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The opening scene in their Steam page is Hamas fighters dropping down into Israel (flags visible) with paragliders.

I don't have a side here but that is in really bad taste, and not comparable to any other mainstream shooter.

It's comparable to most Call of Duty games at the minimum, many of which have maps in completely residential and commercial areas. Russian airport terminals, Ukranian apartment blocks, etc.

Also- considering the plotline of the game, in which the protagonist is fighting off an invading IDF military, is that flag you see Israel (Israel) or Israel (Occupied Palestinian territory)?

> Missions across real places in Palestine

Seems like the latter, with no evidence for the former.

Perhaps it's in bad taste to Westerners who've imbibed a steady stream of atrocity propaganda about October 7, which avoids acknowledging that many of those killed and captured were legitimate military targets. By all accounts these are the antagonists presented in that mission in the game.

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