Senior Hamas political leadership member Ali Barakeh claimed they "didn't expect this much of a response" from the US following the attack on Israel on October 7.
  • Senior Hamas official Ali Barakeh says the group did not anticipate the scale of U.S. involvement in support of Israel.
  • The U.S. moved a carrier strike group closer to Israel and considered sending a second aircraft carrier, fighter jets, and munitions.
  • U.S. Lt.-Gen. James Glynn was sent to help Israel plan its ground offensive into Gaza.
  • Iran-backed militias have targeted U.S. forces in the region in response to U.S. support for Israel.

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  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
    62·
    8 months ago

    I don’t think it even needed to be military targets; it just happens to be that the Gaza Strip is far away from settlers taking land in the West Bank.

    It just happens to be that Hamas thought that Israel would negotiate for their hostages while Israel has been more interested in capitalizing on this attack as justification for military response.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      8 months ago

      “Far away”.

      It’s about 30 miles, 50 km. Or about ten minutes to a teenager on a booty call.

      I’m not sure how many check points they’d have to go through or how much security there is on those 30 miles….but physically, it’s not that far.