One of Israel’s disadvantages throughout the Gaza war has been that Hamas’s actions are so demonic that they are genuinely difficult to talk about. Videos must be edited and censored, descriptions of scenes must be handled with care and loaded with euphemisms. The full extent of Palestinian crimes is obscured by the fundamental decency of Hamas’s victims and targets. Overnight, Gaza’s governing force added a new example, a reminder of its savagery. Yesterday began with the clock ticking down on