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[–] [email protected] 96 points 10 months ago (27 children)

This is some serious whataboutism. Yeah, we know Hamas does this but that doesn't make it ok to do what Israel is doing either.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 10 months ago (23 children)

Unfortunately, some observers are casting doubts on the Hamas atrocities.

That being said, I agree entirely that this is just a deflection attempt from Israel.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

you can say this about nearly any conflict in history

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Yes, but this is disproportionate. The people are walled in, they have no prospects, they can't go anywhere, they have no army. This bombing is disproportionate. This isn't defense. It's genocide.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Any latecomers to the thread are heartily encouraged to skip this comment section, stretch, relax their neck and shoulders, and drink some water.

[–] praise_idleness 1 points 10 months ago

Only valid response in the thread. Damn. Some people.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Israeli authorities have shown harrowing footage of killings and mutilations during Hamas’s rampage in southern Israel on 7 October.

The government showed the 43-minute compilation in a private screening for dozens of foreign journalists at a military base in Tel Aviv on Monday to counter what it said were attempts to deny or downplay the extent of the atrocities.

The audience was not allowed to record the compilation but one excerpt, approximately one minute long, was released to the public: it showed Hamas militants flagging down a car as it drove slowly along a rural road.

The gunmen open fire, hitting the vehicle, which swerved and halted, revealing two people slumped in the front seats.

Still images showed a decapitated soldier, charred human remains, including those of young children, and several Islamic State flags, the Times of Israel reported.

The screening took place amid renewed appeals to Israel to halt its bombing of Gaza, which killed at least 400 Palestinians in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll in the territory to more than 5,000, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.


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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Showing what its really happening :)

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