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    Lol this group is like “doesn’t matter” all of a sudden.

    Wish I had the energy to go back to the old threads and reply to all the “IDF is lying” comments.

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      I guess you would have a point if Israel didn’t routinely bomb civilians and didn’t routinely lie about it.

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        They don’t routinely lie about it. They pre-drop little fliers that say “we’re about to bomb here; if you don’t want to die you better leave” and then they come back in a couple of days or weeks and bomb. What on Earth would they lie about? “Wow, a bomb went off right where we dropped leaflets saying it would, but it definitely wasn’t us.”

        The only bombing they actually did lie about is this one, where Hamas beefed a rocket launch and struck one of their own hospitals and Israel said “yeah, we were active in the zone” before anyone knew it wasn’t an Israeli weapon.

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          I’ve never understood how dropping a flyer on someone’s house letting them know they’re going to be bombed stops Hamas. What’s stopping Hamas from fleeing as soon as they see the flyer?

          The only person then impacted by the bombing is the guy whose house you bombed.

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            They are bombing areas where intelligence gather puts Hamas activity, safe houses and other assets that can’t easily be relocated. If Hamas tries to move military equipment,IDF is watching the area to strike when they come out in the open. If nobody leaves they strike the area as planned.

            If you knew your neighbor had a rocket launch system in his basement they you personally saw him firing off towards a nearby city, and for reasons we won’t discuss decided not to inform the authorities, and then one day woke up to your street being blanketed with fliers saying bombs were going to strike the location because of militant activity why would you stay?

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            They’re willing to accept a lower success rate for a lower civilian casualty rate - isn’t that exactly what you want?

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            I’ve never understood how dropping a flyer on someone’s house letting them know they’re going to be bombed stops Hamas.

            You can’t move a tunnel entrance. Hamas can run away, but they’re still going to get a building collapsed on top of the tunnel entrance.

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          “I’m going to rob your house and shoot all your family in 2 hrs okay?” I know you are innocent people that’s why I told you I’ll kill you in few hours /s . Wtf is this logic in first place!? It’s terrorism.

          Plus, so many kids and families died under these bombs and found cut up under rubbles because Israel doesn’t even do that any more. Even before the war, they used to tell hospitals and huge residential buildings to evacuate in 1-2 hrs or be bombed. I can’t even get up to work in 1 hr notice let alone evacuate a house or a full building.

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            “I’m going to rob your house and shoot all your family in 2 hrs okay?”

            They’re not going to rob it; they’re going to fucking bomb it, to achieve a military objective in a theater of war.

            It really sucks that your house is in a theater of war! It’s likely to be destroyed by the army you’re at war with. War has really unfortunate knock-on effects; I recommend not starting a war of extermination against your neighbors.

            Plus, so many kids and families died under these bombs and found cut up under rubbles because Israel doesn’t even do that any more.

            They still do it; it’s just that Palestinians would rather die and kill their entire families in Israeli bombing than preserve life. Palestinians believe their lives are without value unless they’re dying to kill Jews.

            The only explanation for why Palestinians continue to huddle under bombs they’re warned are coming is that they believe human life, including their own, is valueless. It’s a sick culture, a death cult, and Israel is defending itself against it.

            You absolutely could evacuate your house in an hour; Israel gives weeks. The huddle under the bombs regardless because they wish to die.

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          They pre-drop little fliers that say “we’re about to bomb here; if you don’t want to die you better leave” and then they come back in a couple of days or weeks and bomb.

          They used to do that. They aren’t in this war.

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            No, they’re still doing it. The flyers have been on social media, even.

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              They actually dropped flyers for people to go to a refugee camp. The people who listened and went to the refugee camp then got bombed by israel in the camp.

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          The fact you’re getting downvoted so much is just another reminder how feelings matters more than facts to certain groups of people.

          All sides in this war suck but the constant dogpiling against Israel when Hamas uses child labor to dig their tunnels is telling of how people view this conflict.

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            They’re being downvoted is because Israel was caught lying about it. Multiple times. And because Israel has bombed places without dropping flyers (or dropping flyers with wrong information) many times in this war.

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              But they don’t have to drop flyers at all! Indeed they probably shouldn’t, in the hopes of catching Hamas by surprise. But even after Oct 7th they’re trying as hard as they practically can to keep civilian casualties to a minimum even though they could end the war against Hamas a lot faster, and with fewer Israeli casualties, if they didn’t.

              Israeli Jews are bleeding in the streets to keep Gazans safe, and their repayment is unabated, universal antisemitism among Gazans. Incredible. Is there a more ungrateful people in existence than the Palestinians?

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                What the fuck is wrong with you? I refuse to even engage with this, but like seriously, you should reflect on what you just said.

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                  It’s wild seeing astroturfing from these accounts. That and the total dehumanization of Palestinians.

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                  Nothing’s “wrong” with me. I’m telling you what is obviously true. Israel is fighting to preserve human life against enemies that completely disregard it.

                  No thinking person can look at what’s going on in Gaza and disagree. I don’t see how that’s even possible.

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      First it was obviously Israel that purposefully fired at the hospital and a huge deal, then it slowly changed to “doesn’t matter, it’s Israel’s fault anyway for starting the war”.

      It’s incredible

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        Younger generation totally fine with Hamas attacking civilians but angry that Israel retaliated and attacked sites that launched rockets is pretty astounding.

        All up in arms that Palestinians are dying but not once asking why all the Palestinians were fine with Hamas digging tunnels and hiding military equipment in their backyards.

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      You’re right. The Israeli and US governments were telling the truth, for once. I bet that left a bad taste in their mouths.

      Better wash out that taste by bombing some more little kids.

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    Now that Israel just openly declares it is bombing and invading hospitals, the fog of war bullshit really doesn’t matter anymore.

    Maybe this one hospital strike was a rocket. What about all the other ones?

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      Yeah, so maybe you’re right, maybe I did steal money from your purse, push grandma down the stairs when she got in my way, left the milk out over night, shit in Dad’s shoes while high on meth, smoked crack in the alley, slapped all my cousins alphabetically, poured cocaine on the dog, but I swear, I didn’t smoke crack in my bedroom and I don’t like being accused of things I didn’t do!

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        My understanding is this lie was used by Hamas to isolate Israel from Arab nations where much of the public was frankly horrified by the brutal violence Hamas had aimed specifically at civilians. So no, it wasn’t just “the one relatively inconsequential thing,” it is a lie that has had serious consequences.

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          It’s also a large part of why people believe everything Hamas says (e.g. death tolls) while also refusing to believe anything Israel says.

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            The reason people believe Gazan death tolls is that they’re found to be reliable by almost every organization working in the region. And the reason most people refuse to believe what Israel says without confirmation is because they’ve been caught lying on multiple occasions, many times going as far as fabricating evidence (remember the Al-Shifa calendar)?

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              They’re “found reliable”, but not actually checked. Like, nobody actually checks Hamas’ numbers; they just “confirm” them.

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                  They don’t, though. Check. They can’t. No independent body can operate freely in Gaza, it’s under Hamas control. They know that Hamas can rescind whatever meager access they have, and so they figure that humanitarian purpose is better satisfied by preserving access by not angering Hamas.

                  But they don’t have access to strike sites, they don’t have access to morgues. Islam requires the dead be buried by nightfall, so there’s simply no opportunity for independent observers to actually verify body counts. They’re just demographically “verified” - “oh, we know about that many people lived in the apartment block, so X is a plausible figure for deaths.” But that’s not confirmation.

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          This is the entire reason for the 10/7 attack. Israel is normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia and this was a planned and timed move by Hamas to try to stop that.

          It did not work.

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          Considering the fact that Israel is now bombing and invading every hospital, what difference does it make?

          If this was a lie then it was only a lie by a few weeks. Israel has fulfilled every accusation that Hamas has made.

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              The truth matters for the historical record, but it wasn’t a lie like the other poster said; it was at worst a false conclusion. Instead of treating this like a reasonable mistake, though, they’re cooking up conspiracy theories to assign malicious intent to what is pretty clearly just a result of the fog of war.

              If it was a mistake. I’m reserving judgement until there’s an actual forensic investigation and a truth-and-reconcilliation commission for Israel’s crimes.

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                  People do not need excuses to accuse something of being fake news. Also, there really weren’t a lot of reporters that actually reported this as an Israeli airstrike - they mostly just reported about the claims that were being made of an Israeli airstrike, but tried to stay neutral.

                  Though yes, some jumped to conclusions. Reasonable conclusions in my opinion, but that’s bad reporting.

                  But if truth matters, then we shouldn’t react to bad reporting with wild and speculative claims about people lying to make Israel look bad.

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        All the other ones were literally illegally used by Hamas as bases of combat operations and storage of their weapons.

        According to Israel, the one doing the war crimes. 🙄

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              Only 20 deaths while bombing a location sheltering 20000.

              Bombing UN sponsored shelters for refugees

              These words you added ultimately mean nothing if they aren’t used for that purpose.

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            So, ignoring the only people on the ground telling us what is happening?

            Okay, so Israel has openly admitted to the crime of collective punishment through the blockade and indiscriminate bombing by claiming that anyone who voted for Hamas is a legitimate military target. Bombing hospitals, something else they now admit to, is a crime even if they are mixed military/civilian targets; a claim that Israel has still not proven, by the way. They’ve also made their motives very clear about forcing the population of Gaza into Egypt, though they claim this is merciful and humanitarian it is still ethnic cleansing and fits the crime of genocide.

            These are war crimes that Israel is telling the world it is committing that do not require us to rely on reporting from Palestinian journalists.

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              Okay, so Israel has openly admitted to the crime of collective punishment through the blockade

              Lol it’s so funny to me that you people will jump through hoops to try to make this a thing.

              How mad are you going to be when these “war crimes” are totally forgotten about once you cease to be useful as a propaganda vector?

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              Israel has openly admitted to the crime of collective punishment through the blockade

              Have they? A blockade makes sense in the context of a war.

              indiscriminate bombing by claiming that anyone who voted for Hamas is a legitimate military target.

              These are likely two unrelated points. i.e. civilians are being killed in bombings, and some Israeli official has shared their idiotic opinion.

              Bombing hospitals, something else they now admit to, is a crime even if they are mixed military/civilian targets; a claim that Israel has still not proven, by the way.

              No it’s not? And yes, it hasn’t been proven to the point of “Hamas militants have been fighting back in hospital corridors”, the evidence has been there. Militants fighting right outside the hospital, militants taking hostages through the hospital, tunnels under the hospital etc.

              They’ve also made their motives very clear about forcing the population of Gaza into Egypt

              Makes sense, get the civilians out of the way so they can sweep the strip without killing them. How is that genocidal lol

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                Have they? A blockade makes sense in the context of a war.

                A blockade is a war on the entire population, yet Israel insists it is not at war with Gaza and is only at war with Hamas. That means they’re telling on themselves; they do not see a distinction between Gaza’s Palestinians and Hamas. They’ve also failed to prove that every element of their blockade has a clear military purpose, which is essential for avoiding war crimes.

                These are likely two unrelated points. i.e. civilians are being killed in bombings, and some Israeli official has shared their idiotic opinion.

                Not “some official” but multiple Israeli officials and low-level government agencies and think tanks. The highest escutcheons of power aren’t admitting any kind of connection, but I say there’s enough that’s come directly from Israel that we can suspect motive and should open a war crimes investigation at the very least.

                No it’s not? And yes, it hasn’t been proven

                Under international law, hospitals are presumed civilian unless proven otherwise. Israel didn’t prove anything before it attacked. Therefore: war crime.

                Also? In the case of a mixed civilian/military target, every effort must be made to preserve civilian life or it’s still a war crime. Instead they snipe nurses.

                Makes sense, get the civilians out of the way so they can sweep the strip without killing them. How is that genocidal lol

                Well I suppose it’s only genocidal if they aren’t allowed to come back and I suppose I can’t prove that Israel is planning to annex Gaza into Israel (even though it’s been stated multiple times from different sources within Israel’s government and institutions). I’ll retract, with the caveat that it’s ridiculous if you think they’d ever be allowed to go home.

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                  A blockade is a war on the entire population … do not see a distinction between Gaza’s Palestinians and Hamas

                  How do you distinguish a Hamas militant from a civilian?

                  essential for avoiding war crimes.

                  [citation needed]

                  say there’s enough that’s come directly from Israel that we can suspect motive and should open a war crimes investigation at the very least.

                  Fair enough. It’s not going to change anything in the short term, but that’s fair.

                  Israel didn’t prove anything before it attacked.

                  Didn’t prove anything to you. The general public doesn’t need to be privy to that information lol.

                  every effort must be made to preserve civilian life or it’s still a war crime.

                  Sounds like they did to me. I saw multiple emotionally manipulative posts about premature babies in the hospital when they were running out of power. Nothing about those premature babies being dead. Only about them being evacuated.

                  If the most fragile lives came out intact, that says enough really.

                  Instead they snipe nurses.

                  Really reaching for points there lol.

                  I do find it interesting the level of evidence you require from Israel vs the level of evidence required from Palestine. (No I’m not equating Palestine to Hamas. I’m referring to their collective media sources)

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    So glad the world’s #1 childkillers didn’t kill these particular kids. Props to the IDF and the Israeli government for not killing these specific people for no reason.

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    Who the hell cares, Israel has killed a whole lot more innocent people, including thousands of fucking children. The Israeli government is a bunch of genociders.

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      Because the truth and facts matter when discussing moral responsibility. It doesn’t absolve Israel of other acts of war harming civilians. But this matters when discussing Hamas’s responsibility over the death of Gaza civilians.

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        You will all nitpick minor details and put those who are oppressed (the Palestinians) over hot fiery coals for being potentially wrong whilst never laying a single ounce of doubt or blame on Israel, the ones conducting a god damn ethnic cleansing. I’m sorry I don’t really care about arguing over this one specific instance of horror, (that which I never personally said was Israels fault by the way) when there are many thousands upon thousands of other instances that Israel boasts about murdering innocent people.

        Nitpick all you want, but all of you are just pathetic if this is the tiny sad ant hill you die on while real people die.

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      Don’t you bother to ask what happened to 1000 misfired rockets from Gaza?

      (1200 something confirmed misfires from IDF, and almost 800 something from a twitch streaming bots that were scraping al Jazeera cams etc, some independent new reports on these too). Let’s just say 200 rockets, don’t you wonder where they landed and what happened?

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        And the amount of rockets fired by anyone in Gaza is nothing compared to the sheer destruction Israel does.

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          Well, according to al jazeera they dropped 6000 bombs - 4000 tonnes - from Oct 7 - Oct 12.

          As of 2nd Nov the number was 25000 tonnes. Let’s say that’s 25000 bombs.

          Pretty terrible death rate for that number considering the options available.

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        I’m sorry, do we have to wait for them to finish? We know their intentions, Israeli officials say it plainly, that they want to remove them all, make it uninhabitable where they live. That is the act of genocide, you piece of garbage.

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          We know their intentions, Israeli officials say it plainly

          I thought they only lied though. I guess you can always pick and choose which parts you believe.

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            They do lie, they lie all the time. Yet when they talk about their bloodthirst for genocide, dumb motherfuckers like you say, “oh haha that’s so funny they’re just kidding!” Y’all stupid shits of course only believe lies. Talk about picking and fuckin choosing, my god you hypocrite.

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    HRW may very well be right here, but if the only investigation the police does after a homicide is talk to some witnesses… but you know, never actually check for fingerprints, or in this case… analyze fragments from the rocket, then I’m not going to go all in and say that they’ve done much of a report. How convenient that people act like this is all the proof they need without even reading what they actually examined.

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    Yeah, I don’t believe it. How would they know what happened? Were they out there with Hamas firing rockets?

    That would make them… well, you know. Communists

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      Neither side is ‘good’ or remotely acts like it in this conflict/war. The only good guys around are the medics & doctors trying to keep people from dying, volunteers trying to keep people from dying of lack of food/water/warmth; and of course all the innocent civilians who are caught up in this clusterfuck.

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        The only good guys around are the medics & doctors trying to keep people from dying

        Naw, these people are bad too, it turns out. These people are willing to lie to everyone to preserve their access to Gaza and the flow of UN aid.

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        The only good guys around are the medics & doctors trying to keep people from dying

        Then why aren’t they demanding Hamas GTFO of their hospitals and schools? You’re so close.

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          How do you know they’re not? They aren’t the military and would have no way to actually do anything about it.

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          Yeah, I wonder why they don’t demand that the GUYS WITH THE WEAPONS get the fuck out or else.

          And I’m not saying whether the population agrees or not with Hamas, I’m just saying that “GTFO” is not an option.