Hamas terrorism: Letters
Re “Surprise attack by Hamas out of Gaza stuns Israel” (Oct. 8): The AP report calls this attack “during a major Jewish holiday unprecedented,” then admits that the Yom Kippur War was a precedent. All four of the excuses Hamas gave for this action ring hollow, since the attacks on Israelis, and previously on Jewish Palestinians, preceded all those conditions by generations. Parading the body of a victim in the streets puts the terrorists on a par with headhunters. Egypt is responsible for “bottling up” the population of Gaza. The Egyptians encouraged them to leave Israel in ...