PieFedDozens killed in Gaza as Israel strikes fourth school in four days
www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240709-dozens…
Palestinian sources said at least 29 people were killed Tuesday in a strike on a school being used to shelter displaced people in Gaza, the fourth such incident in four days, with Hamas blaming Israel for the deaths.
Israel's military told AFP it was checking the latest reports. It has acknowledged carrying out three other strikes since Saturday on Gaza schools being used as shelters.
The strike hit the entrance to Al-Awda school in Abasan, said a source at Nasser hospital in the nearby southern city of Khan Yunis where victims were taken, adding that 29 were killed and dozens wounded.
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Why can't Israel pull an American school shooter and kill themselves before they're held accountable?
Hamas has denied Israeli claims that it uses schools, hospitals and other civilian facilities for military aims.
We've seen recent video footage of Hamas tunnels accessed via hospitals, and reports about Hamas using hospitals, schools, and mosques to hide weapons goes back decades.
What video footage? I’ve never heard of this. The claims going back decades have been exclusively from the IDF and have never been able to be independently verified, in other words they’re bullshit.
They *may* be bullshit, but they're very easy to find with a search engine.
Pretty sure this video has snippets from the one I saw a few weeks or months ago:
I’m not sure “easy to find with a search engine” is a good proxy for truthfulness. The NBC article is entirely based on what the IDF says, and NBC says they could not verify the claims. There isn’t any evidence that prisoners were in the hospital for military purposes, it seems entirely reasonable they were taken there to be treated, Hamas has every incentive to keep the prisoners in good health. Israel on the other hand has systematically destroyed all healthcare infrastructure in Gaza and has tried to make up any possible justifications for their crimes against humanity. Giving them any charity or credibility here is just foolishness.
It is said that the first casualty of war is the truth. I do not think it is reasonable to believe anyone is telling the whole truth. This war seems to be driven by deep hatred on both sides. All those of us who are in our cubicles thousands of miles away (like myself) can do is to get a variety of news items from a variety of sources and attempt to discern the truth, and be willing to accept that we may not find it.
I don’t advocate taking any belligerent’s word at face value. But, considering their independently verified actions and stated motives (particularly those most unsavory), it’s usually pretty easy to understand what’s going on. Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people, whose land they are intent on stealing. We know this because they’ve said so and their actions all point in that direction.
Can we stop calling them "strikes on a school" when it's not being used as a school.
You wouldn't call it a "strike on an empty field" if people were camped there, just because that's what it was previously.
Just call them what they actually are, strikes on shelters.
For what it's worth, sure strikes on a school is probably considered more sympathetic than strikes on a shelter. Unfortunately, much of the public seems to believe Palestinian lives have no value, yet somehow attacking children (even if they're Palestinian) is still reprehensible. So, rather than allowing people to think that the school was converted into a shelter for Hamas supporters, they just use the term school. Admittedly, I'm not familiar with reporting standards around the world, so I might be off.
Yeah, I agree with you in principle, it's just that I usually try to not edit the original version if it's not absolutely necessary for clarity, but, yeah ...
If the aliens are out there we deserve to be destroyed.
Just so sad.
Also, let's stop reinforcing the euphemistic language US culture has built around war. These aren't "strikes", they're bombings.