Hamas overwhelmed Israel’s border in October with something like a conventional military maneuver. Now, it acts as a guerrilla force, its fighters often disguised as civilians.

An analysis of battlefield videos released by Hamas and interviews with three Hamas members and scores of Israeli soldiers

Using civilian homes and infrastructure — including medical facilities, U.N. offices and mosques — to conceal fighters, tunnel entrances, booby-traps and ammunition stores;
Ambushing Israeli soldiers with small groups of fighters dressed as civilians, as well as using civilians, including children, to act as lookouts;

The video seems to show Hamas fighters, their faces blurred, sitting on patterned mats as they plan the attack. They use pen, paper and a digital tablet to draw simplistic maps detailing where they want to plant a set of roadside mines.
“We ask, O Lord, for the ambush to achieve its goals — let us kill your enemies, the Jews,” the narrator says.

  • Mrkawfee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    3 months ago

    The last 9 months have made it very clear that Hamas is a national liberation movement and Israel is a savage coloniser. As a result Zionist propaganda has gone into overdrive.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      47·
      3 months ago

      Just because Israel is committing horrific crimes in Gaza doesn’t mean that Hamas is good. “The enemy of my enemy is my friend” is the a big part of the reason why the US is allied with Israel in the first place.

      Hamas was bad for the people Gaza, which is exactly why Netanyahu enabled and supported them in the first place.

      https://www.thenation.com/article/world/why-netanyahu-bolstered-hamas/

      Obviously, Israel is far worse for the people of both Gaza and the West Bank, but Israel’s genocide and their apartheid does not make Hamas good and their idea of Palestinian liberation is a theocratic form of “liberation” that should not be supported.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
          16·
          3 months ago

          That’s a different issue entirely. I was responding to the person that claims they are a national liberation movement. They aren’t, because a theocracy is not liberation. Maybe they are Palestine’s only hope right now, but that doesn’t mean they are good, that means that no one who should be fighting for Palestine is doing so.

          I assume no one here would be calling ISIS a national liberation movement if they were the only ones fighting Israel. At least I hope not.

    • eskimofry@lemm.eeEnglish
      19·
      3 months ago

      Thats not entirely true. Hamas is a theocratic terrorist organization that kills civilians. They don’t care about the people of Gaza.

      • Mrkawfee@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Israel is a theocratic terrorist organisation that mass murders civilians. They don’t care about the people of Gaza.

        • eskimofry@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Yeah that’s true as well but Hamas is not some group of freedom fighters that respect civilian lives.

      • Doorbook@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        I always see Hamas killing civilian, but when you force people to serve in the military, gave them easy access to weapon, that line becomes very hard.