(New York Post) Douglas Murray - The scale and catastrophe of what happened when Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7 is still becoming clear. Ever since Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005 and Hamas got elected and killed their rivals, the people of the Israeli communities near Gaza have known that their neighbors might not love them. But few could have imagined the sheer human hate and evil that came down on their communities one Saturday morning last month. Nir Oz was a community of 400 people. Today it is a ghost town. One of the surviving members of the community took me around through the burned-out ruins of his town. He knew the families who had lived in every one of these houses. He knew their names, their stories, their hobbies. It was a scene of utter carnage. At least 30 were murdered in their homes and over 80 were kidnapped and taken into Gaza, many very badly wounded. There were Thai workers who helped in the kibbutz and had their own accommodation. The terrorists had gone from door to door, shooting them. Hamas didn't allow them to live. Israel cannot live with Hamas. The world must realize this.
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