- 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.
Media Bias Fact Check (Reuters):
Overall, we rate Reuters Least Biased based on objective reporting and Very High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing of information with minimal bias and a clean fact check record.
War sucks. Belligerent cities are often bombed. Civilians always suffer. This is the inevitable consequence of that city’s government slaughtering hundreds of civilians of a state with superior military capabilities; I’m not sure what they thought would happen.
New euphemism dropped: “Belligerent cities” is the new refugee camp.
Gaza’s government attacked Israel in an act of war. This means they are a belligerent against Israel in this conflict. The population centers they control, aka, cities, are being attacked in response. I’m not using a euphemism, I’m calling this exactly what it is.
Unless the people of the city are the same as the government, I don’t see how you can say the population is belligerent. I don’t think we should say the Israeli citizens are belligerent because their government funded Hamas and are doing a genocide.
Huh? Israel is indeed belligerent, because they are at war. It seems like you don’t know what this word means.
I think there are two issues:
…or in this case, a nation and its territories
Pick one.
I’m not sure you know what some of those words mean.
Sure and you can use that as to why Hamas did what they did.
Sure, but it’s Gaza being bombed now. So should have tried a different approach probably.
Ah yeah, people being actively ethnically cleansed should just sit back and accept their fate.
SURELY there is NOT ONE SINGLE thing Israelis did to provoke Oct. 7 attacks.
Oh yeah, it wasn’t just ONE SINGLE THING. It was THOUSANDS OF THINGS. Those things being war crimes committed against Palestinians. And not just recently, it has happened for decades.
Rage and violence won’t change Gaza’s realpolitik situation, it will make things worse.
All the perceived historical grievances in the world won’t change Gaza’s realpolitik situation.
They cannot win through violence. They will lose everything if they insist on it. I’m saying Palestinians should instead try pacification and diplomacy, it is the only viable path to peace where they have hope of achieving some objectives that are important to them. Ignoring the fundamental realities of their situation brought them to here.
What would a nation do if their lands keep getting seized, your people marginalised, your plight ignored by almost all countries?
Sue for peace, accept the least terrible terms you can.
At one time Palestinians had so much support all their neighbors went to war for them, this goodwill appears to have since evaporated due to their behaviors and unwillingness to compromise. Now they are just being used as convenient pawns against Israel, as their lands ebb away. If they are to to be free and autonomous once again I don’t see any other viable path.
It’s nice to be able to tag people who support oppression and ethnic cleansing.