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Originally Posted by Doctorfever
I don’t know where you are getting your number from, but I believe there were more than 800 civilians killed on Oct 7th.
You didn’t answer the question though, if the goal wasn’t simply to kill Jews, what was the goal?
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Yes, and not all were killed by Hamas.
I don't know what Hamas' motives were, but you would think their goal for October 7 would be something more practical and less cartoonishly evil than "kill all jews". My guess is.
1) Deal a blow to Israel's perception of security.
2) Capture high value hostages and use them as leverage in negotiations.
3) Draw Israel in to a ground war where Hamas has home ice advantage in the hopes that Israel would be militarily defeated.
4) Hope that Israel acts as ruthlessly as they normally do in order to turn public opinion against them.