Israel declares war on Hamas

[Party Elephant]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

Nothing has gotten better fundamentally, despite the reprieve of the ceasefire. It's tragic, and disheartening. This war was for absolutely no gain to anyone besides the war mongers pulling the strings on it all.

I can't escape the thought that a return to the pre-oct 7 status quo, except with a flattened Gaza and 60000 dead civilians, isn't really possible. We're going to keep seeing this tense back and forth until the international community loses interest, and then the slaughter will start back up again for real.

[Manhattanboy]

Now the US is warning of an attack by Hamas against civilians in Gaza. Hopefully a false alarm.

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/u...26d904342.html

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Now the US is warning of an attack by Hamas against civilians in Gaza. Hopefully a false alarm.

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/u...26d904342.html

Some of the Palestinian prisoners Israel released were actually in prison for killing Muslims and Arabs that they saw as being to friendly or collaborative with Israel. Yahya Sinwar himself, who led Gazans into this war to begin with was known as The Butcher of Khan Younis killed many Gazan civilians and yet was very popular in Gaza. Just like how democratic ideals are instilled in the culture and identity of some societies, so is violence and retribution in others. That isn't going to change just because this war ends. You can literally go back centuries in that region, before the creation of the modern state of Israel, and see the same thing over and over.