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Ramesh #NotGoingBack Jun 11, 2024

>> "Terror chief #Sinwar said civilian death toll could benefit #Hamas, leaked messages show"

This is not at ALL surprising given this classic gem from NYTimes which reported that “in the bloody arithmetic of #Hamas leaders, the #carnage is not the #regrettableOutcome of a big miscalculation… [but] the #necessaryCost of a #greatAccomplishment [sic]”

#permanentStateOfWar

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/world/middleeast/hamas-israel-gaza-war.html

Behind Hamas’s Bloody Gambit to Create a ‘Permanent’ State of War

Hamas leaders say they waged their Oct. 7 attack on Israel because they believed the Palestinian cause was slipping away, and that only violence could revive it.

The New York Times