Based on Lobashamayim
Bereshis 34:25-28 record that on the third day after the men of Shekhem circumcised themselves, Shimon and Levi massacred the male population of the town and Yaakov’s sons pillaged the town. Note, as I discuss on 34:1-35:5, "How old was Dina when Shekhem wanted to marry her?" Yosef and probably also Yehuda were not involved in this plunder of the town.
How can one understand this massacre and plunder? Bereshis 34:7 records that Shekhem the son of Hamor had done a nevelah be-Yisrael, a deplorable act, to Dina. Thus, the Torah condemned his action whether it was technically rape or not, but did he and the men of Shekhem deserve to die and the city be plundered especially after they had made a deal with the sons of Yaakov to circumcise themselves (34:18-24)? Many answers have been suggested to understand the behavior of Shimon, Levi and the other sons of Yaakov.
