re: Hamas leader describes how they didn’t kill any civilians on Oct 7

I don’t think he’s lying.

But I also don’t think he defines civilian the way we do.

The hard truth is that by their own words and videos Hamas does not consider Jewish settlers in those areas as civilians, but as combatants or at a minimum occupiers.

When an organization talks about pushing Israel into the sea do people thing they plan to let the women and children stay?

I am 100% opposed to starving the civilians left in the combat zone as is currently occurring, but let’s not pretend Hamas has any compunction about slaughtering every last Jewish child if if it means securing the area and defeating Israel.