John Kirby on genocide.

[Uncle Joe]

17. If Hamas is holding the Palestinian people in Gaza as "human shields," de facto

that's kidnapping, thus Hamas is holding the Palestinian People as hostage and the people have no "political leaders."

There has been no election in Gaza since 2006, and almost 50% of the population is under 18.

So Hamas is hiding in fortified tunnels underneath the city and has effectively kidnapped the Palestinian People in Gaza.

Netanyahu's de facto response, was to kill 13,000+ Palestinian hostages, 5000+ of which are children while destroying or damaging 56,000+ buildings on the surface including every major hospital.

If you're "living" on the surface of Gaza, you're literally being squeezed to death by both sides from the inside and out.

Gaza for decades has been the equivalent of an unsupervised pressure cooker for the Palestinian People "living" there, an explosion as occurred on October 7th was a natural result of that long term political malpractice.

If you're "living" in the pressure cooker of Gaza, there are no good guys, everyone is evil, and Israel's government is doing nothing to change that perception.