Hamas’s Strategy of Human Sacrifice
A young boy holds up a Hamas flag in between Palestinian Hamas militants during a military show in the Bani Suheila district in Gaza City, Gaza in 2017. (Chris McGrath via Getty Images)
Never before has a party adopted a war strategy to maximize civilian deaths on its own side.
On October 13, Israeli military commanders told Palestinians living in Gaza to evacuate to the south. The northern half of the strip is full of Hamas assets—from rockets to rifles, communications gear to personnel—that Israel plans to destroy in the coming days of the war. But Hamas leaders demanded that the people stay in place. Why?
While some of Hamas…
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