Israel said it had largely secured the Gaza border and was evacuating nearby towns where the bodies of 1,500 Hamas militants had been recovered by Tuesday after days of gruelling battles outside the Palestinian enclave.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Israel’s military campaign following Saturday’s surprise onslaught was only the start of a sustained war to destroy Hamas and “change the Middle East”.

Fears of a regional conflagration have surged amid expectations of a looming Israeli ground incursion into Gaza, the crowded enclave from where Hamas launched its land, air and sea attack on the Jewish Sabbath.

The death toll in Israel has surged above 900 from the worst attack in the country’s 75-year history, while Gaza officials have reported 687 people killed so far.

Hamas gunmen massacred more than 100 people in the kibbutz of Beeri alone, said Moti Bukjin, a volunteer with the charity Zaka that recovers bodies in accordance with Jewish law.

    • beaubbe
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      371 year ago

      Whatch journalists actually visiting Gaza to get a full picture of the situation instead of repeating western media propaganda. The situation in palestine is disgusting. Gaza Fights for freedom

        • @WhatAmLemmy
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          191 year ago

          The only logical conclusion of Israel’s actions in modern history is that their goal is to radicalize Palestinians, so the resulting terrorism can be used to justify the continued genocide and annexation until there is no Palestine.

          • Quokka
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            41 year ago

            It’s not like members of their government are on record admitting to such things, nor did Israel play a key role in the foundation of hamas.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      Both, probably. It’s how propaganda and human shields work, but pretending the IDF never causes casualties is kinda nutter butters.

    • @CluckN
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      41 year ago

      Shooting straw men would be tough because bullets would go straight through with no resistance.

    • @scarabic
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      31 year ago

      At this point you don’t need to provide names and triple sourcing for the mere mention of Israel killing civilians including children.

        • @scarabic
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          11 year ago

          I don’t doubt it. But can you show me one of Hamas killing children?

          • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy
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            11 year ago

            Here you go. thought it would take a bit of time for the pics to start coming out

            NSFL obviously

            spoiler

              • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy
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                1 year ago

                WHAT ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT

                i hope every day that Hamas stop using civilians of all ages as human shields

                • @scarabic
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                  01 year ago

                  You cannot decry one side of a LITERAL WAR and cry whataboutism on any mention of the other side.

                  I wasn’t even engaging in whataboutism. If I were trying to excuse Hamas because Israel does similar things, that would be whataboutism.

                  I’m saying they’re both terrible and you seem to be saying NO ONLY LOOK AT ONE.

          • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy
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            11 year ago

            There’s been plenty of references in the tabloid media today of babies decapitated or otherwise mutilated by Hamas in the attack on Kfar Aza

            I’m holding out for a more reputable source like reuters to explicitly say it though.

            I have personally seen convincing videos/pictures of Hamas (targeting/having targeted) civilian cars (Which as far as your average Hamas militant is concerned could contain children), The elderly at bus stations, Young women. So extending that list of atrocities to include baby murder doesn’t seem that far fetched

            • @scarabic
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              21 year ago

              Oh I don’t doubt it. But that’s the thing with Hamas: they do enough bad stuff that people will believe anything of them. So they can be awful and still also the subject of fog of war lies at the same time.

              I’m concerned with the hysteria I see around them. They behead babies! They rape women on top of piles of dead bodies! Because that hysteria is designed to ready the world to excuse absolutely anything Israel might do next.

              And let’s face it: Israel kills a lot of kids too. And they have a hell of a lot more power to kill kids than Hamas.