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AloeVera

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9. Sady I think you are right. All of it. Except...

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #8)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 03:33 PM

19 hrs ago

It was a huge miscalculation clearly. What ended up happening was not what was planned. It was to be essentially an in and out hostage-taking endeavour. Hamas did not plan for the scenario that unfolded at the supposedly highly-guarded border, and then later when it was overrun by Gaza civilians while the IDF was nowhere to be found. There were crimes of opportunity and it was a bloodbath and horrific. But planned as such, knowing it would lead to the destruction of Palestine? No.

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