Israel Hamas War the Widening Middle East Conflict

[bannork]

More violence by illegal Israeli settlers

"Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village in occupied West Bank, burn vehicles" https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/illegal-israeli-settlers-attack-palestinian-village-in-occupied-west-bank-burn-vehicles/3506079

[Nick Carter icp]

4 minutes ago, bannork said:

More violence by illegal Israeli settlers

"Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village in occupied West Bank, burn vehicles" https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/illegal-israeli-settlers-attack-palestinian-village-in-occupied-west-bank-burn-vehicles/3506079

 

   The photo that your link uses is using an old photo from Jerusalem from 2023 .

Your link that uses the photo says its Rammala 2025 .

   The same photo was used two years ago which gives Jerusalem as its location 

 

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-complex-in-jerusalem-to-mark-yom-kippur-holiday/2999742

 

   Same photo used in both  reports from Jerusalem 2023 and Ramaala 2025

 

 

 

[Yellowtail]

11 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   The photo that your link uses is using an old photo from Jerusalem from 2023 .

Your link that uses the photo says its Rammala 2025 .

   The same photo was used two years ago which gives Jerusalem as its location 

 

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-complex-in-jerusalem-to-mark-yom-kippur-holiday/2999742

 

   Same photo used in both  reports from Jerusalem 2023 and Ramaala 2025

 

 

 

rut-row...

[Nick Carter icp]

27 minutes ago, bannork said:

More examples of Israel's genocide to the Palestinian people

"Israeli attacks on Gaza maternity wards and IVF clinic ‘genocidal acts’, says UN | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/israeli-attacks-on-womens-healthcare-in-gaza-amount-to-genocidal-acts-un-says

 

   It wasn't an attack on  fertility clinic.

During the war and Israeli bomb caused the lids to com off five nitrogen tanks in a hospital and the contents got ruined 

   It was last year as well 

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/5000-lives-one-shell-gazas-ivf-embryos-destroyed-by-israeli-strike-2024-04-17/

 

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

Excellent work, keep it up!! Starting to eliminate the freed terrorists now 

 

https://x.com/Mr_Andrew_Fox/status/1901392652831985975

 

[Bkk Brian]

Time to finish them off.

 

IDF launching strikes throughout Gaza after Hamas refused repeated hostage deal offers

From now on, Israel will act against Hamas with increasing military force,” Netanyahu’s office says, adding that the plans for the resumption of IDF operations were approved last week by the political echelon.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-march-17-2025/

[Yellowtail]

"See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya" 

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@bannork a highly inflammatory troll post making false claims has been removed. Any more misrepresentation of a weblink like that will earn you a warning.

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Please discuss this new topic in the thread below.

 

Hundreds killed according to Hamas as Israel launches air strikes on Gaza

 

[Evil Penevil]

On 3/14/2025 at 3:01 AM, Nick Carter icp said:

 Same photo used in both  reports from Jerusalem 2023 and Ramaala 2025

 

The agency which is the source of the articles, AA,  is a state-run Turkish news agency (Turkish: Anadolu Ajansı, lit. 'Anatolia Agency'; abbreviated AA).

 

36 minutes ago, bannork said:

Israelis committing mass murder again.They are savages, just like Hamas.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world

 

Hamas  had plenty of opportunity to extend the ceasefire and free more hostages.  That's the difference Israel and Hamas.  Israel is retaliating for the Oct. 7 attack on its civilians by armed terrorists and the fact that Hamas refuses to release the remaining hostages it holds.  The IDF knows through long experience that harsh language alone isn't effective against Hamas.  Plus they got one more high-ranking official.  An excerpt from the BBC article.

 

"The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was attacking what it called "terror targets" belonging to Hamas. The strikes are continuing and the IDF has recently issued fresh evacuation orders for many areas.

Mahmoud Abu Wafah, the deputy interior minister in Gaza and the highest-ranking Hamas security official in the territory, is among the dead.{

[Bkk Brian]

More evidence of Hamas stealing the food that was donated free for Gazan civilians,

 

‘I saw Hamas terrorists carrying boxes with the UN and UNRWA emblems on them into the tunnels — dozens and dozens of boxes, paid for by your government,’ he said. ‘They would eat many meals a day from the UN aid in front of us, and we never received any of it.’ This was deliberate cruelty: in Hamas’ flaunting of their control over aid stolen from their own citizens in Gaza, they carried out a calculated humiliation of our hostages.

 

Hamas ‘eats like kings,’ while our hostages starve

Today, Eli Sharabi stood before the United Nations Security Council and held up to the audience a photo of the family he lost. His wife Lianne, and his daughters Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13, were all murdered by Hamas terrorists in the safe room of their home in Kibbutz Be’eri. His elder brother, Yossi, was also taken captive alongside him and has since been confirmed dead, and Hamas continues to hold his body. Looking directly at his audience, he said, ‘Remember this: Hamas eats like kings, while hostages starve.’

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hamas-eats-like-kings-while-our-hostages-starve/

 

“I have come back from hell. I was kept underground, starved, beaten and chained like an animal. For 491 days, I begged for food, begged to use the bathroom, begging became my existence.”

He was starved. Tortured. Held in unimaginable conditions for hundreds of days.

Listen to Eli Sharabi’s harrowing testimony at the @UN Security Council today.

 

 

[xylophone]

On 3/18/2025 at 8:20 AM, Bkk Brian said:

Time to finish them off.

 

IDF launching strikes throughout Gaza after Hamas refused repeated hostage deal offers

From now on, Israel will act against Hamas with increasing military force,” Netanyahu’s office says, adding that the plans for the resumption of IDF operations were approved last week by the political echelon.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-march-17-2025/

After reading the cross-party commission of British Parliamentarians, also known as The Roberts Report—the most comprehensive investigation to date of Hamas’s October 7 terror attack on Israel, I would have no problem with Hamas being wiped out, along with any Palestinians who support and help them. A precis follows.......

 

A cross-party commission of British Parliamentarians this week released the 7 October Parliamentary Commission Report, also known as The Roberts Report—the most comprehensive investigation to date of Hamas’s October 7 terror attack on Israel.

 

Chaired by historian Lord Andrew Roberts and commissioned by the UK-Israel All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), the 318-page report draws on forensic evidence, survivor testimonies, and open-source footage to meticulously document the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. The report exposes the premeditated and systematic nature of the attack, disproves false narratives, and underscores the brutality Hamas inflicted on innocent civilians.

 

Key Findings:

The Roberts Report provides an unflinching account of the horrors of October 7, laying bare the extent of Hamas’s atrocities and the targeted nature of their assault.

Mass Murder & Targeting of Civilians: Hamas terrorists killed 1,182 people, injured over 4,000, and kidnapped 251 hostages, including 18 British nationals—the deadliest attack on UK citizens abroad since 9/11. The report affirms that 73% of those murdered were civilians, from a 14-hour-old infant to a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor.

Planned Atrocities: Hamas spent years preparing for the attack, building mock Israeli communities for training exercises. Their fighters entered Israel carrying detailed lists of civilians to be killed or abducted. The assault was not spontaneous warfare—it was a deliberate massacre designed to maximize terror.

Unprecedented Brutality: The report documents atrocities in chilling detail—families were executed in their homes, burned alive in safe rooms, or blown up with grenades. At Kibbutz Be’eri, 99 civilians were slaughtered; in Kfar Aza, 62 were murdered, including babies in their parents’ arms. At the Nova music festival, Hamas massacred over 370 young people, ambushing fleeing attendees with rifles, grenades, and RPGs.

Sexual Violence & Mutilation: The report confirms widespread sexual violence, with victims raped, gang-raped, and mutilated before being murdered. Some corpses were desecrated—including instances of beheadings. Such sadistic brutality, the authors note, has few historical parallels.

Hostages & Digital Terrorism: Hamas used social media as a weapon, filming their killings on body cameras and smartphones, live-streaming the massacres on Facebook, TikTok, and Telegram. They seized victims’ phones to send images of the atrocities directly to the victims’ loved ones, amplifying the psychological terror.

Fighting Denial & Misinformation: The report addresses the rapid spread of falsehoods following October 7. Within hours of the attack, conspiracy theories sought to deny the massacres had taken place. Lord Roberts draws a direct parallel between October 7 denial and Holocaust denial, noting that misinformation today spreads faster than ever before. The report serves as a historical record of indisputable facts, based on eyewitness testimony, forensic evidence, and footage filmed by Hamas themselves.

https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/uk-parliaments-landmark-report-details-october-7th-hamas-atrocities

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, xylophone said:

After reading the cross-party commission of British Parliamentarians, also known as The Roberts Report—the most comprehensive investigation to date of Hamas’s October 7 terror attack on Israel, I would have no problem with Hamas being wiped out, along with any Palestinians who support and help them. A precis follows.......

 

A cross-party commission of British Parliamentarians this week released the 7 October Parliamentary Commission Report, also known as The Roberts Report—the most comprehensive investigation to date of Hamas’s October 7 terror attack on Israel.

 

Chaired by historian Lord Andrew Roberts and commissioned by the UK-Israel All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), the 318-page report draws on forensic evidence, survivor testimonies, and open-source footage to meticulously document the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. The report exposes the premeditated and systematic nature of the attack, disproves false narratives, and underscores the brutality Hamas inflicted on innocent civilians.

 

Key Findings:

The Roberts Report provides an unflinching account of the horrors of October 7, laying bare the extent of Hamas’s atrocities and the targeted nature of their assault.

Mass Murder & Targeting of Civilians: Hamas terrorists killed 1,182 people, injured over 4,000, and kidnapped 251 hostages, including 18 British nationals—the deadliest attack on UK citizens abroad since 9/11. The report affirms that 73% of those murdered were civilians, from a 14-hour-old infant to a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor.

Planned Atrocities: Hamas spent years preparing for the attack, building mock Israeli communities for training exercises. Their fighters entered Israel carrying detailed lists of civilians to be killed or abducted. The assault was not spontaneous warfare—it was a deliberate massacre designed to maximize terror.

Unprecedented Brutality: The report documents atrocities in chilling detail—families were executed in their homes, burned alive in safe rooms, or blown up with grenades. At Kibbutz Be’eri, 99 civilians were slaughtered; in Kfar Aza, 62 were murdered, including babies in their parents’ arms. At the Nova music festival, Hamas massacred over 370 young people, ambushing fleeing attendees with rifles, grenades, and RPGs.

Sexual Violence & Mutilation: The report confirms widespread sexual violence, with victims raped, gang-raped, and mutilated before being murdered. Some corpses were desecrated—including instances of beheadings. Such sadistic brutality, the authors note, has few historical parallels.

Hostages & Digital Terrorism: Hamas used social media as a weapon, filming their killings on body cameras and smartphones, live-streaming the massacres on Facebook, TikTok, and Telegram. They seized victims’ phones to send images of the atrocities directly to the victims’ loved ones, amplifying the psychological terror.

Fighting Denial & Misinformation: The report addresses the rapid spread of falsehoods following October 7. Within hours of the attack, conspiracy theories sought to deny the massacres had taken place. Lord Roberts draws a direct parallel between October 7 denial and Holocaust denial, noting that misinformation today spreads faster than ever before. The report serves as a historical record of indisputable facts, based on eyewitness testimony, forensic evidence, and footage filmed by Hamas themselves.

Yea I read it, extremely detailed and comprehensive. One for the history books, or horror section may be more appropriate, some of the details are truly beyond imagination.

 

 

[Evil Penevil]

15 hours ago, xylophone said:

After reading the cross-party commission of British Parliamentarians, also known as The Roberts Report—the most comprehensive investigation to date of Hamas’s October 7 terror attack on Israel, I would have no problem with Hamas being wiped out, along with any Palestinians who support and help them.

 

You are totally correct.   Lord Andrew Roberts and his crew have written the best available account of the Oct. 7 attacks.  It is factual and unbiased and describes the circumstances under each of the 1,182 victims were killed.  The report is certain to become the "go to" reference work on Oct. 7.

 

I haven't read a single negative review on the report, but most of the mainstream press has ignored its publication.  That's a shame, as the report deserves to be widely read as it refutes many of the false claims by Hamas supporters about the attacks.  I have a hard time understanding the thought processes of anyone who sympathizes with Hamas and it Palestinian supporters, given the horrific chain of events on Oct. 7 and Oct. 8..  

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A misleading and off topic post with no link has been removed @bannork

 

Israel Hamas War the Widening Middle East Conflict

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UPDATE:

 

Gaza Residents Stage Rare Protests Against Hamas, Demand End to War

 

In a rare display of dissent, hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in multiple locations across Gaza on Tuesday to protest against Hamas rule and call for an end to the ongoing war. Demonstrators, chanting slogans such as “Hamas out” and “We want to eat,” expressed their frustration with the terror group’s governance and the devastating toll of the conflict.

 

Footage from Beit Lahia, a town in northern Gaza, showed hundreds of residents holding signs reading “Stop war” and “Children in Palestine want to live.” Protesters chanted against Hamas, labeling its members as “terrorists” and demanding their removal from power. Other demonstrations erupted across the Strip, with reports of gatherings in front of the Indonesian Hospital, where some protesters waved white flags as a symbol of peace.

 

Large protests against Hamas's fascism in Gaza today, with thousands demanding dignity, an end to the war & destruction, and calling on the terror group to "get out." Listen to Palestinians in Gaza; cover these demonstrations; be their voice; amplify their cries. Down with Hamas!

Large protests against Hamas's fascism in Gaza today, with thousands demanding dignity, an end to the war & destruction, and calling on the terror group to "get out." Listen to Palestinians in Gaza; cover these demonstrations; be their voice; amplify their cries. Down with Hamas! pic.twitter.com/c9iHyqvAO5

— Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib (@afalkhatib) March 25, 2025

 

“I don’t know who organized the protest,” said Mohammed, one of the demonstrators who refused to share his last name for fear of repercussions. “I took part to send a message on behalf of the people: Enough with the war.” He also claimed to have witnessed Hamas security forces in civilian clothing attempting to disperse the protest. Another protester, Majdi, shared a similar sentiment, stating, “The people are tired. If Hamas leaving power in Gaza is the solution, why doesn’t Hamas give up power to protect the people?”

Anti-Hamas protests are breaking out in northern and southern Gaza, asking "Where is the press?!" Of course, Aljazeera & leftists or "independent" Western media are nowhere to be seen because they will never disrupt the Hamas-centric "resistance" narrative. Expose them all now! pic.twitter.com/GLFAAPKLiB

— Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib (@afalkhatib) March 25, 2025

 

Later in the day, another demonstration broke out in the Jabalia refugee camp, where dozens of protesters burned tires while chanting, “We want to eat.” As news of the protests spread, further demonstrations were reported, including in Khan Younis, a major city in southern Gaza, where residents were filmed chanting “Down with Hamas” and calling for an end to the fighting.

 

Although Hamas did not release an official statement regarding the protests, some media outlets in Gaza affiliated with the group framed the demonstrations as “protests for stopping the war,” deliberately omitting the calls for Hamas’s removal.

 

Public dissent against Hamas is uncommon in Gaza due to the group’s strict control over the territory, which it has ruled since violently ousting the Palestinian Authority nearly two decades ago. While individual expressions of frustration have become more frequent since the war began, large-scale demonstrations against Hamas remain rare. However, these latest protests highlight growing dissatisfaction among Gaza’s residents as they grapple with the ongoing violence and humanitarian crisis.

 

Based on a report by NYP 2025-03-26

 

 

[bannork]

The Gaza protests: a mixture of anti Hamas, anti Israeli blockade of aid and food.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/video/gaza-protests-explained/vi-AA1BLRSh?ocid=socialshare&pc=EDGEXST&cvid=972401311d174c5aedfa111d4172395f&ei=48

[Bkk Brian]

13 minutes ago, bannork said:

The Gaza protests: a mixture of anti Hamas, anti Israeli blockade of aid and food.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/video/gaza-protests-explained/vi-AA1BLRSh?ocid=socialshare&pc=EDGEXST&cvid=972401311d174c5aedfa111d4172395f&ei=48

More up to date topic on it here...............

 

Rising Defiance: Armed Gaza Clans Call for Uprising Against Hamas

 

[bannork]

Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian

 

[Bkk Brian]

10 hours ago, bannork said:

Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian

 

You missed out the Hamas run civil defense members within that number that were killed. Who are the Gaza civil defense again? Oh and of course the straight out terrorists................

 

“Following an initial assessment, it was determined that the forces had eliminated a Hamas military operative, Mohammad Amin Ibrahim Shubaki, who took part in the October 7 massacre, along with eight other terrorists from Hamas and the Islamic Jihad,” claims Shoshani.

“After coordination between the IDF and international organizations, the evacuation of bodies was carried out,” he says, adding that “it’s truly not surprising that terrorists are once again exploiting medical facilities and equipment for their activities.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/un-says-15-palestinian-medics-killed-by-idf-in-gaza-found-buried-in-mass-grave/

 

 

[bannork]

"Over 300 children killed since Israel's new Gaza offensive, Unicef says - BBC News" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r5827dke1o

The United Nations agency for children says that at least 322 children are reported to have been killed since Israel launched a renewed offensive in Gaza two weeks ago.

Unicef said at least 609 other children were reportedly wounded during the same period.

"The ceasefire in Gaza provided a desperately needed lifeline for Gaza's children and hope for a path to recovery," said Unicef Executive Director Catherine Russell. "But children have again been plunged into a cycle of deadly violence and deprivation."

[coolcarer]

3 hours ago, bannork said:

"Over 300 children killed since Israel's new Gaza offensive, Unicef says - BBC News" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r5827dke1o

The United Nations agency for children says that at least 322 children are reported to have been killed since Israel launched a renewed offensive in Gaza two weeks ago.

Unicef said at least 609 other children were reportedly wounded during the same period.

"The ceasefire in Gaza provided a desperately needed lifeline for Gaza's children and hope for a path to recovery," said Unicef Executive Director Catherine Russell. "But children have again been plunged into a cycle of deadly violence and deprivation."

Every time I read one of your links, it’s a slam dunk you miss out one of the most important facts, the source. From your link.

”UNICEF uses figures released by Gaza’s Hamas”

 

Here is a little more on those figures.

 

Hamas ‘quietly drops’ thousands of deaths from casualty figures
Claims that 70 per cent of the fatalities are women and children are complete nonsense, says report

“Hamas’s new March 2025 fatality list quietly drops 3,400 fully “identified” deaths listed in its August and October 2024 reports – including 1,080 children. These “deaths” never happened. The numbers were falsified – again,” Mr Aizenberg wrote.

The casualty lists are released as PDFs by the Hamas-run Gaza ministry of health, which has been cited by international media as a source for fatality figures in the enclave since the start of the war.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/01/hamas-drops-thousands-of-deaths-from-casualty-figurures/

https://archive.ph/JyV7c

[bannork]

53 minutes ago, coolcarer said:

Every time I read one of your links, it’s a slam dunk you miss out one of the most important facts, the source. From your link.

”UNICEF uses figures released by Gaza’s Hamas”

 

Here is a little more on those figures.

 

Hamas ‘quietly drops’ thousands of deaths from casualty figures
Claims that 70 per cent of the fatalities are women and children are complete nonsense, says report

“Hamas’s new March 2025 fatality list quietly drops 3,400 fully “identified” deaths listed in its August and October 2024 reports – including 1,080 children. These “deaths” never happened. The numbers were falsified – again,” Mr Aizenberg wrote.

The casualty lists are released as PDFs by the Hamas-run Gaza ministry of health, which has been cited by international media as a source for fatality figures in the enclave since the start of the war.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/01/hamas-drops-thousands-of-deaths-from-casualty-figurures/

https://archive.ph/JyV7c

Unfortunately Israel will not allow any foreign journalists into Gaza to verify reports of deaths. 

Obviously Jewish supporters such as Aizenberg are keen to downplay civilian casualties, however widespread bombing as conducted by Israel on Gaza will inevitably lead to heavy loss of civilian life.

I quote the BBC:

Unicef uses figures released by Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry - figures which Israel has consistently disputed. The figures are seen by the UN and other international institutions as being reliable.

International journalists, including the BBC, are blocked by Israel from entering Gaza independently, so are unable to verify figures from either side.

[coolcarer]

51 minutes ago, bannork said:

Unfortunately Israel will not allow any foreign journalists into Gaza to verify reports of deaths. 

Obviously Jewish supporters such as Aizenberg are keen to downplay civilian casualties, however widespread bombing as conducted by Israel on Gaza will inevitably lead to heavy loss of civilian life.

I quote the BBC:

Unicef uses figures released by Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry - figures which Israel has consistently disputed. The figures are seen by the UN and other international institutions as being reliable.

International journalists, including the BBC, are blocked by Israel from entering Gaza independently, so are unable to verify figures from either side.

Shame on you, it’s not only Aizenberg, you are showing your anti Jew bias there, well and truly outed  @bannork The figures are consistently exposed as false. You carry on with the Hamas figures as expected though.

 

 

Discrepancies in Gaza Casualty Figures: An Analysis of Hamas Data By Associated Press

UN Cuts Death of Women and Children in Gaza by Half

Hamas admits one-third of its data on Gazan deaths is ‘incomplete’

Scrutiny Over Gaza Death Toll Figures: UK Statistics Watchdog Investigates Hamas's Data

How the Gaza Ministry of Health Fakes Casualty Numbers

 

[bannork]

Gaza ambulance 'crushed' by IDF as aid attacks increase

On Sunday, a mass grave containing the bodies of 15 first responders was unearthed in Gaza. Sky News investigates how their final moments unfolded.

The group had disappeared during a rescue mission one week earlier.

 

 

 

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[Bkk Brian]

36 minutes ago, bannork said:

Gaza ambulance 'crushed' by IDF as aid attacks increase

On Sunday, a mass grave containing the bodies of 15 first responders was unearthed in Gaza. Sky News investigates how their final moments unfolded.

The group had disappeared during a rescue mission one week earlier.

 

 

 

This incident was posted a few days ago by you.......... the same response by IDF has not changed.

 

“Following an initial assessment, it was determined that the forces had eliminated a Hamas military operative, Mohammad Amin Ibrahim Shubaki, who took part in the October 7 massacre, along with eight other terrorists from Hamas and the Islamic Jihad,” claims Shoshani.

“After coordination between the IDF and international organizations, the evacuation of bodies was carried out,” he says, adding that “it’s truly not surprising that terrorists are once again exploiting medical facilities and equipment for their activities.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/un-says-15-palestinian-medics-killed-by-idf-in-gaza-found-buried-in-mass-grave/

[Bkk Brian]

Getting more and more intense as are the calls for Hamas to go.

 

Merciless & intense bombardment throughout the Gaza Strip has claimed dozens of lives over the past 24 hours and displaced tens of thousands. Wherever civilians fled, they cursed out Hamas & wished death & ill upon the terror group for bringing ruin & massacres to Gazans.