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Killing almost 1,000 children a week is self-defence,Israel?

Imagine that every week in the United States, 1,000 children are killed. The reaction of the international community would change dramatically.

Israel's military offensive in Gaza is intended to liberate hostages, exact revenge for October 7, and eradicate Hamas. There should never be another time when Israelis are subjected to Hamas's degree of terrorism.
In the Israeli-Hamas war, we are now in uncharted ground. This is a challenging question. This has the potential to strain relations between Israel and its traditional allies.

There have been an alarming number of civilian deaths in Gaza, according to an analysis by children's groups of data from the Hamas-run Ministry of Health. Three weeks into the conflict, these groups estimate that as many as three thousand Palestinian youngsters have been killed. They caution that this figure is likely considerably higher, as hundreds more children are still missing and may be buried under debris.
The daily atrocities of hundreds of innocent civilians in Gaza, notwithstanding the failure of many world leaders to call for an end to the fighting, create an unprecedented predicament.

When asked, there is always the same answer:
Many innocent people, they fear, would be killed due to Hamas' clandestine operations among civilians. Hamas should shoulder the guilt. They are also now holding 30 newborns and small children hostage in underground tunnels in Gaza, in addition to the massacre of our children on October 7.
The massacre of almost three thousand Palestinian children in the first three weeks of this war is universally recognized as a war crime by the Palestinian people. The Israeli military and its political leaders bear full responsibility. If the military takes great care to protect civilians, why are so many of them being killed?
In the same way, Palestinians will never forget the 3,000 kids who were killed.

Keep in mind that the new battle was sparked by the atrocities committed by Hamas in its assault of Israel on October 7. All four of those men—Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak, Emmanuel Macron, and Anthony Albanese—face a dilemma. The four agree that "Israel's right to defend itself" is a fundamental principle. Still, when graves are filled with the dead of infants and children, pressure will grow on these leaders to demand that Israel end its offensive. Israel's current stated purpose is to go methodically into Gaza City and destroy Hamas's tunnel network, military infrastructure, and leadership, therefore for senior officials to use that word at this time would be a direct threat to that goal.

Without any external compulsion, Israel has launched a ground assault. Since "ground incursions" has a less dramatic ring to it than "invasion," that's what they call it instead.

It appears that the Israeli military is at least somewhat aware of the growing worldwide uproar against the indiscriminate death of civilians, as it has carried out three "ground incursions" thus far. You won't see the headline "Ground invasion begins" in any major newspaper or news outlet.

​Young children will be especially susceptible to emotional disruptions as a result of media coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict.

sigh ..sarge

Global public opinion stands with Gaza: Analyst

Speaking from Washington, DC, Palestinian political analyst Omar Baddar says people around the world are “watching these massacres [in Gaza] in complete and total horror”.
“They see that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is utter devastation, and not by accident as a result of the war, but by design,” Baddar told Al Jazeera.

“Israeli politicians have been quite explicit about the fact that they have deliberately cut off water, food and electricity to the entire civilian population. This is a war crime,” he said.

“They [the Israeli government] are intent on proceeding as if nothing is happening as long as they have the backing of the US. And unfortunately, that looks like it remains intact.”

Aljazeera

Israel troops enter Hamas tunnels as Netanyahu rules out ceasefire


According to the national security council spokesperson for the White House, the US does not currently think that a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is 'the right answer.Israel announced on Tuesday that it had launched an attack on Hamas terrorists within the Islamists’ extensive network of tunnels beneath Gaza. This came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls for a ceasefire to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave.

As Israel steps up ground operations inside Gaza to destroy the ruling Hamas movement in the wake of its gun rampage three weeks ago that left over 1,400 people dead, the tunnels are a major goal.

“Over the last day, combined IDF combat forces struck approximately 300 targets, including anti-tank missile and rocket launch posts below shafts, as well as military compounds inside underground tunnels belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization,” the Israel Defernce Forces (IDF) said in a statement.

Self defence from been unarmed to Sling-shot and stones versus modern war machinery

i believe some atheists are hoping for something beyond the grave

In reply to sgtdjones

Consider this question carefully, what does Hamas actually want?

Do they want a ceasfire or resolution to save innocent Palestinians form the carnage?

If Hamas truly cares for Palestinians they should surrender. Nothing to be gained form fighting.

In reply to doosra

I don't think there is a God or an afterlife. Is there someone who can show me God in person or take me to holy places like heaven?

If God created Satan, why? The Bible claims that God has killed millions of people, whereas Satan has killed just 14.

Humans, according to those who think that God made them in his likeness, are horrible works of art.
The God depicted in Christian mythology is terrible because, if he exists at all, he is undeniably evil.
God's cruelty is on full display in hell, a realm of eternal torment.

If God exists, which I doubt, then God is terrible.
Not just "man" is used as a template for gods; some of history's most reviled figures have been elevated to divine status.
In the end, I have to say that "God is cruel" because the men (and women, possibly) who first came up with the idea of god
were exemplars of the worst in humanity. (What a wonderfully witty irony in the name!)


As an atheist, I do not believe in the existence of a supreme being. Earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and diseases
are all too complex for the universe to have evolved without the intervention of a mighty and all-knowing creator. The end outcome
of these things is widespread ruin and human suffering. Given his boundless resources, he could have built a world free of these disasters.
If there is a god, he or she is certainly not a nice person and certainly not worthy of worship.
To explain, it's because everyone has an innate propensity to be selfish and cruel.
When you die, it's all over.

Unless you are like the Idiot who believes the bible will help allya...

In reply to XFactor

Hamas' only demand is that they be allowed to return to their original homeland.
Consider the Palestinians' situation to be analogous to that of the Jews in Nazi Germany. A kind and kind people, you may think will be the end result...
Let's say your family has farmed the same plot of land for generations and suddenly someone else takes it away from you.
You were incarcerated for a while before being sent to Lebanon, a faraway country with refugee camps and limited opportunities for their citizens.
Sometimes Israel will launch a bombing raid.

There is now no land or sea access for the inhabitants of Gaza, who are trapped in a restricted enclave.
Israel has complete maritime dominance. Jews take over more land while the rest of the world looks away.
Is there any future for the Palestinians?
Israel receives help from the United States, Britain, and France when making important decisions.
The continuous slaughter of Palestinians by the Israeli Defense Forces...

Learn what has led to the success of terrorist organizations like ISIS and Hamas.
They've built up a tolerance to the routine of everyday life.
Once the need for retribution becomes a reality, not even death has any significance.
They would rather die like this than on handouts.

Historians agree that England's weakness was the starting point for this problem.
The U.S. is making the situation much worse.

Avoid crowds, using public transit or going to a busy airport.
These days, Earth is a dangerous place to live.

In reply to XFactor

Answer this to answer yourself about what Hamas 'may' want.
What drove a group of ppl. to dig hundreds of miles of underground tunnels, supply it with food and arms.
What forced them to dive deep in the sea to harvest metal from a sunken ship and make it into rockets.

What forced men to risk death, dog-bites, hunger and thirst to follow a star from the Southeastern US to the North Eastern?

What forced The Jews in The Warsaw ghetto to wade through sewerage lines to get food and arms with wish to defend themselves?

What drove Soweto youths who knew what could be to march and attempt to facedown brutal apartheid driven cops?

Freedom is a must 'Blam-Blam!'

In reply to sgtdjones

man i thinking allyuh secretly hoping there is some after punishment for the murderers dem parading in jah name

In reply to doosra

Instead of a secret book full of lies, I'd rather have faith in El Dorado.
Humans in need of validation for their dark impulses and actions are drawn to this kind of writing in droves.
Take a look at the ultra-devout that leads the church, they are flawed humans that tells the flocks what to believe for silver donations..

They find solace in the fabricated texts that men later called scriptures.

In reply to Brerzerk

Great response to that post which I find was very stupid,people may call Hamas a terrorist group but many see them as freedom fighters.We are looking at a situation that would not have reached this far if it wasn't Israel and the Palestinianss involved.The west continue to "suck up"to Israel always making up for the treatment of Jews in Europe in years gone by.Jews should always remember that they got refuge in Arab countries when they were chased out of European countries.

In reply to doosra

You can say that again

In reply to googley

You want more bloodshed...
T&T, Ukraine and Gaza have enough..

You think that moron with scriptures will help?
Its hasn't helped to date ?