[Content warning: Descriptions of violence] OPINION: “One of my best friends is probably dead,” my brother Or told me on Sunday night. On Saturday morning, Americans woke up to news of another conflict unfolding in the Middle East. Hamas fired thousands of missiles from the Gaza Strip into Israel. Hamas terrorists also entered Israel by land, sea and air with fighters seen paragliding into southern Israel. Hamas is the largest of many terrorist organizations based in the Gaza Strip and has fought multiple wars with Israel. It is also the self-claimed governing body of Gaza. To say that Hamas is simply a resistance group fighting for their right to a nation is wrong — It has sworn to destroy the State of Israel. Read the full story at the 🔗 in bio. [Story by @jackspiegel_] [Photo contributed to The Chronicle]