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Conflict in the Middle East

'Don't Mention the Children'

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YourFavouriteFalafel · 20/09/2025 09:56

A poem for the children of Gaza, by Michael Rosen.

We will never forget.

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Everexpanding · 08/10/2025 19:48

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 08/10/2025 18:49

I’ve certainly never seen any ‘child soldiers’ on here.

https://www.thedailyfile.org/forcibly-involved

My god that is heartbreaking @Wedonttalkaboutboris

Allthatwegotisthispalebluedot · 09/10/2025 21:02

tinytemper66 · 07/10/2025 21:20

Surely we can think of both? The victims of October 7th and all Gazans who have been victims before and after October 7th?

We can. There is enough space on this thread to hold all the children killed by this terrible war.

Wakeuplittlebunnies · 09/10/2025 22:25

This poor boy. Scroll to see the video. Shocking.
Imagine being awake for that and probably without painkillers

www.instagram.com/p/DPmj-Zwk7Of/

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 10/10/2025 13:28

My point is, I don’t believe it’s the reason nearly 20,000 children have been killed. Nor do I think it justifies the deaths of 20,000 children- which, pointing out in this context does make people sound like they’re justifying these children’s deaths.

TicklishMauveSquid · 10/10/2025 18:46

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 10/10/2025 13:28

My point is, I don’t believe it’s the reason nearly 20,000 children have been killed. Nor do I think it justifies the deaths of 20,000 children- which, pointing out in this context does make people sound like they’re justifying these children’s deaths.

I didn’t say it was the sole reason for the amount of child deaths (reported by Hamas), nor did I justify it. Quite the opposite, if you bothered to read my post before the one you responded to, Maybe you should read it again.

The old trope of accusing people who challenge the anti Israel narrative, as justifying the death of children, has been used to try to shame people into believing terrorist propaganda for two years now.

It’s boring and doesn’t work on me, so don’t bother.

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 10/10/2025 18:55

TicklishMauveSquid · 10/10/2025 18:46

I didn’t say it was the sole reason for the amount of child deaths (reported by Hamas), nor did I justify it. Quite the opposite, if you bothered to read my post before the one you responded to, Maybe you should read it again.

The old trope of accusing people who challenge the anti Israel narrative, as justifying the death of children, has been used to try to shame people into believing terrorist propaganda for two years now.

It’s boring and doesn’t work on me, so don’t bother.

The old trope of trying to victim blame doesn’t work on me either.

KoalaKoKo · 10/10/2025 19:11

Israel has military camps for teens too - do kids who attend them count as militants? Hamas hasn’t used kids as militants in twenty years - they expressly forbade it. They have done a lot of evil things but the child soldiers thing is nonsense propaganda thrown out to justify murdering babies.

JaneEyre40 · 10/10/2025 19:15

TicklishMauveSquid · 08/10/2025 00:11

Yes, and not only Jewish children butchered in Israel but also children killed not only by Israel in Gaza via Hamas using civilians as human shields and but also by Hamas firing rockets from civilian areas, covering whole areas in landmines and IEDs as booby traps for the IDF and very likely shooting them themselves.

Why has no one considered that a high level of lower limb amputations in a war, as studied in wars like Afghanistan, are primarily due to IEDs and landmines.

Does anyone seriously think that Hamas or the PIJ take precautions when firing rockets from refugee tents or booby trapping whole city blocks, to ensure civilians are not at risk?

Hamas who actively tries to prevent civilians leaving areas given evacuation orders, would not shoot a load of kids to blame Israel (not as if they’re above murdering children in cold blood), when they say the blood of Palestinians fuels the resistance and of course the hatred of Israel.

How will we ever know how many of these children were actually killed by Israel, who are accused of deliberately targeting them, but for what purpose?

To reinforce the view that they are monsters, but why target some kids and facilitate the evacuation of others for medical care, even treating them in Israeli hospitals?

How does that stack up?

How many of the 20,000 child deaths (Hamas figures) were used in warfare as child soldiers. They were certainly murdered by Hamas.

How many would have lived if they had been afforded the basic right to be evacuated to safe refuge during a war which seems to have dismissed by their so called advocates, who think it’s more important they are child death figures in case their families can’t return to their home. I’m sure any child living in the midst of a war zone would prefer they were in a safe country with their families safe and they will have never experienced that under Hamas rule.

I’m sure this will upset those who want to believe Israel is responsible for every death in Gaza and the IDF are an an unprecedented army of gleeful psychotic baby killers because they’re predominantly Jewish of course, killing without care with the whole world watching, worse than any other military group even Hamas who did actually do that, which is clearly utter horseshit or they would have cleared out Gaza 2 years ago.

Riiiiight....IDF killed no babies 🙄

SharonEllis · 10/10/2025 19:28

KoalaKoKo · 10/10/2025 19:11

Israel has military camps for teens too - do kids who attend them count as militants? Hamas hasn’t used kids as militants in twenty years - they expressly forbade it. They have done a lot of evil things but the child soldiers thing is nonsense propaganda thrown out to justify murdering babies.

I am sure I have corrected you on this several times now. Hamas ostensibly banned child soldiers but they continue to use them. Everyone knows it. I don't have time to dig out the links but anyone who is interested in truth can do so.

TicklishMauveSquid · 10/10/2025 19:31

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 10/10/2025 18:55

The old trope of trying to victim blame doesn’t work on me either.

Explain where I have victim blamed.

TicklishMauveSquid · 10/10/2025 19:37

JaneEyre40 · 10/10/2025 19:15

Riiiiight....IDF killed no babies 🙄

I didn’t say they hadn’t now did I?

All wars have civilian casualties which have included children sadly, which makes it even more heinous that Hamas deliberately started one and even worse than that, deliberately set the stage for children to be killed as they wanted as many dead as possible.

Unspeakable evil.

The point in my post was quite clear I think.

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 10/10/2025 19:48

TicklishMauveSquid · 10/10/2025 19:37

I didn’t say they hadn’t now did I?

All wars have civilian casualties which have included children sadly, which makes it even more heinous that Hamas deliberately started one and even worse than that, deliberately set the stage for children to be killed as they wanted as many dead as possible.

Unspeakable evil.

The point in my post was quite clear I think.

The point is that Israel’s response has gone far beyond self-defence, breaking multiple ceasefires and killing tens of thousands of civilians, the majority women and children.

One atrocity doesn’t justify another.

TicklishMauveSquid · 10/10/2025 20:14

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 10/10/2025 19:48

The point is that Israel’s response has gone far beyond self-defence, breaking multiple ceasefires and killing tens of thousands of civilians, the majority women and children.

One atrocity doesn’t justify another.

Why do you think the majority of the dead are reportedly (according to Hamas), women and children as opposed to fighting age men, out of interest?

What would be the reasoning behind the IDF having a military aim of targeting and killing women and children in your opinion?

Obviously you wouldn’t know the IDF’s reasoning, if they had one, I’m interested in yours though.

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 11/10/2025 01:52

TicklishMauveSquid · 10/10/2025 20:14

Why do you think the majority of the dead are reportedly (according to Hamas), women and children as opposed to fighting age men, out of interest?

What would be the reasoning behind the IDF having a military aim of targeting and killing women and children in your opinion?

Obviously you wouldn’t know the IDF’s reasoning, if they had one, I’m interested in yours though.

They may not be trying to kill women and children, but they’re certainly not trying to prevent it either. Every decision Israel has made- the blockades, the bombardments, the refusal to let people flee- has collectively harmed civilians and disproportionately affected children.

I don’t know if the IDF intends to target women and children, but the outcome is obvious. According to the UN Human Rights Office, of the 8,119 verified deaths in Gaza between November 2023 and April 2024, almost 70% were women and children. That isn’t a coincidence- it’s what happens when you drop wide-area explosives into one of the most densely populated places on earth.

And that’s not even counting the well-documented cases of children and babies being directly shot at- including those trying to reach food, aid trucks, or shelter. So whether it’s deliberate or not, the result is the same- Israel’s tactics have made civilian death unavoidable.

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