(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - You won't see any protests over it. Video evidence of the torture of Palestinians in Gaza elicits little reaction because the torture was carried out by Hamas. No one gets worked up when Israel can't be blamed. On Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces released a 47-minute montage of Hamas interrogations from CCTV footage that its troops discovered in Gaza. It shows "Hamas's brutal methods for interrogating civilians, violating human rights and systematically oppressing residents suspected of opposing the organization's rule." Prisoners are seen in the video with sacks over their heads, chained to floors and ceilings in unnatural positions while they are beaten with canes on the soles of their feet. They writhe in agony. This is how Hamas acts in peacetime against its own people. Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre, got his nickname as "butcher of Khan Yunis" for killing Palestinians accused of collaboration. When Hamas took over Gaza in 2007, it threw rivals off roofs.
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