that’s why Hamas did this. there are no good options for Israel. hamas knew that such a brutal attack would embarrass the right-wing leadership of israel and bait them into a brutal reaction

they are bombing the shit out of gaza to show their population they are doing something. but they know this bombing does very little. hamas has been preparing for this. they have a complex tunnel system underground. they’ve been stockpiling diesel, water, food, etc. the blockade is simply hurting the civilian population

hamas played israel like a fiddle. well, we’ll see. i think their goal is to expand this into a regional war. hezbollah promised they would join the war should israel launch a ground invasion. israel says it will, but i don’t know if it’s a bluff or not.