Brutal footage released by Hamas showing absolute barbarism begins to rationalize the Israeli response to Hamas and PIJ activities in the West Bank over the past decade. While some would scream that the Palestinians did nothing wrong, we firmly believe that the Israeli response has been professional and measured at every level considering the levels of evil they have been dealing with from their neighbors.

There is a reason that the IDF troops didn't surrender in the second half of this video. They know exactly what will happen to them should they lay down their arms and fold to the Hamas fighters at their doors. It makes more sense instead to fight until the death, because it's better to die a quick death on the battlefield than to die a slow and painful one while being used as propaganda.

This video is the tip of the iceberg in the brutality we've seen coming out of Hamas today. We have seen women and children dragged through the streets and Hamas operatives acting as squad-sized active shooters, indiscriminately killing civilians. There have been Reddit posts from apartment buildings with individual users frantically trying to find help online as Palestinian gunmen march up the steps towards their flat, with the user just simply disappearing minutes later. IDF Soldier's dead bodies have been desecrated, decapitated, and dragged through the streets on fire. Still, there are people who will expect the Israelis to turn the other cheek against their hostile neighbors while the Palestinians cheer the footage online and celebrate the deaths of the Jewish people in Israel.

If Israel were to come completely unhinged and start indiscriminately bombing the Gaza strip, then maybe I could agree with those people who think the Israelis are in the wrong. In reality however, that's not what's been happening over the years. Time and time again the Israeli Defense Forces have been transparent and professional in their military and police actions against both Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad factions in Palestine. They utilize less lethal means to make arrests, and give ample warning before conducting strikes in an attempt to minimize collateral damage. Their troops drive through riots to arrest verified terrorist targets who plan activities exactly like this while the opposition in Hamas and the PIJ make every terrorist action they conduct a bring your kids to work event to prevent retaliation.

There's no room in this world for men who would conduct a genocide while hiding behind their own children as human shields.

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Josh Brooks

Josh is an American writer and former USMC machine gunner with eight years of experience in ground combat arms throughout the GWOT. He is currently based in Texas and specializes in combat footage analysis and digital marketing.Follow Josh at OfficialJoshBrooks.com