…st, despite all the contra-indicators, because they thought the hostages were Palestinian or Hamas. Just like all cops who have ever claimed that all Black guys running away had guns and crack that magically disappears after they are shot, the IDF were so accustomed to denying the humanity of Palestinians that they failed to recognize their own kind and ‘set their spirits free’ killing them probably on reflex! They felt they’d would never be called to account or could hide behind the usual, absolving excuses…
