⬆️ @SteveThompson

>> "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

#Hamas planned #SexualViolence as weapon of war

Pictures & live footage streamed by #militants pointed to the gruesome nature of attacks at the #SupernovaFestival.

Reports are too graphic to summarize. Read it if you can countenance it.

Oct 7 Hamas attacks on #Israel killed 1200 & rekindled #permanentStateOfWar, in which according to Hamas leaders, "the #carnage is not the regrettable outcome of a big miscalculation but the #necessaryCost of a great accomplishment"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67613153

@[email protected] @nedhamson1

>> what a #ceasefire entails when one side has the official position that peace is never possible

When the stated goal of that one side is #permanentStateOfWar, and

When "in the bloody arithmetic of #Hamas’s leaders, the #carnage is not the regrettable outcome of a big miscalculation but the #necessaryCost of a great accomplishment,"

Then the implications of a ceaseFire are clear:

"Give us more time to regroup for more carnage while we still hold more #hostages."

#Gaza