The stupid

From The New York Times ...

Hamas Makes Gaunt Israeli Hostages Thank Captors Before Release

Hamas released three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for 183 Palestinians jailed by Israel, in a staged handover where rifle-toting Hamas fighters prodded their gaunt captives to give short speeches, effectively at gunpoint, thanking the militants who had held them captive for 16 months ....

In a statement on the hostage release, Hamas said, “This confirms that our people and their resistance have the upper hand.” But if Hamas saw the scene in the city of Deir al-Balah as propaganda for its claim to have treated its captives benevolently, it had the opposite effect in Israel, where many people found the images almost unbearab ...

If Hamas thinks their treatment of the hostages and their show of force will cause Israel to give up on the war, they are not only evil, they're also f*cking stupid.