If the Israeli Government reacts with the same level of proportion as they have done every time since the far-right took power there, not even the vastly superior Israeli Propaganda Machine will be able to offset the impact on anybody but the most tribalist Israeli supporters of the picture of mass graves and dead women and children that will come out of this, especially if the blockade of Gaza leads to mass deaths from thirst and starvation.

It actually makes a lot of sense that Hamas escalated things this much because of just how bad Israeli escalation will look if they maintain the disproportion of reaction levels that they’ve had so far.

The leaderships on both sides couldn’t care less about human life.