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Reminds me how some special person on reddit described October 7 as a "minor provocation".
I mean, we can all agree that Israel are no saints, but anyone who supports Hamas or downplay the way they operate are in my opinion either stupid or ignorant or both OR they have no fucking morals and should stop pretending to ride around on that high horse when they cry about dead Palestinians.
Yes, Israel are fucking horrible for killing civilians, but Hamas are the ones who uses the civilians as meat shields. If Hamas played by the war handbook, there would not have been this many dead civilians. At the very least Israel gives out warnings for civilians to evacuate and area before they bomb it while Hamas build their entire base of operations right in the middle of where little kids are playing.
I don't fucking want to defend Israel, but I want idiots who support hamas to understand what the fuck it is they are supporting. And if they still support Hamas after that, then they might as well support Israel too. They both have Palestinian blood on their hands. Ffs. Why does this conflict always attract the dumbest people among us? It's like the war version of all those antivaxxers that popped up under covid.
the IDF murders people coming for food rations in cold blood, no warning. Another ~~72~~ 76 dead yesterday by that same strategy.
Source : AFP
be wary of what headlines you read
no worries, I read Mediapart which is a trustworthy journal
that's great! got a source?
Sorry I should really make it a habit of quoting my source anytime I make a claim... there is so much disinformation in the air
Mediapart.fr
edit my bad... it was Courrier International, relaying AFP info, itself coming from the PCD (Palestinian Civil Defence, rescue organization), which AFP said they could not independently verify (quoting the article). And it was 76 people not 72 although I don't think at this point it makes much of a difference.
https://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/gaza-la-defense-civile-fait-etat-de-76-personnes-tuees-par-des-tirs-israeliens.afp.com.20250619.doc.62yz4g2.xml
The PCD is a Hamas-run organisation. I personally don't take that very seriously
Well, I don't know anything more than that.