Hamas and the Military Logic of Sexual Violence
Posted By: Judy W., 10/10/2023 5:46:35 AM
Hamas broke through a fortified border, had unchallenged freedom of movement inside Israel for a shockingly long time, and attacked….a dance music festival and some kibbutzim. Not airfields, not fuel depots, not power stations, not army motor pools to deny mobility to the enemy. They went after soft targets first, and focused especially on women and children. Eyewitness reports and footage of female hostages are telling us that Hamas engaged in sustained sexual violence, and took care to make it known. (Snip) The sexually traumatized bodies of women represent an extremely deliberate and calculated adoption, explicitly planned for months or years, of the familiar tools of ethnic cleansing.
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I think this is right. Read it all; it's not long. Hamas and the rest of the Muslim terrorists want to destroy Israel and the Jewish people forever and ever. Israel let its guard down and thought they could deal with terrorist groups as if they were composed of normal human beings.