U.N. human rights officials said Israel's strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp could be war crimes.
  • 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.

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  • zbyte64English
    18·
    1 year ago

    New euphemism dropped: “Belligerent cities” is the new refugee camp.

    • DarkGamer@kbin.social
      6·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • zbyte64English
        17·
        1 year ago

        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.

        • DarkGamer@kbin.social
          1·
          1 year ago

          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.

          • BreakDecks@lemmy.mlEnglish
            10·
            1 year ago

            I think there are two issues:

            1. “Belligerent” has more than one meaning, and people are being tongue-in-cheek using it as an adjective rather than a noun.
            2. Generally, the noun refers to combatants, not civilians, because deliberately killing civilians isn’t just an inevitable part of war, it is a war crime (no matter whatever context you think justifies accepting civilians as collateral damage).
            • DarkGamer@kbin.social
              2·
              1 year ago

              Generally, the noun refers to combatants

              …or in this case, a nation and its territories

              deliberately killing civilians isn’t just an inevitable part of war, it is a war crime (no matter whatever context you think justifies accepting civilians as collateral damage).

              • killing civilians is deliberate
              • killing civilians is collateral damage

              Pick one.