Who is winning? Is this what winning looks like? “We are called a nation of martyrs,” said another top Hamas official, Ghazi Hamad. “And we are proud to sacrifice martyrs.” He promised more attacks: “There will be a second, a third, a fourth.” When asked whether he sought the annihilation of Israel, Hamad replied, “Yes, of course!”
Every Hamas rocket fired into Israel’s civilian populated areas is a war crime. Murdering non-combatant men, women, children, and babies is a war crime. Rounding up Israeli men, women, children, and babies for hostages is a war crime, raping hostages is a war crime, and burning them alive is a war crime. This is how Hamas initiated this war on Oct 7 and the world should have spoke up sooner about these crimes before it got this far.