Every day when, for seven months now, the radio at 6 in the morning announces: “It is permitted to communicate that…” and the name of a young man killed in battle is said, it is a contraction of the soul, the sound of a crumpled metal. In such a small country, many are friends or relatives. But since Wednesday an unknown wound has opened with the film featuring the girls from the Nahal Oz military base, bloodied and brutalised, yet civil, courageous, composed in the face of the definitive threat, in the hands of those young Nazis, halfway between ecstasy religious and a pathetic, hungry excitement at having the girls to wreak havoc in my hands. Alongside this, the film of the young man from Hamas was also released who calmly tells how, together with his father and uncle, he raped and then killed. Gaza produces this.
The film about the girls was shown following the instructions of the families, we do not see the lifeless bodies, nor what the prisoners see, the massacre of their companions. The five still in the hands of Hamas are Liri, Karina, Agam, Daniela, Naama (the one who says “I have friends in Palestine”, trying to communicate to the murderers her commitment to dialogue), but dozens were slaughtered and raped on the place. From 7am to 1pm, only two volunteer soldiers arrived to try to save them while the army was in the greatest confusion.
From horror and pain arise two questions for the whole world. What should be done when the enemy shows a cruelty and determination that breaks every rule, every hope of dialogue? The families of the kidnapped are asking for negotiations to be reached to the end, at all costs, many are in favor of an end to the war (a position which, however, involves just over 30% in the country). On the other hand, the belief is that only with the pressure of arms can Hamas be forced to hand over the hostages, who otherwise are Sinwar’s shield. This is what Minister Gallant said yesterday from the beach in Gaza: we are in Rafah, we are fighting, the border with Egypt is almost entirely in our hands. We will subdue the monsters and recover the hostages. Netanyahu explains with diplomatic intent to the US and EU that he has no intention of occupying Gaza. Biden collects, probably at the bottom there is the strategic perception that you get nothing from Hamas and much less from Iran. In addition to having condemned the ICC which equates Bibi with Sinwar, he changed his tone on Rafah: Israel can enter.
Despite the UN’s senseless accusations of using hunger as a weapon, the great work to provide humanitarian aid continues. However, beneath the surface, there is also the idea that Hamas must be eliminated, because it hinders every plan. Here, the dissonance on the Palestinian state, a true European slip, a gift that weakens the battle and the negotiation and makes Sinwar rejoice. The three ambassadors of Spain, Ireland and Norway were invited by Foreign Minister Israel Katz to see the film about the kidnapped girls. But are they now convinced, in the face of blood, violent indoctrination, that a Palestinian state is premature, a dangerous prize to Hamas? Probably not.
And today the judges of the International Court of Justice must decide whether to declare Israel genocidal and ask it to cease the war. After hopefully seeing the Nahal Oz movie. Is such a perversion ever possible?
