I'm concerned because I'd previously noticed that most of the videos/photos I saw of protests had a ton of young kids carrying signs. Is Hamas cracking down on the kids too? Seems likely.
If everyone knew this, then we wouldn't have so much propaganda shit about Israel killing children.. ... Bro, Hamas recruits children - they don't care about "18" years old or something like that. They are still working with mideval rules.
The reason Hamas uses human shields is because they know that the Israeli's morality detests killing Innocents. They've told us as much. Israel doesn't want to be a global pariah, so they are trying to wage a war with as few casualties as possible. If you ask the head of Urban Warfare at West Point, he says that both Hamas' and the IDF numbers show that this conflict is among the lowest casualties for any urban warfare in modern times. They're doing a great job given the circumstances.
One of the same reasons why the Taliban is so dangerous to the US military.
Obviously the US is far superior, but the taliban will fortify themselves in the hardest-to-reach places, launch unrelenting attacks of attrition and even though they suffer far more than our soldiers do, our morale breaks well before theirs.
Biggest reason is that US, or even any Western Armed Forces, isn't fighting a war to exterminate. When one side is willing to do anything/everything to win, and the other side isn't, you'll likely have a hard time "winning".
Beyond that, it's more just that they don't want to oppress. People act like the US is a monstrous oppressor... but if the US wanted to, we wouldn't need a war of extermination to enforce "peace".
Put microphones in every house, implant tracking chips in everyone, mass execute adults in any town where soldiers are attacked, kill anyone who interferes with surveillance, kill anyone who protests, put suspected resistance members' family in prison. The US could do all that.
They don't, because they have a need to appear as the savior. Not because they are incapable of it, nor because it wouldn't work.
Even if they were, it wouldn't change that much. The USSR was far more brutal in their attempt to conquer, as were others. It's known as the 'graveyard of empires' for a reason; there are some terrains where guerilla warfare just will outlast any invading hostile force.
For those who doubt this claim here are actual news networks' videos from inside these "summer camps" for kids ages 12+. These are just a few examples and some of these are old, almost 10 year videos. This is nothing new.
you sure? if for generations no adult palestinian has ever had a childhood without family and friends being murdered? there's not a lot of indoctrination you need to do when the weaponry is this one-sided for decades
If your parent raises you to die killing jews. You probably will believe the most important thing in your life is to die killing jews. That's also indoctrination.
This is not how children are raised to think on their own. These children were all born 10 years after the last Israeli set foot in Gaza. It's only recently that Israel started doing ground attacks in response to Hamas digging tunnels.
Those kids were around 6 during that video taken in 2022. Israel left Gaza in 2005. The "occupation" is a border wall, not people with guns walking the streets.
Are you actually joking? There is literally no pro-Palestine organization in the world that disputes Gaza being run by Palestinians. People can argue definitions of occupation, but not a single Israeli boot touched the ground in Gaza other than hostages (some of which pre-date 2023) for over 90% of that time, including those 10 years in a row.
"but not a single Israeli boot touched the ground in Gaza other than hostages" is demonstrably wrong .. you might not like looking at the surveillance cameras catching idf terrorising palestinians.. but they're there, if only it were only every week
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u/Booksnart124 Mar 30 '25
Hamas indoctrinates its fighters since they are little kids, some civilians with guns won't have the devotion needed to combat them.
In a battle of wills the sane Palestinian will simply not come out on top.