Fetterman waves Israeli flag from rooftop as pro-Hamas demonstrators whine outside his home

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69. Because Hamas has deliberately placed civilians in the battlefield

They’ve deliberately put their HQ, hostages, ammunition, firing positions etc right in the middle of civilian areas including schools, hospitals, apartment complexes, and mosques.

They wear civilian clothing making the terrorists/combatants indistinguishable from civilians ensuring civilians will also die in the crossfire.

They refuse to allow civilians into the tunnels to shelter them from attack.

They’ve re-instituted suicide bombings which definitely means Israeli soldiers will take a “shoot first, ask questions” later with virtually every encounter with Palestinians who are acting strange.

This is a war. It sucks. Every war has different calculations and costs. Hamas has built their entire strategy around the loss of civilians and the historic global revulsion at Israel/Jews. There isn’t a comparable urban warfare example for what Hamas is doing. Even Stalingrad and Malta fail. The stunning fact that Hamas wants their people to die and has created a strategy to ensure that happens is fairly unprecedented