Not really. Anyone who's paid attention to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during their lives, or knows the history of it since the First Intifada, knows this is pretty much par for the course. Rocket attacks, raids, and kidnapping have been Hamas' modus operandi since their founding. There are only three real differences here; the first is the scale which has clearly broken Israeli senses of invulnerability and impunity, and the second is Israelis' going mask-off in the public eye about genocidal intent.
The third, less important but still noteworthy, is the apparent lack of suicide attacks during the current cycle of hostilities. Which, in and of itself speaks greatly towards internal shifts in Hamas' strategic logic versus how it might best achieve its goals. But such nuances are certainly lost on parties who clearly cannot tell the difference between descriptive and normative statements, and personal judgments, without injecting their own partisan beliefs or dishonestly misconstruing anything someone with a marginally-different opinion might say.
Assuming they're astute enough to have noticed that in the first place. Y'all did notice that in their first major offensive in over a decade, the one thing Hamas hasn't done is execute suicide bombings? Right?
Likewise, Israel employs the same tactics today as it has since the Second Intifada. Blockade, indiscriminate bombing followed by indiscriminate mechanized infantry incursions into Palestinian territory. These tactics date back at least to Operation Defensive Shield and the Battle of Jenin, and brought to fruition in 2006 and 2008 with Operations Summer Rains and Cast Lead respectively.
Funny how you keep using these words to draw nebulous insinuations, without ever actually defining them or stating who represents which party...and expecting us to just accept the parallels and premises you'd like.
The poster who's trying to derail a thread about a genocide to push forum vendettas, wants to lecture others about principles. I'd expect nothing less from the same party proudly flying that Blairite flag any and every time the name "Jeremy Corbyn" comes up. One wonders indeed how and what that seems to be the case, and any potential relevance here...
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