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Mass grave prepared for the school girl massacre, 165 souls

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Dirtydianaoh · 04/03/2026 01:34

For a nation to say they care about women and girl rights and liberation, and then to bomb a school wtf?!
vm.tiktok.com/ZNRmF3SGc/

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TheIceBear · 05/03/2026 10:18

Wellthisisdifficult · 05/03/2026 10:16

The drafters of the Geneva Convention took such matters seriously enough to include it, so it’s obviously not a “pathetic excuse” but a very real threat. If you have an issue with the drafting of international law, you might want to discuss the matter with those who make it (you might want to have more solid grounds than it’s a “pathetic excuse” though).

Can you honestly not see allowing aid trucks to flow through from countries hostile to your existence might be a bit of a worry on the security front???

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There is no excuse for starving innocent people and stopping all aid coming through to them.

Wellthisisdifficult · 05/03/2026 10:24

TheIceBear · 05/03/2026 10:18

There is no excuse for starving innocent people and stopping all aid coming through to them.

It’s literally there in the Geneva Convention that you can stop aid it’s enshrined in International Law. If you want aid to come through, it’s allowed to because of the Geneva Convention. But the drafters realised sometimes this right had to be curtailed and therefore in certain circumstances it can be. You can’t have one without the other.

As I keep saying no one here is in a position to decide whether stopping the aid was because of security concerns (allowed) or with the intention to starve the population (not allowed). This will undoubtedly be investigated by the relevant international courts

StandingSideBySide · 05/03/2026 10:36

TheIceBear · 05/03/2026 06:33

They did. A list of terrorrist incidents of which 9/11 was listed . And you are like a dog with a bone I am not responding to any more posts on the meaning of the word incident it’s derailing the thread . Grow up

This thread has been completely derailed from the off
This thread is surposed to be about young children killed in a school bombing

Have people no empathy to allow a single thread to talk about the loss of young lives at the school

Shame

TheIceBear · 05/03/2026 10:38

StandingSideBySide · 05/03/2026 10:36

This thread has been completely derailed from the off
This thread is surposed to be about young children killed in a school bombing

Have people no empathy to allow a single thread to talk about the loss of young lives at the school

Shame

Edited

I think it’s the people saying it was an Iranian bomb with no proof that almost immediately derailed the thread to be honest . A thread about such an event is never going to be not controversial.

HappyFace2025 · 05/03/2026 10:39

TheIceBear · 05/03/2026 10:12

Security concerns indeed. Such a pathetic excuse

Not a 'pathetic' excuse. Supply lorries may well have had ammunition in them.

Wellthisisdifficult · 05/03/2026 10:40

StandingSideBySide · 05/03/2026 10:36

This thread has been completely derailed from the off
This thread is surposed to be about young children killed in a school bombing

Have people no empathy to allow a single thread to talk about the loss of young lives at the school

Shame

Edited

I think everyone thinks the loss of life, especially children in war is terrible. But in a war people have different allegiances, talking about deaths in an ongoing war will always bring about political discussion.

HappyFace2025 · 05/03/2026 10:40

StandingSideBySide · 05/03/2026 10:36

This thread has been completely derailed from the off
This thread is surposed to be about young children killed in a school bombing

Have people no empathy to allow a single thread to talk about the loss of young lives at the school

Shame

Edited

Sadly almost every thread gets derailed at some point.

Wellthisisdifficult · 05/03/2026 10:41

HappyFace2025 · 05/03/2026 10:39

Not a 'pathetic' excuse. Supply lorries may well have had ammunition in them.

And it is precisely this situation the caveat to the Geneva convention is meant to cover.

TheIceBear · 05/03/2026 10:44

HappyFace2025 · 05/03/2026 10:39

Not a 'pathetic' excuse. Supply lorries may well have had ammunition in them.

Tell that to all the men and women and children who starved to death. That there was literally no safe way of getting supplies to them when they were blockaded off by Isreal . Sorry but I just don’t believe that

Twiglets1 · 05/03/2026 10:44

Namingbaba · 05/03/2026 10:06

I mean people like you who call it "Israel's war" when it is very clearly a joint military campaign between the US & Israel

Rubio did say Israel was going to go to war with Iran and the USA joined as it thought Iran would attack the USA as part of retaliation. It does suggest it was Israel championing it. Also Bibi said recently that he’s been waiting decades for it - and there’s lots of clips of him pushing this for decades. Whereas Trump and his cabinet had been against attacking Iran recently. Tulsi even sold t-shirts saying don’t attack Iran.
While both sides are involved I think it’s fair to see it more as Israel’s war. Just like Iraq was more the US’s war than it was the UK’s.

I don't understand this insistence with people wanting to call it "Israel's war".

Is it because you want to blame Israel more than the US?

The US themselves are insistent that it is a joint war and they were clearly preparing to go to war with Iran in the months leading up to it. Not to mention that Trump's personality means that he does what he wants to do.

If the US had triggered the first attack & then Israel joined in that same day, would you then call it the US's war?

Wellthisisdifficult · 05/03/2026 10:44

TheIceBear · 05/03/2026 10:38

I think it’s the people saying it was an Iranian bomb with no proof that almost immediately derailed the thread to be honest . A thread about such an event is never going to be not controversial.

I agree it’s very unclear it this point so no one can say it’s an Iranian, US or Israeli missile. Certainly no one can say whether it was intentional or accidental, although I think most seem to agree based on critical thinking it’s unlikely the killing of young girls as the aim was the aim by anyone

StandingSideBySide · 05/03/2026 10:45

TheIceBear · 05/03/2026 10:38

I think it’s the people saying it was an Iranian bomb with no proof that almost immediately derailed the thread to be honest . A thread about such an event is never going to be not controversial.

And now there is research that it was the US there’s been almost no comment at all
Surprise surprise

FloralDeerPattern · 05/03/2026 10:45

Wellthisisdifficult · 05/03/2026 10:10

Ah sorry, you’re right, my mistake. I should have put “most people who can think critically…” thanks for pointing this out.

Individual actions of soldiers do not reflect the intentions of the government. Throughout history, unfortunately every war sees soldiers acting out of line, its part of the human condition unfortunately. Luckily Israel seems to be trying to deal with such situations https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqldpyn5ng6o

You might be able to help me out, in the interest of balance I’ve been looking for details on how Hamas have dealt with individuals who tortured and raped those on both Oct 7 and those it kidnapped. I’m sure you would agree that they should also have been held to account by their seniors???

It isn't just individual soldiers, this is standard operating procedure, rape and sexual violence is being explicitly ordered and encouraged by top military and civilian leadership. It's disgusting to try and downplay the systematic use of sexual violence against a population as just the odd rogue soldier.

Specific forms of sexual and gender-based violence – such as forced public stripping and nudity, sexual harassment including threats of rape, as well as sexual assault – comprise part of the Israeli Security Forces’ standard operating procedures toward Palestinians.
Other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, including rape and violence to the genitals, were committed either under explicit orders or with implicit encouragement by Israel’s top civilian and military leadership, the report said.

https://www.un.org/unispal/document/report-of-commisison-of-inquiry-opt-13march2025/

Twiglets1 · 05/03/2026 10:47

TheIceBear · 05/03/2026 10:38

I think it’s the people saying it was an Iranian bomb with no proof that almost immediately derailed the thread to be honest . A thread about such an event is never going to be not controversial.

It got derailed by people saying it was an Israeli/US/Iranian bomb before any of know the truth.

Multiple threads get derailed by people using the genocide word when they could just say possible genocide and avoid all the subsequent discussion of is it/isn't it genocide but they never learn.

TheIceBear · 05/03/2026 10:49

Twiglets1 · 05/03/2026 10:47

It got derailed by people saying it was an Israeli/US/Iranian bomb before any of know the truth.

Multiple threads get derailed by people using the genocide word when they could just say possible genocide and avoid all the subsequent discussion of is it/isn't it genocide but they never learn.

The first page is all people claiming it was or was probably Iranian . Regardless a thread like this isn’t going to be just full of people saying thoughts and prayers or whatever it’s always going to start some sort of heated discussion

Wellthisisdifficult · 05/03/2026 11:05

FloralDeerPattern · 05/03/2026 10:45

It isn't just individual soldiers, this is standard operating procedure, rape and sexual violence is being explicitly ordered and encouraged by top military and civilian leadership. It's disgusting to try and downplay the systematic use of sexual violence against a population as just the odd rogue soldier.

Specific forms of sexual and gender-based violence – such as forced public stripping and nudity, sexual harassment including threats of rape, as well as sexual assault – comprise part of the Israeli Security Forces’ standard operating procedures toward Palestinians.
Other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, including rape and violence to the genitals, were committed either under explicit orders or with implicit encouragement by Israel’s top civilian and military leadership, the report said.

https://www.un.org/unispal/document/report-of-commisison-of-inquiry-opt-13march2025/

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And that needs to be investigated more fully. Although the UN have a poor record in similar situations (see Bosnia).

I note that it states the “only conclusion” of such attacks is that they were state sanctioned - clearly this is not the case and other explanations are available, including rogue people in the Israel government.

The UN have been accused of political bias against Israel on several points re Gaza. UN Watch ( a Geneva based NGO which monitors the actions of the UN) has long pointed out the anti semitism in the UN (long proceeding the recent Gaza situation).

As far as I’m aware this has not been through the courts

Twiglets1 · 05/03/2026 11:06

TheIceBear · 05/03/2026 10:49

The first page is all people claiming it was or was probably Iranian . Regardless a thread like this isn’t going to be just full of people saying thoughts and prayers or whatever it’s always going to start some sort of heated discussion

OP felt they knew it wasn't Iranian and used Tiktok as proof.

A few people agreed and someone said, Nothing will happen to the two countries who did this.

So then people who care about facts had to point out that we didn't actually know which country had caused it. Then some gave their opinion that it could have been or probably was Iranian.

nam3c4ang3 · 05/03/2026 11:07

It’s all just fucking depressing. But tik tok for news Op? Seriously?

FloralDeerPattern · 05/03/2026 11:11

Wellthisisdifficult · 05/03/2026 11:05

And that needs to be investigated more fully. Although the UN have a poor record in similar situations (see Bosnia).

I note that it states the “only conclusion” of such attacks is that they were state sanctioned - clearly this is not the case and other explanations are available, including rogue people in the Israel government.

The UN have been accused of political bias against Israel on several points re Gaza. UN Watch ( a Geneva based NGO which monitors the actions of the UN) has long pointed out the anti semitism in the UN (long proceeding the recent Gaza situation).

As far as I’m aware this has not been through the courts

Edited

In other words 'we don't believe you'. I think Palestinians are used to it by now but it's still really grim to see the denial of systematic sexual violence on a website that is majority female.

FloralDeerPattern · 05/03/2026 11:17

nam3c4ang3 · 05/03/2026 11:07

It’s all just fucking depressing. But tik tok for news Op? Seriously?

It's not like they can use the UN or any humanitarian organisations for proof is it? The UN, the red cross, Drs without borders, Amnesty, B'Tselem, save the children, the world courts, you name it and it's been smeared as anti Israel or antisemitic. People would rather believe a government being ran by a man with warrants out for his arrest for war crimes and crimes against humanity that actually the Israeli government and the IDF are innocent and it's everyone else who is the problem. These are the times we live in.

sabababa · 05/03/2026 11:52

StandingSideBySide · 05/03/2026 10:36

This thread has been completely derailed from the off
This thread is surposed to be about young children killed in a school bombing

Have people no empathy to allow a single thread to talk about the loss of young lives at the school

Shame

Edited

Yeah but it wasn't. The original post wasn't about how sad and tragic it was. Nope, it placed blame and even intent without proof.

And then the israel haters piled on with 'oh israel loves killing children' usual bs

Hence derailment. To whcih you also contributed btw

But indeed regardless of provenance (or numbers) still a tragedy and my heart goes out to those families

sabababa · 05/03/2026 11:57

FloralDeerPattern · 05/03/2026 07:50

Who gives a shit at this point? Harking back 80 years to call Ireland a shitty place. Meanwhile log onto the Internet and watch the Israeli army stand around watching a boy bleed to death, watch settlers gassing families in their homes at night leaving babies unable to breath, watch soldiers terrifying disabled people in the streets, watch their politicians say things like 'the children of Gaza have brought this upon themselves' and that 'every child, every baby in Gaza is the enemy' . But sure let's talk about Ireland 80 years ago,that's relevant to the conversation of Israel and the US killing yet more children as they sit at their desks trying to learn.

I mean a country with politicians who think that children can bring death and destruction on themselves who describe babies as the enemy, a country whose army is fresh from killing 20000 children would never blow up more right?

Yeah, how dare Jews 'harp on' about what happened 80 years ago!

Time to move on, victim card has expired! Stop talking about that pesky actual real genocide!

HappyFace2025 · 05/03/2026 12:08

sabababa · 05/03/2026 11:57

Yeah, how dare Jews 'harp on' about what happened 80 years ago!

Time to move on, victim card has expired! Stop talking about that pesky actual real genocide!

Exactly this. Sickening.

AntiRacistFella · 05/03/2026 12:11

sabababa · 05/03/2026 11:57

Yeah, how dare Jews 'harp on' about what happened 80 years ago!

Time to move on, victim card has expired! Stop talking about that pesky actual real genocide!

Shame on anyone who uses what happened to their forebears 80 years ago as "justification" for war crimes now

Wellthisisdifficult · 05/03/2026 12:20

FloralDeerPattern · 05/03/2026 11:11

In other words 'we don't believe you'. I think Palestinians are used to it by now but it's still really grim to see the denial of systematic sexual violence on a website that is majority female.

No, it says it needs to investigated, my post clearly states this, It needs proving in a court of law,

The source used here, the UN have previously been criticised by the UN watch fog for anti semitism and that needs to be considered alongside the report.

if the accusations are proved in a court of law the court will rightly choose what happens as a consequence.

Do you generally have an issue with legal due process.