MicroWaveOct 7, 2023

Hamas says it has taken ‘dozens’ of Israelis hostage

https://lemmy.world/post/6459138

Hamas says it has taken ‘dozens’ of Israelis hostage - Lemmy.world

An Israeli military spokesperson confirmed that there were “hostage situations” in the southern city of Ofakim and the nearby kibbutz of Beeri. Hamas said it had taken “dozens” of Israeli soldiers hostage and moved them to the Gaza Strip as footage emerged appearing to show gunmen in military fatigues leading a group of mostly barefoot women down a street in Israel. The announcement and video verified by NBC News came hours after Hamas launched a deadly land, air and sea attack and fired a huge barrage of rockets at Israel.

Show threadClown_TempuraOct 8, 2023
Slowly genociding an entire people and their culture for their land eventually pushes them to commit unspeakable acts of violence to try and save themselves? Interesting.
Show threadKra
See the apologists are on top of the threads again. You sound like Putin. The crimes of the Palestinians are inexcusable.
Oct 8, 2023 at 5:57amWeb
Show threadClown_TempuraOct 8, 2023
You sound like a spastic. I wonder how many Palestinian civilians the Israeli government has killed. They really do deserve each other.
Show thread01011Oct 8, 2023
Self defense is inexcusable?
Show threadfluxionOct 8, 2023
This will only bring more conflict upon the people Hamas pretends to “protect”
Show thread01011Oct 8, 2023
Worse than the abuse and degradation that they already experience? Worse than losing their land to thieves backed by the western world? Worse than being targeted by Zionist security agents?
Show threadfluxionOct 8, 2023
Yes, since now all those things will be escalated in revenge for these indiscriminate attacks. It goes both ways, it’s not one side that needs to relent; to achieve peace, both sides need to relent, but acts like this make that notion more and more implausible, and in the end it’ll only lead to further escalation and further suffering, and given that Israel has more resources than Palestine or Gaza, that suffering will be felt more by the people Hamas “protects”.
Show threaddanhakimiOct 8, 2023

Self-defense against this little teenage monster, huh? https://www.instagram.com/p/CyG1HdsA5I9/

There's no such thing as self-defense against a civilian who never hurt anybody.

Yes, murdering and kidnapping civilians is inexcusable, why would that be excusable?

Show thread01011Oct 8, 2023
The Israelis murder and kidnap Palestinian children on an almost daily basis. They kill Palestinians regularly. Are they not civilians being unfairly brutalized or is it only unfair when the western world says so? Or when the victims are female, another western norm.
Show threadsivalenteOct 8, 2023
Absolute lies.
Show thread01011Oct 8, 2023
Pretty well documented at this point what the Israelis have and continue to do to the Palestinians but I see you.
Show threaddanhakimiOct 8, 2023

If your lies were documented at all, you'd cite a source. Luckily, people can look these things up on Google.

Here's an article from 234 days into the year, from Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/22/more-than-200-palestinians-nearly-30-israelis-killed-so-far-this-year-un. That number is not children, it's mostly active enemy combatants.

More than 200 Palestinians, nearly 30 Israelis killed so far this year: UN

UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland says deaths from violence so far this year are the highest recorded since 2005.

Al Jazeera
Show threaddanhakimiOct 8, 2023

The Israelis murder and kidnap Palestinian children on an almost daily basis.

Lol, you assholes just love the fact that nobody's going to look this up on Google.

Not even close. Total Palestinian deaths this year are around 2-300, by Hamas estimates, and are mostly adults engaged in terrorism, although Hamas refuses to distinguish. That number likely also includes Palestinian victims of friendly fire. Kidnappings are negligible—unless you count arresting a terrorist as kidnnapping. Palestinian children have died, but it's nowhere near daily or even weekly.

Show threadHEISENBERGOct 8, 2023
How is what zionists have been doing any better?
Show threadCryophiliaOct 8, 2023
They’re not. Everyone sucks here.
Show threadsndmnOct 8, 2023

That implies Israeli crimes are excusable.

Says a lot about you.

Show threadSpziOct 8, 2023
Our protections only ever reveal about ourselves, and never about the person onto which we thought to project.
Show threadCryophiliaOct 8, 2023

That implies Israeli crimes are excusable.

No, it doesn’t, but the fact you think it does says a lot about YOU.

Rational, informed people condemn both sides here.