routes and trapped. Supplies are already running low (apparently). Why would Hamas have put themselves in this position? Couldn’t they have seen this coming, or are they expecting help from other countries?
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Hamas is probably mostly made up of young men who know nothing other than life in Gaza. I'd have to imagine that's pretty hopeless, not many jobs, constant reliance on international aid, and really zero control of their own destiny. Years of seathing anger and hatred looks to have pushed them beyond the point of rational decisions, and they have gone all in on this hand. That, and foreign interference from places like Iran may have propelled this action as well.
The fact that none of us can really see a way out of this might give some insight into their hopelessness. If you see no prospect for a future, a family, and life, you probably tend to care less about the repercussions of your actions. You are the walking dead already.