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Conflict in the Middle East

To think someone has got to stop the mass killings in Gaza

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BotanicalCake · 03/04/2025 21:34

We are back to hundreds of Gazans being killed each day after the so called ceasefire and over 50,000 now slaughtered, mostly women and children.
The bombing of hospitals, schools and 'safe zones' not being enough, they are now picking off paramedics. How much depravity is the world going to tolerate?

AIBU to suggest that the world leaders complicit in Netanyahu's genocide should all stand before the Hague?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/03/the-guardian-view-on-israels-killing-of-paramedics-a-new-atrocity-in-an-unending-conflict

The Guardian view on Israel’s killing of paramedics: a new atrocity in an unending conflict | Editorial

Editorial: Impunity over Palestinian deaths in Gaza will lead to further cases like this massacre of rescue and healthcare workers

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/03/the-guardian-view-on-israels-killing-of-paramedics-a-new-atrocity-in-an-unending-conflict

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Fordian · 05/04/2025 18:03

blackmousewhitetail · 04/04/2025 14:57

Not sure why the Muslims countries around aren't helping

In a nutshell.

I could tell you why I think: Palestinians aren’t well-liked. Everywhere where they have been allowed to settle, they cause trouble. Ask Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon.

Many of the surrounding countries quietly think Israel is doing their dirty work for them. Many have quite liked the relative peace of recent years and are angry with Iran for destroying it via its proxies.

Gloriia · 05/04/2025 18:04

Fordian · 05/04/2025 18:03

In a nutshell.

I could tell you why I think: Palestinians aren’t well-liked. Everywhere where they have been allowed to settle, they cause trouble. Ask Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon.

Many of the surrounding countries quietly think Israel is doing their dirty work for them. Many have quite liked the relative peace of recent years and are angry with Iran for destroying it via its proxies.

This.

I've lived and worked in the ME and no one wants the palestinians of whom most/all support Hamas, a known terrorist organisation.

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 05/04/2025 18:04

Twiglets1 · 05/04/2025 17:57

But realistically @SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice don't you see Hamas would need to be destroyed for that region to have any chance of peace?

As I noted above, they are a terrorist organisation, don't recognise Israel's right to exist and carried out an unprovoked and deadly terrorist attack on Israel civilians. Do you really think Netanyahu could ever trust them after that??

You cannot destroy terrorists by killing so many women and children that they always have fresh recruits. We learned that with the IRA, with ISIS, the ANC and others. You stop terrorism by destroying the root causes of it.

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 05/04/2025 18:06

Gloriia · 05/04/2025 16:19

In WW2 the Germans bombed the UK killing thousands, that wasn't genocide it was sadly part of war and we bombed Germany killing thousands, that again wasn't genocide.

The Nazis rounded up and murdered hundreds of thousands of Jews in an attmept to wipe them out, that was genocide.

Can you really not see the difference?!

Civilians have been killed in Gaza because Hamas hide among them. I would bet that will be what this latest tragedy is about.

it only took 4,000 men and boys slaughtered in the Bosnian war for that to be a genocide. It doesn’t need to be hundreds of thousands.

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 05/04/2025 18:08

Gloriia · 05/04/2025 16:31

'Well, quite - but that still doesn't mean we should accept that every account from a witness is correct because they are Palestinian or an aid worker'

Indeed.

The IDF are investigating and unlike Hamas they don't tend to kill innocent civilians so I'm sure there is more to this story.

Well investigations aren’t looking good for the IDF because video of the attack has been verified and published.

Gloriia · 05/04/2025 18:09

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 05/04/2025 18:06

it only took 4,000 men and boys slaughtered in the Bosnian war for that to be a genocide. It doesn’t need to be hundreds of thousands.

It is the manner people are killed. If they are rounded up and shot in cold blood yes. If they are killed as part of attacks in a conflict as in Gaza then no.

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 05/04/2025 18:10

Gloriia · 05/04/2025 18:02

'IDF doesn’t give notice before attacking'

They actually issued press releases telling the palestinians to evacuate when they were going to attack didn't you know? Hence all the displacement. All Hamas fault.

Nope, not for the majority of attacks and there have been published investigations showing that they ordered them to go to a spot, and then bombed that spot within hours of them getting there.

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 05/04/2025 18:11

Gloriia · 05/04/2025 18:09

It is the manner people are killed. If they are rounded up and shot in cold blood yes. If they are killed as part of attacks in a conflict as in Gaza then no.

But they are rounded up within Gaza or trapped in a hospital/school/tents and then shot or bombed in cold blood,

Gloriia · 05/04/2025 18:12

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 05/04/2025 18:11

But they are rounded up within Gaza or trapped in a hospital/school/tents and then shot or bombed in cold blood,

Says who, Hamas?

Gloriia · 05/04/2025 18:14

Remember IDF allegedly bombed a hospital and killed 500 yet it turned out it was some palestinian group's rocket misfired and the death toll wasn't verified. Hamas make stuff up.

Gansy · 05/04/2025 18:16

cindyhove · 05/04/2025 17:54

Well you have got yourself in a tizzy because there are those of us who disagree with you and know the actual truth rather than the crappy bbc reporting.

What tizzy are you actually referring to then. You’ll notice I’m not the one legging it around Mumsnet to set up counter threads. That’s you. You need corral posts because evidence much of what you post.

Cris1976 · 05/04/2025 18:16

If anyone is in any doubt…. Watch this…. Be warned it’s a hard watch (the last moments of the paramedics).

z

It looks like they were outright murdered by the most ‘moral’ army in the world.

The lying f@cktards even said the vehicles were unmarked without flashing lights. You can’t believe a single thing that comes out of the mouths of these Zionists from day 1 (remember all those beheaded babies?).

The death of one Zionist is a tragedy …. The death of 50,000 Palestinians is a statistic.

user1471516498 · 05/04/2025 18:16

It seems like a lot of people are conflating sympathy with Palestinian civilians with support of Hamas. I mean yes, it is true that Hamas was voted into power in 2006, but a lot of the population were not eligible to vote then, and of those who were, I would very much doubt that people expected that they would not get another vote for 20 years!

As far as I can see, the civilians on both sides are victims in this, and on both sides, the leaders are acting in their own interests rather than in the best interests of their populations.

Gansy · 05/04/2025 18:18

Gloriia · 05/04/2025 18:14

Remember IDF allegedly bombed a hospital and killed 500 yet it turned out it was some palestinian group's rocket misfired and the death toll wasn't verified. Hamas make stuff up.

I remember that being investigated and concluded as untrue. The IDF even acknowledged it.

You’re bent in believing anything that support the Israeli govts aims. Brainwashed.

Comedycook · 05/04/2025 18:19

Cris1976 · 05/04/2025 18:16

If anyone is in any doubt…. Watch this…. Be warned it’s a hard watch (the last moments of the paramedics).

z

It looks like they were outright murdered by the most ‘moral’ army in the world.

The lying f@cktards even said the vehicles were unmarked without flashing lights. You can’t believe a single thing that comes out of the mouths of these Zionists from day 1 (remember all those beheaded babies?).

The death of one Zionist is a tragedy …. The death of 50,000 Palestinians is a statistic.

What's your definition of the term Zionist?

Gloriia · 05/04/2025 18:21

Cris1976 · 05/04/2025 18:16

If anyone is in any doubt…. Watch this…. Be warned it’s a hard watch (the last moments of the paramedics).

z

It looks like they were outright murdered by the most ‘moral’ army in the world.

The lying f@cktards even said the vehicles were unmarked without flashing lights. You can’t believe a single thing that comes out of the mouths of these Zionists from day 1 (remember all those beheaded babies?).

The death of one Zionist is a tragedy …. The death of 50,000 Palestinians is a statistic.

Yes you can see a convoy of ambulances and then you can hear shots. That's all that the clip shows?

Anything could've happened, 90% of the clip is darkness.

Gloriia · 05/04/2025 18:23

Gansy · 05/04/2025 18:18

I remember that being investigated and concluded as untrue. The IDF even acknowledged it.

You’re bent in believing anything that support the Israeli govts aims. Brainwashed.

I'm not brainwashed merely pointing out that Hamas make shit up. All the time.

Martymcfly24 · 05/04/2025 18:28

Twiglets1 · 05/04/2025 17:03

Netanyahu hasn't changed his position on what it will take for the war to end.

He said back in May 2024, “Israel’s conditions for ending the war have not changed: the destruction of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities, the freeing of all hostages and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel.

Seems reasonable that Hamas would have to be destroyed, don't you agree? They are a terrorist organisation after all, don't recognise Israel's right to exist and carried out a massacre of their civilians in October 2023.

www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/01/no-end-to-gaza-war-until-destruction-of-hamas-says-netanyahu-israel

As interesting as all that is it is completely irrelevant to the question I posed in relation to the statement if the hostages are freed the war will end with no other extenuation conditions or factors.

Clavinova · 05/04/2025 18:28

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 05/04/2025 17:38

It was reported in the press that they agreed to it:
Hamas will ‘accept PA governing Gaza’ under ceasefire deal
17 Feb 2025
https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/hamas-accept-pa-governing-gaza-ceasefire-rch26gjt

It was also not Hamas’ idea but the mediators including the US and UAE:
UAE in talks with US, Israel about provisional government for post-war Gaza
7 Jan 2025
https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/article-836444

the Palestinian Authority agreed to it as well
*Palestinian Authority 'Ready to Take Full Responsibility for Gaza Strip,' Despite Not Being Party to Cease-fire Agreement
18 Jan 2025
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-18/ty-article/.premium/palestinian-authority-ready-to-take-full-responsibility-for-gaza-strip/00000194-79cc-dce1-a396-fded13bb0000

Wiki summarises the phase 3 oversight as follows
Third stage
In this stage, Hamas would have released all the remains of deceased Israeli captives, in exchange for Israel releasing the remains of deceased Palestinian bodies that it holds.[158] Israel would end the blockade of the Gaza Strip and Hamas would not rebuild its military capabilities.[15]
Supervision and guarantors
Initially, it was proposed that activities in the Gaza Strip would be supervised by Egypt, Qatar, and the United Nations,[158] who along with the United States would guarantee the proposal and its provisions. As of February 2025, the government of Israel continued to insist that in its implementation of the "second-phase" (see supra) of the peace deal, the Gaza Strip must be de-militarized and that the Palestinian Authority (PA) was in no position to govern the Gaza Strip.[159]”

As seen above, Hamas & everyone else had agreed to it, so it would have happened if Israel had chosen to move on to phase 2 and then phase 3…but instead they chose to re-start the war

“On the early morning of 18 March 2025, during Ramadan, Israel conducted a surprise offensive of "extensive" airstrikes on Gaza, thereby shattering the almost two-month truce.[408][43] Israeli forces acknowledged that they were "conducting extensive strikes", and separately stated that their attack "plan was kept in closed circles in the IDF to create an element of surprise and deception."[409][410]…..”

Israeli journalist Barak Ravid argued that while journalists described the resumption of airstrikes as being a result of a "collapse", the ceasefire was deliberately collapsed by the Israeli government itself:
https://news.walla.co.il/item/3735371

As seen above, Hamas & everyone else had agreed to it

Well, your second link says this;

The diplomats and officials stressed the ideas that had emerged from the UAE talks lacked detail and had not been distilled into a formal, written plan nor adopted by any government.

Your third link says this;

Officials in the PA acknowledged that the agreement does not guarantee the Palestinian [Authority] any involvement in the Strip.

Wiki summarises the phase 3 oversight as follows
Hamas would not rebuild its military capabilities

Your first link is dated 17 Feb 2025 - the same date as this CNN article in which a different Hamas official says this;

Hamdan also said the idea of Hamas disarming is not up for discussion. The group “was not erased” by the war, he said, adding that it will regroup and continue “and I am telling you, we have an opportunity to expand.”

Hamdan added that the region should retain the ability “to slap Israel whenever it wants… as we proved on October 7,”

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/17/middleeast/hamas-will-not-disarm-gaza-israel-intl/index.

Gansy · 05/04/2025 18:35

Gloriia · 05/04/2025 18:23

I'm not brainwashed merely pointing out that Hamas make shit up. All the time.

You are @Gloriia, brainwashed. Intent on discrediting any evidence or outlet which speaks against Israeli violence, and believe anything old rush which supports the violence.

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 05/04/2025 18:50

Clavinova · 05/04/2025 18:28

As seen above, Hamas & everyone else had agreed to it

Well, your second link says this;

The diplomats and officials stressed the ideas that had emerged from the UAE talks lacked detail and had not been distilled into a formal, written plan nor adopted by any government.

Your third link says this;

Officials in the PA acknowledged that the agreement does not guarantee the Palestinian [Authority] any involvement in the Strip.

Wiki summarises the phase 3 oversight as follows
Hamas would not rebuild its military capabilities

Your first link is dated 17 Feb 2025 - the same date as this CNN article in which a different Hamas official says this;

Hamdan also said the idea of Hamas disarming is not up for discussion. The group “was not erased” by the war, he said, adding that it will regroup and continue “and I am telling you, we have an opportunity to expand.”

Hamdan added that the region should retain the ability “to slap Israel whenever it wants… as we proved on October 7,”

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/17/middleeast/hamas-will-not-disarm-gaza-israel-intl/index.

That’s because phase 2 was supposed to be negotiated during phase 1 and phase 3 negotiated during phase 2. So ofc there was no formal signed and sealed document laying out the exact terms of phase 2 or 3.

However, what I said was true- Hamas had agreed that the PA would take over Gaza in phase 3 and only Israel disagreed.

Also what a random Hamas official Hamdam says is as unimportant as what say Herzog or Cornricus say regarding the IDF and Israel. These are not the decision makers.

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 05/04/2025 18:59

Gloriia · 05/04/2025 18:21

Yes you can see a convoy of ambulances and then you can hear shots. That's all that the clip shows?

Anything could've happened, 90% of the clip is darkness.

You can also hear the shooters talking in Hebrew.
The investigation analysed the geo location and time of the video and it matches when the convoy went.
The vehicles shown in the video match the destroyed ones found. It also all matches satellite photos taken of the area and the vehicles that shows as they destroyed and vehicles and buried them and the bodies after dawn…so some was caught by satellite,
The voices of the paramedics have been idenfied as belonging to the bodies found.
The video was found on the mobile phone with the body of one of the paramedics killed (it was his phone) in the shallow grave that IDF admitted they had dug and bulldozed the bodies into.
IDF has already admitted to killing them. The video shows someone in the ranks lied about the vehicles not having their lights on, and not being clearly marked as rescue humanitarian and UN vehicles. They lied about the personnel not wearing their Red Cross/crescent uniforms, UN uniform and fire fighter uniforms, they lied about killing terrorists as part of the group,

The investigation also found that the area was declared an evacuation zone over an hour after they’d shot and killed everyone.

The investigation included US journalists - NY Times and Sky News- these are not Hamas propagandists or apologists.

The video also corroborates the one survivor of the convoy eye witness testimony.

Twiglets1 · 05/04/2025 19:00

Martymcfly24 · 05/04/2025 18:28

As interesting as all that is it is completely irrelevant to the question I posed in relation to the statement if the hostages are freed the war will end with no other extenuation conditions or factors.

It isn't irrelevant. You keep asking people on multiple threads what they think about Netanyahu saying he wouldn't end the war even if all the hostages are released.

So I'm pointing out that it seems reasonable enough for him to think that Hamas need to be destroyed in addition to the hostages being released. Seeing as they are a terrorist organisation, don't recognise Israel's right to exist and carried out a massacre of their civilians in October 2023.

What is unreasonable about that?

Martymcfly24 · 05/04/2025 19:21

Twiglets1 · 05/04/2025 19:00

It isn't irrelevant. You keep asking people on multiple threads what they think about Netanyahu saying he wouldn't end the war even if all the hostages are released.

So I'm pointing out that it seems reasonable enough for him to think that Hamas need to be destroyed in addition to the hostages being released. Seeing as they are a terrorist organisation, don't recognise Israel's right to exist and carried out a massacre of their civilians in October 2023.

What is unreasonable about that?

Yeah no still irrelevant.

Posters stated just release the hostages and the massacres (actually that was my word they said war ) will stop.
I said no that there was an indication that a hostage release would not end hostilities and explained why.

I'm not worried about what Netanyahu thinks (that will be for war crime courts afterwards thank goodness)

Twiglets1 · 05/04/2025 19:40

Martymcfly24 · 05/04/2025 19:21

Yeah no still irrelevant.

Posters stated just release the hostages and the massacres (actually that was my word they said war ) will stop.
I said no that there was an indication that a hostage release would not end hostilities and explained why.

I'm not worried about what Netanyahu thinks (that will be for war crime courts afterwards thank goodness)

You did not explain why, you just keep asking people what they think about Netanyahu saying he wouldn't end the war even if all the hostages are released.

You're trying to score points by saying to people, even if the hostages were released, Natanyahu still wouldn't bring the war to an end.

You never explain why not ...or what else he is requiring ... or whether you think that is reasonable or not.