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IDF airstrikes reportedly carried out on 'humanitarian area'

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Scirocco · 26/05/2024 22:18

https://news.sky.com/story/hamas-launches-first-rocket-attack-on-israel-from-gaza-in-months-13143299

The IDF have reportedly carried out airstrikes on displaced people, in an area Israel designated a 'humanitarian area'. They told people to go there, displaced people to that area, and have now reportedly bombed it.

Airstrikes on Rafah reportedly kill 30 after Hamas launches rockets at Tel Aviv

Medics in the southern Gaza city say the strikes hit an area of tents being used by displaced people.

https://news.sky.com/story/hamas-launches-first-rocket-attack-on-israel-from-gaza-in-months-13143299

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AhNowTed · 27/05/2024 22:23

@Auvergne63

"I am not surprised to be honest. Do I understand it? No. "

Months ago I was surprised. I didn't think that folks could be so callous. That was then.

Now I'm not surprised at all.

And no I don't understand it either.

Scirocco · 27/05/2024 22:22

BorgQueen · 27/05/2024 21:48

They weren’t targetting the refugee camp 🙄 They targetted a Hamas weapons dump, which caused the fire when the munitions exploded. Blame Hamas for deliberately putting civilians in harms way, again.
Hamas will happily sacrifice every single Palestinian Woman and child for their ‘cause’, which is to destroy Israel.

Hamas didn't tell the civilians to evacuate to there. They didn't label the area a 'humanitarian' or 'safe' zone and order civilians to go there.

The Israeli government and military did.

They placed civilians at the site. Then, they bombed it.

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Auvergne63 · 27/05/2024 22:16

ssd · 27/05/2024 21:51

I cant believe there are still posters here trying to defend this.

I am not surprised to be honest. Do I understand it? No.
It doesn't matter to them what the Israeli government does because you know, Hamas. I will never understand how people defend the killing of one child, let alone thousands of them since this started. It's abhorrent to me.
It isn't difficult to imagine yourself in Palestinian mothers' shoes and think from their perspective but for some, it's impossible.

PeasfullPerson · 27/05/2024 22:12

Parkingt111 · 27/05/2024 22:03

Yes it's not OK
So sorry Ella
Imagine if us brits were collectively labelled and called similar because of our governments involvement in other wars.

Sorry Ella I agree it’s not OK to stereotype the whole of Israeli society in this way. It’s this sort of stereotyping that allows people to justify hate or violence towards Jewish people, or Palestinians, or any other group they deem fitting.

PeasfullPerson · 27/05/2024 22:09

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AhNowTed · 27/05/2024 22:04

The same old tropes get trotted out trying to justify mass murder.

Human shields
Israel's right to exist
Antisemitism

No. This is the indiscriminate mass slaughter of innocent people.

And apparently it's their own fault.

Some folks have lost all sense of humanity.

I've just watched the C4 Dispatches programme.

Of the 12 cameramen - 11 are already dead.

Parkingt111 · 27/05/2024 22:03

EllaDisenchanted · 27/05/2024 21:03

@Hawa13 I understand your anger, but this comment really isn't ok.

Yes it's not OK
So sorry Ella
Imagine if us brits were collectively labelled and called similar because of our governments involvement in other wars.

quantumbutterfly · 27/05/2024 22:03

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Parkingt111 · 27/05/2024 22:00

@BorgQueen They targetted a Hamas weapons dump, which caused the fire when the munitions exploded

Where was this reported please? As I haven't seen this reported anywhere that the target was a weapons dump
That actually makes the dreadful event a whole lot worse if they purposefully bombed ammunitions, which were likely to explode with thousands of refugee civilians nearby.

PeasfullPerson · 27/05/2024 21:56

quantumbutterfly · 27/05/2024 21:49

I'm flattered you take such an interest in me and my well being.

You’re welcome. I thought you had turned a corner earlier as you posted some fairly intelligent comments, which I can’t remember agreeing with but did focus on the issues. I was quickly disappointed when I saw you once again revert back to insulting other posters and making sarcastic comments.

ssd · 27/05/2024 21:55

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headstone · 27/05/2024 21:55

There are some truly cruel people on this thread, trying to justify this. It’s the absolute cruelty that gets me, what people justify doing to their fellow human beings, because they are a different race to them living on a land they think they don’t belong.

ConnieCounter · 27/05/2024 21:54

ssd · 27/05/2024 21:51

I cant believe there are still posters here trying to defend this.

I can. I realised things weren't right around here when people defended the murder of the preemies months ago.

Not normal.

AhNowTed · 27/05/2024 21:52

ssd · 27/05/2024 21:51

I cant believe there are still posters here trying to defend this.

Me neither. It's unbelievable and abhorrent.

AhNowTed · 27/05/2024 21:51

BorgQueen · 27/05/2024 21:48

They weren’t targetting the refugee camp 🙄 They targetted a Hamas weapons dump, which caused the fire when the munitions exploded. Blame Hamas for deliberately putting civilians in harms way, again.
Hamas will happily sacrifice every single Palestinian Woman and child for their ‘cause’, which is to destroy Israel.

By your logic, if a single Hamas operative was in a nursery of babies and toddlers - that's a legitimate target?

Just bomb the lot of them.

ConnieCounter · 27/05/2024 21:51

queenofarles · 27/05/2024 21:48

This is beyond atrocious , carried out by a government which prides itself on being the most democratic country in the region, the most moral army in the region.
no one can even start justifying it.
there are images of a decapitated baby , charred bodies , people reduced to pieces ,
Israel could have easily avoided this Genocide .
there is simply no excuse .

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I mean the USA also thinks it's a democracy when it's actually one of the biggest threats to democracy in the world, and has been for 50 years. Neither country has a clue about democratic values.

ssd · 27/05/2024 21:51

I cant believe there are still posters here trying to defend this.

quantumbutterfly · 27/05/2024 21:49

PeasfullPerson · 27/05/2024 21:45

I haven’t seen you demonstrate any compassion for the people in Gaza, all I have seen is you demonstrate anger when people talk about what is happening to the people in Gaza.

What makes you so angry about compassion for people who have had everything taken away from them, for the simple reason of living in Gaza?

I hope that you manage to work through whatever it is that has caused all this anger.

I'm flattered you take such an interest in me and my well being.

thisisasurvivor · 27/05/2024 21:48

BorgQueen · 27/05/2024 21:48

They weren’t targetting the refugee camp 🙄 They targetted a Hamas weapons dump, which caused the fire when the munitions exploded. Blame Hamas for deliberately putting civilians in harms way, again.
Hamas will happily sacrifice every single Palestinian Woman and child for their ‘cause’, which is to destroy Israel.

🤦🏼‍♀️

BorgQueen · 27/05/2024 21:48

They weren’t targetting the refugee camp 🙄 They targetted a Hamas weapons dump, which caused the fire when the munitions exploded. Blame Hamas for deliberately putting civilians in harms way, again.
Hamas will happily sacrifice every single Palestinian Woman and child for their ‘cause’, which is to destroy Israel.

queenofarles · 27/05/2024 21:48

This is beyond atrocious , carried out by a government which prides itself on being the most democratic country in the region, the most moral army in the region.
no one can even start justifying it.
there are images of a decapitated baby , charred bodies , people reduced to pieces ,
Israel could have easily avoided this Genocide .
there is simply no excuse .

PeasfullPerson · 27/05/2024 21:47

ConnieCounter · 27/05/2024 21:45

What an absolute barbarian he is. "Mishap". Oopsie daisies we burned 45 people alive and removed a baby's head. Absolute prick.

What’s his excuse for all the other people who’ve suffered horrendous death and injuries.

mactire · 27/05/2024 21:46

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ConnieCounter · 27/05/2024 21:45

Efacsen · 27/05/2024 18:32

Netanyahu says deadly Rafah airstrike a 'tragic mishap'

Benjamin Netanyahu has described the deadly Israeli airstrike on a camp for displaced Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as a “tragic mishap”.

“We are investigating the case, that is our policy,” Netanyahu said in a speech at the Knesset on Monday, Haaretz reported.

The Israeli leader added that “for us, every uninvolved [being hurt] is a tragedy,” it added. He claimed the incident occurred “despite our best efforts not to hurt them”.

What an absolute barbarian he is. "Mishap". Oopsie daisies we burned 45 people alive and removed a baby's head. Absolute prick.

PeasfullPerson · 27/05/2024 21:45

quantumbutterfly · 27/05/2024 21:32

Half a year ago? Have you ever lost someone you care about, in the worst possible circumstances. Well get over it.

If your compassion is only for one side you are part of the problem.

I haven’t seen you demonstrate any compassion for the people in Gaza, all I have seen is you demonstrate anger when people talk about what is happening to the people in Gaza.

What makes you so angry about compassion for people who have had everything taken away from them, for the simple reason of living in Gaza?

I hope that you manage to work through whatever it is that has caused all this anger.