“While ur Bottles Pop, Bombs Drop.” End the War on Gaza Protest, Washington DC 31 Dec 2023 / Photography Credit: Johnny Silvercloud

How Is the Government of Israel Counting Hamas Fighters?

Because it’s pretty difficult to call everyone you kill Hamas under tons of building rubble

Johnny Silvercloud
AfroSapiophile
Published in
4 min readFeb 14, 2024

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This has been a question I’ve been wondering for a while because it really doesn’t make sense when you begin to use your brain. How is Israel counting Hamas fighters? How are they counting those they kill? Are they just making shit up? That’s not going to pass the bullshit alarm. Are they calling everyone with a gun Hamas? That’s not going to be accurate.

Let me help you understand what I’m saying.

Imagine Russians invading the United States. Naturally, they would have many groups that could be considered adversaries to their invading armies. Of course, there will be the U.S. military. There will also be militarized civilians, like the police and sheriff departments. You have intelligence agencies, like the FBI and CIA (the latter operates outside of the United States, but if invaded, they will fight, too). Lastly, you will have a lot of gun-owning civilians taking every opportunity to shoot at the invading Russian forces. The measure of gun ownership in America is said to make our nation impossible to successfully invade.

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Johnny Silvercloud
AfroSapiophile

20 yr U.S. Army vet turned analytical street photographer who talks about power, protest, and politics. Do not defend racism or sexism when I’m in the room.