My bad, fam. I should have worded my last reply better. What I meant was "If anyone thinks that Israel bombing numerous hospitals, universities, houses, daycare centers, etc. indiscriminately and sloppily is to "free hostages", then I have a bridge to sell them. "
When I mentioned "spin", I was referring to the propaganda statements about "freeing hostages" that Israel puts out to defend this debacle. Not you, specifically. Not emotional at all. Just bluntly calling it how i see it.
To put it simply, Hamas want's the IDF's colonial boot off Gaza's neck. Israel initially funded Hamas for destabilization. Messy. You can only push a group of people so far.
Cool and we agree on almost everything.
Where I think people are off is that I think Hamas are hurting Palestinians almost as much as Bibi is.
That's what I see. They are leading them to ruin. What was the post Oct 7 plan? Even if the plan is all out war, they did an absolutely horrible job preparing their civilians for it.