It is part of the dehumanization of the native population. "They were all primitive and savage and now look how we've civilized the place." To propagate the myth of a land without a people, just the same as the Native American or the Native Australian populations who have been conveniently ignored so you could displace and/or kill them.
Huh, that looks suspiciously Musk related. If you know any Jewish people in your area, ask them whether they've received a message of being a Hamas defender.