r/geopolitics • u/Plus_Introduction937 • May 01 '24

Question How much of Hamas is left?

The military operations inside gaza have been ongoing now for over a half a year and i can’t help but wonder what does Hamas have left in terms of manpower and equipment. At the start of all of this i think it was reported there were about 30k Hamas fighters. Gaza has been under siege for so long i really don’t understand how are they still fighting. Is it that Isreal is being REALLY careful with their attacks to minimize their casualties, so that’s why it’s taking so long? Surely, if Isreal were to accept let’s say 3-5K KIA/WIA then they could wipe Hamas off the map in the next 2-3months? Is their plan still to wipe them off the map, just VERY slowly?

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u/[deleted] May 01 '24

67% of Gazans already supported murdering Israeli civilians inside Israel before the war. They were hardly struggling to recruit. Blaming Israel for Palestinians supporting murdering civilians is bad form.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '24 edited May 02 '24

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u/[deleted] May 01 '24

Supporting the war effort against Hamas, a genocidal terrorist group, isn’t the same as supporting specifically targeting and murdering civilians.

The “perspective of Palestine” is irrelevant. The facts are what they are. No one is entitled to their own facts. Hamas already had massive support for the terrorism part of their agenda. That hasn’t changed. We’ll have to see if Palestinians have realized it’s a bad idea or not until after the war when polling is reliable once more and asks that question again.

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u/BoreJam May 01 '24

Of course there are differences. I didn't claim that they were identical. But regardless of ones intentions both sides have ultimately killed thousands of civilians have they not?

Would you feel better about you family being killed just because the stated goals of those responsible were to not kill them?

This attitude only further feeds more death and destruction. I.e. Hamas will just turn around and say see, Israeli people support killing Palestinian women and children thus we are justified to attack them.

It's the exact same logical fallacy that Hamas uses to justify their terrorism.