U.N. human rights officials said Israel's strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp could be war crimes.
  • Hamas-run government says Israeli strikes on Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza killed at least 195 Palestinians, with concerns raised by the UN that these could constitute war crimes.
  • Evacuation of foreign nationals from Gaza is underway, with 320 already crossed into Egypt; about 7,500 are expected to leave within two weeks.
  • The strikes targeted Hamas military leaders and infrastructure, with Israel’s campaign responding to Hamas’ cross-border attacks from Oct. 7.
  • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Israel and Jordan to discuss the conflict and the need to minimize civilian casualties.

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  • blitzkrieg@lemm.eeEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    You think entire city blocks bombed and leveled to the ground, entire families just disappearing from existence is not enough to sympathize, so they need to fake the numbers?

    • Sentrovasi@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Sorry to be replying so late, (original poster of the post that generated all these comments here) but I think you’re missing the forest for the trees. You’re right that entire families disappearing probably will get more people to sympathise. That was my original point. Hamas wants innocent Palestinians dead just as much as Israel does. Whether they’ll fudge numbers to move that needle up or not is not really important at that point: some people just feel like in the face of that political reality, is it really so unlikely that they’ll do so?

    • WhiteHawk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      Who’s talking about sympathizing? I’m talking about joining them. It takes a bit more than sympathy for victims to become a terrorist.

      • blitzkrieg@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        When someone bombs your home, your entire neighborhood, and kills your entire family, you don’t need someone to convince you to fight back.

        • WhiteHawk@lemmy.worldEnglish
          16·
          1 year ago

          That applies to every single person there, does it? What are you even talking about lmao

          • blitzkrieg@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Everyone in Palestine has been suffering from Israel for literally decades. Nobody needs fake numbers to fight the oppressors.