# Hamas attacks Israel, October 2023

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** breaking-news, israel-hamas-war\
**Created:** [October 7, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-attacks-israel-october-2023/991234 "2023-10-07T10:17:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-attacks-israel-october-2023/991234/56 "2023-10-07T21:19:57Z")

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> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> Why would Hamas do this?

Why do terrorists commit acts of terrorism?

> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> If I were Israel I’d use this as cause to methodically push the whole Gaza population out and into Egypt and then bulldoze the whole place into the ground. Re-sell the land and re-build whatever on it. Nice seaside property, probably valuable.

That would be ethnic cleansing and a crime against humanity.

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