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Why is Israeli bombing refugee camps in Gaza?

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elephantblock · 31/10/2023 17:42

Dozens dead

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2boys1princess · 01/11/2023 17:48

2boys1princess · 01/11/2023 17:48

There are no safer areas. They are told to
go south to fe the north, but they are bombarded there and killed. Why won’t Israel open the borders for the Palestinian civilians
and get them out and then go bomb Hamas.

That’s @eardefender

2boys1princess · 01/11/2023 17:48

There are no safer areas. They are told to
go south to fe the north, but they are bombarded there and killed. Why won’t Israel open the borders for the Palestinian civilians
and get them out and then go bomb Hamas.

Parkingt111 · 01/11/2023 17:47

@eardefender how you minimise the suffering of the Palestinians
Is this the south that you stand on your high horse and tell them to move to?
Are you saying that its their own fault they were killed for not moving?
Give me one verified source that say Hamas physically prevented the civilians of the Jabaliya refugee camp from moving as that is what we are discussing right now?

Why is Israeli bombing refugee camps in Gaza?
EasterIssland · 01/11/2023 16:59

@eardefender

Amnesty International said it has “documented unlawful Israeli attacks, including indiscriminate attacks, which caused mass civilian casualties and must be investigated as war crimes”.
Human Rights Watch said that “multiple war crimes have been and continue to be committed

there is no may-s here. There is multiple war crimes have been committed and the attacks must be investigated as war crimes.

MissyB1 · 01/11/2023 16:58

@eardefender the civilians who evacuated to the south have also been bombed there. So much good it did them following the IDFs instructions eh?

EasterIssland · 01/11/2023 16:58

eardefender · 01/11/2023 16:52

Most left to the south. I read about 400k or so remain. No idea if this is true though. I think its more than 100k left in Gaza city, depends how many bodies Hamas want as a shield. The population of the Gaza strip is some 2,2m.
Hamas did not ask them to stay they force them and block roads.

I blame Hamas for bringing this war to their civilians. Its a terrorist state.

Mass displacement continues. In the Gaza Strip, the cumulative number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) increased by 25% over the past 24 hours, now exceeding 423,000, of whom over two thirds are taking shelter in UNRWA schools," OCHA said, referring to the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-says-over-400000-people-displaced-gaza-appeals-300-mln-2023-10-13/

so it’s not that they’ve moved to the south. Just that they’ve been displaced. Many to refugee camps and hospitals (the same ones that are being bombed)

also , Hamas is blocking the roads according to you. To me, after all the destruction that Israel is doing with the bombs the roads have became not usable

Smoke billows following Israeli strikes amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza, October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

UN says over 400,000 people displaced in Gaza, appeals for $300 million

The U.N. humanitarian office (OCHA) said early on Friday that more than 400,000 people had fled their homes in the Gaza Strip and 23 aid workers had been killed since the start of Israeli retaliatory strikes in response to a deadly Hamas incursion.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-says-over-400000-people-displaced-gaza-appeals-300-mln-2023-10-13/

eardefender · 01/11/2023 16:57

@EasterIssland
If Israel commits war crimes they need to be properly dealt with.
The summary that you put up is speculation from all parties. None of them are saying Israel is committing war crimes. If you look at the wording they are all carefully speculating. I am not blaming them for this.
There is a difference in saying that they are definitely committing war crimes and saying they might be.
These organisations are being careful with their wording because we don't know yet.

eardefender · 01/11/2023 16:52

EasterIssland · 01/11/2023 16:44

can You tell me how do 100k people move away from their homes in the middle of a war ? How do they move to the south ? Where do they go?
keep telling to yourself that hamas is asking them to stay … whilst UN and AI , URNWA keep saying that what Israel is doing is not right and they shouldn’t be displacing thousands of people.

if France came tomorrow and told you move or I’ll bomb your house , and you had nowhere to go and no way to movw and you heard those going to the south had been bombed I’m sure you’d be moving and leaving everything behind.

you say Israel didn’t ask for this war. Refugees didn’t neither

Most left to the south. I read about 400k or so remain. No idea if this is true though. I think its more than 100k left in Gaza city, depends how many bodies Hamas want as a shield. The population of the Gaza strip is some 2,2m.
Hamas did not ask them to stay they force them and block roads.

I blame Hamas for bringing this war to their civilians. Its a terrorist state.

EasterIssland · 01/11/2023 16:51

The UN said that Hamas’s indiscriminate killing of hundreds of noncombatants, including children, and the abduction of about 200 others as hostages and human shields in Gaza, is a crime under international humanitarian law.

The UN also said that Israel may be committing the war crime of collective punishment through its siege of the Gaza territory. The International Committee of the Red Cross agreed.
“The instructions issued by the Israeli authorities for the population of Gaza City to immediately leave their homes, coupled with the complete siege, explicitly denying them food, water and electricity are not compatible with international humanitarian law,” it said.

Amnesty International said it has “documented unlawful Israeli attacks, including indiscriminate attacks, which caused mass civilian casualties and must be investigated as war crimes”.
Human Rights Watch said that “multiple war crimes have been and continue to be committed in Israel and Palestine, with grave concerns that Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups are carrying out unlawful indiscriminate attacks harming civilians”.

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/31/have-war-crimes-been-committed-in-israel-and-gaza-and-what-international-laws-apply

you can just focus on the May. The reality is that the sentence has got more than just May

Have war crimes been committed in Israel and Gaza and what international laws apply? | Israel-Hamas war | The Guardian

The UN has said there is evidence that international humanitarian law may have been breached by both sides in the conflict

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/31/have-war-crimes-been-committed-in-israel-and-gaza-and-what-international-laws-apply

eardefender · 01/11/2023 16:45

@Auvergne63 I am sorry but if the UN, human rights lawyers, Amnesty International and others organisations have stated that the Israel government have committed war crimes. I will trust their assessment over yours. In addition, the bombing of the refugee camp killed 7 hostages and 1 Hamas leader. The IDF and government do not care an iota about the hostages. The Israeli bombs killed them, not Hamas

They haven't though, as i stated in my post, its all 'may' or 'might have'. Not very many are saying it for definite because i don't think they have, i don't think its uneqiuvocal that Israel have definitely committed war crimes.

We must not take anything that Hamas claims as the truth. We know they lie we have to wait and see what the truth of this bombing is and who really died.

I really don't think i am alone in thinking that the UN, Amnesty and the Guardian lack credibility, not least because of their bias toward Israel/Jews.

EasterIssland · 01/11/2023 16:44

eardefender · 01/11/2023 16:40

they were told not to be there nearly 3 weeks ago. This is a war others have moved to safer areas. Hamas are to blame for keeping them there

can You tell me how do 100k people move away from their homes in the middle of a war ? How do they move to the south ? Where do they go?
keep telling to yourself that hamas is asking them to stay … whilst UN and AI , URNWA keep saying that what Israel is doing is not right and they shouldn’t be displacing thousands of people.

if France came tomorrow and told you move or I’ll bomb your house , and you had nowhere to go and no way to movw and you heard those going to the south had been bombed I’m sure you’d be moving and leaving everything behind.

you say Israel didn’t ask for this war. Refugees didn’t neither

EasterIssland · 01/11/2023 16:41

eardefender · 01/11/2023 16:39

this is a valid question when all the criticism is being laid onto Israel who did not ask for this war or start it.

Sure. Keep telling that to yourself

eardefender · 01/11/2023 16:40

Parkingt111 · 01/11/2023 16:11

@eardefender have you seen that the Jabaliya camp was struck again today?
Whilst the people there have not even managed to get all the injured and dead out the rubble
Can you see how little regard Israel have for the palestinian civilians?
Not even 24 hours after the first devastating strike

they were told not to be there nearly 3 weeks ago. This is a war others have moved to safer areas. Hamas are to blame for keeping them there

eardefender · 01/11/2023 16:39

EasterIssland · 01/11/2023 16:24

Nearly a month after still …

this is a valid question when all the criticism is being laid onto Israel who did not ask for this war or start it.

EasterIssland · 01/11/2023 16:34

“we just don't have other way after what they did to us”

yes you do @IstandWithIsrael , hamas is not the only Terrorist group in the world. In Spanish, in fact, I’m basque. Have you ever heard about ETA? Have you ever heard about 11 March 2023?

thanks god not every country (or politician) behaves like Israel is behaving at the moment.

FrippEnos · 01/11/2023 16:29

IstandWithIsrael · 01/11/2023 14:24

@FrippEnos
This is what you see in the news, because right now
everyone against israel.

hamas use hospitals,schools and families homes for shelter!
we trying to avoid any civiliens to get hurt!

we are "very sorry" if we are helping to spred the propoganda
we just don't have other way after what they did to us

Israel are indeed spreading propaganda but that is not what I meant.
Israel by their actions of indiscriminately killing non combatants (the civilians) is spreading hate against Israel.
By killing families the survivors will pass that hate on to their children, and they will become the next group to attack Israel.
And Israel is spreading the seeds that will make this happen.

EasterIssland · 01/11/2023 16:24

eardefender · 01/11/2023 15:29

@Parkingt111 What is your view on Hamas and the 7th October terrorist attacks?
Do you think Hamas care about Civilians and what is your view on that?
Do you condemn Hamas?

Nearly a month after still …

Parkingt111 · 01/11/2023 16:11

@eardefender have you seen that the Jabaliya camp was struck again today?
Whilst the people there have not even managed to get all the injured and dead out the rubble
Can you see how little regard Israel have for the palestinian civilians?
Not even 24 hours after the first devastating strike

Auvergne63 · 01/11/2023 15:57

IstandWithIsrael · 01/11/2023 14:37

@Lentilweaver
first bro, I'm very sad to hear it.I really am.
IDF do everything that they can for not hurting this peploe
also,
correct me if I wrong.
there is any pakisatnic organization who's calling for india to be just gone from the world?

"If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth”. Psychologists call like this the "illusion of truth" effect. It's a propaganda tool, which seems to have worked on you.

Auvergne63 · 01/11/2023 15:42

eardefender · 01/11/2023 13:17

@gratedbluecheese
Do you condemn war crimes?

Yes. Everyone does, apart from Hamas, Russia, Iran and sadly a long list of others.

I know people feel very emotional about this (although it would seem less so for the hostages and 5,000 victims on the Israeli side from 7th October)

However, I think there is a question mark over whether Israel has broken any laws. Which ever side you are on, these are as far as i know, the facts.

Israel has no obligation to supply water and electricity to Gaza.
Israel has no obligation to open any part of their border to Gaza.
Israel has no obligation to send any aid to Garzan civilians.
Israel warned civilians of where air strikes/ground invasion would be and left time to evacuate.
Israel is hitting military targets and is not breaking the law if they hit civilians if they have told Civilians to get out and if the civilians are being used as a human shield by the opposing army.

The question of whether or not Israel has broken the law is, i think, no they haven't.

The other question of whether or not Israel is acting in a moral way is another entirely and one i am not qualified to answer. Israel have to put their civilians and hostages first and to do that they have to destroy as much of Hamas as possible.

I am sorry but if the UN, human rights lawyers, Amnesty International and others organisations have stated that the Israel government have committed war crimes. I will trust their assessment over yours. In addition, the bombing of the refugee camp killed 7 hostages and 1 Hamas leader. The IDF and government do not care an iota about the hostages. The Israeli bombs killed them, not Hamas.

Parkingt111 · 01/11/2023 15:34

Parkingt111 · 01/11/2023 14:31

What Hamas did in Israel was an act of terrorism and extremely bad
I agree with you that this was bad

We are not criticising the Israeli civilians.
We are angry at Netanyahu and the Israeli government for continuing to bomb and kill thousands of civilians in the name of self defence
I don't believe that it is justified to bomb a camp which has majority women and children because you want to try and kill one Hamas commander or even a few

You have every right to feel safe in your country.
What Israel is doing now in the opinion of many will not bring safety to Israel but will create a number of new enemies at the expense of thousands of innocent civilians

@eardefender I posted this just an hour ago
Yet here I am still being asked if I condemn Hamas

Parkingt111 · 01/11/2023 15:32

Oh for goodness sake how many times must I condemn Hamas on every single thread

Why is it that any thread I post on I'm asked atleast once if I condemn Hamas
Have you seen me posting anything here that shows I am pro Hamas?

eardefender · 01/11/2023 15:29

@Parkingt111 What is your view on Hamas and the 7th October terrorist attacks?
Do you think Hamas care about Civilians and what is your view on that?
Do you condemn Hamas?

Parkingt111 · 01/11/2023 15:17

eardefender · 01/11/2023 15:15

@2boys1princess Hamas absolutely are in the west bank. They are a global operation, they are involved in a quite a few activities.

So are the settler extremist nutters who terrorise the Palestinians there with protection from the IDF and the Israeli military
It has gotten so bad that even Biden spoke up against it a few days ago telling Israel to do something about it

Lentilweaver · 01/11/2023 15:17

feralunderclass · 01/11/2023 14:56

I don't know why people ask silly questions like this. Hamas are a proscribed terrorist organization. Their aim is to invoke terror. State members are supposed to act civilly and adhere to international law. The real question should be is why has a State member killed almost eight times the victims of the proscribed terrorist group? And that is not counting the deaths of the decades before.

Exactly.