As Gazans Scrounge for Food and Water, Hamas Sits on a Rich Trove of Supplies (www.nytimes.com)

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Key thing is that the shortages in Gaza are a direct result of Hamas deciding to stockpile food, water, and fuel, and munitions in order to kill, rather than making sure everybody has enough.

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[-] vikinghoarder@infosec.pub 12 points 1 year ago

Might be a move to gather more fighters: "Need food for your family? Join the fight and they will be fed"

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago

Pretty cynical when Hamas and Islamic Jihad could release the hostages and surrender and end all the fighting instead of giving people a choice over how they die

[-] TripDawkins@lemmy.studio 11 points 1 year ago

end all the fighting

So, you're saying there was no problem prior to Oct. 7.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

Hamas has been a problem for a long time

[-] protist@mander.xyz 16 points 1 year ago

And Netanyahu's government has purposefully been legitimizing Hamas and undermining the PLO"s authority for just as long. Netanyahu does not want peace, he wants terrorists in control of Palestinian territories so he can justify brutality and conflict.

This is a complex issue that goes back many decades, Israel blatantly is trying to convince the world that "Hamas = Palestinians = bad" and "Support for the Palestinian people = anti-Semitism," but the reality is Israel's hands, particularly under Netanyahu, are not clean of this

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

Netanyahu looks to lose the next Israeli election. Hamas doesn't bother holding them

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 6 points 1 year ago

There's no hamas in west bank.

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