‘Catastrophic consequences’ for Gaza civilians if Israel invades Rafah
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The US has cautioned against a large-scale offensive in Rafah, warning of ‘disaster’ in the overcrowded city.

No full article for this yet, but it’s on the AlJazeera Live Updates Page

In case the link doesn’t work well on mobile, here is the news:

Israeli snipers shooting at ‘every moving object’

As we reported earlier, Israeli snipers killed at least 21 people in Khan Younis in the south of Gaza, where displaced Palestinians were gunned down trying to reach Nasser Hospital.

Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Rafah, says that Israeli snipers are surrounding the area of Nasser Hospital and “shooting at every moving object” as people are trying to reach it from the two densely populated residential neighbourhoods from the eastern and the western part of the hospital.

“The area around the hospital is very dangerous, and it has turned into a combat zone,” he said, noting that the hospital area is the only place right now in Khan Younis that has some water left.

EDIT: link to full article is here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/9/israeli-snipers-kill-21-civilians-outside-gazas-besieged-nasser-hospital

  • @OccamsTeapot
    3•9 months ago

    It’s not about acceptance. I want facts. I want to know why.

    Maybe you missed the point of the question. Can you imagine any possible reason why that would make this ok? What justification could there possibly be? Not even in the realm of facts, just theoretically speaking.

    Journalism is not a game of yelling and pointing, it’s about giving the whole story. This ‘news’ is like your racist uncle on Facebook spouting nonsense.

    I just want to address this because people say it a lot. Basically all news about “events that occurred” come from “reports,” unless there is public documentation or photo/video evidence. In a war zone this is totally normal. There is literally no other way to find out what is going on. It’s not like there are researchers on the scene collecting data and getting it peer reviewed before putting it on CNN.

    Is there any reason you think that these people making these first hand reports are lying?

    • @Potatofish
      -7•9 months ago

      No. Imagining is for your after school sesame street shows, this is for facts. Anything else is a waste of time.

      Journalism is research. Posting random videos is TikTok.

      • @OccamsTeapot
        2•9 months ago

        Imagining is for your after school sesame street shows

        Thinking about things is really quite useful.

        Journalism is research. Posting random videos is TikTok.

        What if you post it on an established mainstream news outlet who employs you and it shows real-time footage of the thing we’re all trying to find out about?

        • @Potatofish
          -5•9 months ago

          Just like images, realtime footage is useless without facts. This isn’t kindergarten, journalism is investigation, not just posting videos.