There likely is a propaganda element, but do not discount this out of hand. Recall some of the operational/tactical influencers and their methods., eg (former) Soviet Union and Nazi Germany as military/political organizations fully willing to kill their own, and the teachings of eastern strategists from Sun Tzu to Mao that teach to hide in the population. Look at terrorist operations in the Balkans and in the Islamist belt in Africa, using civilian kilings to terrorize and freeze the population. In the end,, controlling the population is necessary for Hamas' survival and they will do it "by whatever means necessary."
No doubt they're bat-shit crazy. This seems crafted to be shocking in an attempt to lure us into the fight. I don't think they even care which side we wanna support. They just want us to go to war. Desperately.
There likely is a propaganda element, but do not discount this out of hand. Recall some of the operational/tactical influencers and their methods., eg (former) Soviet Union and Nazi Germany as military/political organizations fully willing to kill their own, and the teachings of eastern strategists from Sun Tzu to Mao that teach to hide in the population. Look at terrorist operations in the Balkans and in the Islamist belt in Africa, using civilian kilings to terrorize and freeze the population. In the end,, controlling the population is necessary for Hamas' survival and they will do it "by whatever means necessary."
No doubt they're bat-shit crazy. This seems crafted to be shocking in an attempt to lure us into the fight. I don't think they even care which side we wanna support. They just want us to go to war. Desperately.