Israeli airstrikes destroyed a tower block in Gaza City after Hamas militants launched a rocket and air attack on Israel in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The Israeli army launched Operation Iron Swords against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, with Israel’s president, Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the country, is ‘at war’.

Al Jazeera journalist Youmna El Sayed was reporting live from Gaza the moment the missile struck Palestine Tower behind her.

Sources in Gaza said at least 198 Palestinians were killed in the strikes

  • Custodian1623@lemmy.world
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    The Hamas charter literally states that their goals are only attainable through jihad. The motivation is not “material desperation” but Israel’s destruction. Israel’s actions have helped radicalize people toward Hamas but Hamas goals are expressly not self defense.

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      Hamas is literally fascist, yes. But then you also have to ask why they have an easy time recruiting fighters instead of being a handful of hateful creeps in a nondescript shisha bar. Without all that energy created from desperation, Hamas would have precious little to work with. Heck without Fatah corruption they wouldn’t have anything to work with.

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        The actions of the IDF and the state don’t justify mass murder of civilians. All that accomplishes is poking the bear. Israel is oppressive against the people of Palestine but by no means do two wrongs make a right.

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          I’m not justifying. I’m explaining. And the explanation is that Israel drives Palestinians to desperation and instincts break through. A cornered cat won’t care whether it’s a bear cornering her she’s going to scratch that fucker no matter what.

          Also history has shown that not poking that particular bear doesn’t make it any friendlier. Frankly speaking at this point the only thing that could get us out of the conundrum, I think, is an Israeli civil war, with the settlers on the losing side.