Shani Louk (the German woman whose body was videoed in the bed of a Hamas pickup) was an satanist-dabbling hippie, but obviously that detail is in the back seat considering the situation. Her legs were rotated 180 degrees on her body, it's pretty grotesque.
Setting aside the shocker title, settlers and anyone else in the settlements are being massacred. This will most likely make it hard for Palestinian allies to do PR. Rashida Tlaib hasn't tweeted and Ilhan Omar seems to be running with the "condemn atrocities then pivot to 'this raises our awareness of the plight of Gaza'" playbook.
However, Hamas 100% intended to do this from the beginning. This isn't a case of anyone going rogue, it's marauding Muslims given full permission to practice the traditions of their forefathers. Male IDF, for the most part, are being tortured and killed on the spot. Meanwhile, there is a widely broadcasted clip of what appears to be fighters shoving female civilians and IDF in the back of a truck, and we have only heard the beginning of the stories of rape, torture, and murder. This was their plan. But what is their goal? Push back the settlements? Maybe that will work - it's a confusing situation.
I will never feel sympathy for anyone who goes to a foreign land, especially one that is in turmoil and unstable at the best of days, and gets what is expected to happen to them.
Every single person in that area fucked around, and is finding out. Whether they were tourists or "settlers." Hamas has never held back their violent actions or willingness to do this is allowed, so if you weren't ready for this exact situation you were too stupid for my sympathies.
Do I have a gut disgust reaction to seeing it? Yeah, but that's also exactly what people will exploit to get you to be okay with spending infinite more dollars on someone else's war (again) and accepting even more refugees into our countries.
I'm not sympathetic myself. Either way, people are going to have to sack up and support rape and murder or distance themselves from Hamas. That's the interesting part.
Yeah not people here, I'm talking about normies and activists.