Heartbreaking news report from Gaza - Dr receives bodies of her children

Just no words, it is incomprehensible.

I think sadly it’s at the point of judging who is a future risk of being a part of Hamas and so they are eradicating all. As another poster said though given the chance and the upper hand with finance and military power would Hamas do the same - yes I think they would. Both regimes are brutal.

Yes , if they had the chance they would. Undoubtedly. It’s wrong whichever side it comes from. All I see yet again like all conflicts and wars is powerful groups of men fighting each other then killing innocent men women and children.

What and who at this stage do the Israeli Government consider to be Hamas?
Is there an exhaustive list of individuals?
Because if Hamas are/were the government - does it mean everyone in government?
Does it include all of their relatives and offspring, just in case?
Where does it stop?

1/3 deaths being children and zero Hamas fighters .... 👍

How would any of us we begin to fathom Alaa Al-Najjar’s labour of love in this life, mothering 10 children while being a paediatrician in Gaza?

Who in this world can emphasise with her loss, as 9 of her children’s burnt bodies - the youngest just 6 months old - are pulled from her bombed home, while she was at work trying to save the lives of other people kids harmed by the IDF?

It is soul destroying to know as human race that we allow this harm to come to children.

The harm of Palestinian children by the current Israeli government is absolutely intentional. This is no democratic utopia in the Middle East, it’s a far right croniedom currently permitting fascism.

I pray that Netenyahu is convicted and Trump is impeached, and candidates with a working moral compass replaces them - to work towards peace.

I hope when they try to sleep at night, anyone in Hamas or the IDF/Israeli government - or anyone justifying these deaths - see the faces of the children they’ve killed. It’s a complete betrayal to innocence.

Is that therefore somehow a justification?

It's utterly heart breaking.

Regarding your statement about one third of deaths being children I read an article from doctors today that stated the greatest number of deaths of children are in the 6-12 category.
Why ? because the smaller ones can be picked up by adults and the older ones can run faster so this age group are killed the most by airstrikes and gun fire
I have two in this age group asleep in their beds and this just breaks my heart.

I think that genocidal language combined with actions consistent with genocide might. But not just language. The point about genocidal language from people in the government with power over the war is that it can demonstrate intent which then needs to be considered in context.

and do you not think that Hammas would do exactly that to Israel if they had half the chance?

Does the genocidal language by the perpetrators make it genocide?

I purposely don’t follow news about this conflict and I have no skin in the game, but I heard about this on the radio and I cannot fathom - on a human level - how she will get through this. That poor woman and the trauma. I can’t imagine. My prayers are with her, and her little boy. 🙏🏻

Couldn't agree more:

https://jacobin.com/2024/07/amos-goldberg-genocide-gaza-israel

The thing is that to be honest I don't even support the continuation of the war. Mainly because there is no plan for the day after, and without such a plan it is not justified.

But I really don't like it that the war that the Jewish state is involved in is genocide. Not Yemen, not Syria not countless others. No Jews, no news, right. So yes, maybe the whole world thinks it is genocide but I really think that reflects on their prejudice rather than what is actually happening on the ground. And I don't support a fair bit of what is happening on the ground.

Billions of people of the world who don't fall into this category think it's a genocide too.

Completely horrific, that poor woman. Those poor babies.

Absolutely disgusting that some posters on here are even debating if this is a genocide.

Wtf.

These poor innocent men, women and children being killed for land. That's the war goal and Israel has taken over so much of Gaza.

I do agree with you actually that what hamas did was barbaric and I honestly think that initially the Israeli response was to destroy just Hamas terrorists and free hostages but that mission has now changed and evolved and has become something more sinister

I also can't stop thinking about this poor woman.

The level of Israel's response to the October attack has been utterly disproportionate and unjustifiable. Roughly a third of deaths have been children. There has been no effort to mitigate collateral damage. Israel has blocked food and basic resources being distributed to civilians, targeted medics (and their families) and killed journalists. They've conducted a catalogue of war crimes while we watch our spineless politicians do nothing about it.

When Gazans were asked why they didn't evacuate this latest raid they pointed out they had nowhere to run to, roughly 80% of the land is under attack and resources are generally scarce. Who would leave their house to live in a tent that could also be bombed, or risk getting killed en route?

I feel also so very sad for that poor boy, when (if) he wakes up he will have to learn of the loss of all of his siblings.

Yes because that is why they started the war rather than because the governing authority of Gaza carried out genocidal atrocities.

Grow up

Why am I wicked? All these big words but no substance.

This is sadly exactly what they are trying to do. Eradication of a whole nation , they say it’s to destroy hamas but the reality is the goal is to wipe out everyone to have an empty land they can walk straight into. Hamas terrorist, man, woman , child , baby - any living human is the target now.

What evidence? Evidence that demonstrates that it is a genocide rather than a war