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The state of Gaza's hospitals: Surgeries without anesthesia and with only mobile phones for light. Vinegar from the corner store as disinfectant. 5,000 patients in a hospital built for 700, some sleeping on the floor. No power, no clean water, little fuel.

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[–] snek@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes sure, but what about the 1.5k children that are now dead? What did they do? Israel made no effort to discriminate.

The office said in statements Saturday that the death toll in Gaza since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel has risen to 4,385, including 1,756 children and 967 women. Another 13,561 people have been injured, the statement added. (source)

How many "war crimes" do Palestinians deserve to live and die in until we finally fully apply the idea of "never again"?

Israel has no interest in arresting these people and bringing them to justice. Instead they are committed to ethnic cleansing with their evacuation orders and constant killing of civilians. Half of the population of Gaza are children (so more than a million) who never, "voted" for Hamas and now sit in Gaza with no water and food supplies dwindling, ready to die any moment.

I'm sorry for all those victims but their deaths can't justify ethnic cleansing and genocide and certainly not apartheid.

[–] burchalka@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Note that Israel do arrest, judge and sentence the terror group members when it is possible to do so, like in Israeli villages or in the West bank. But since Gaza is a self managing autonomous entity - this is not possible (without great risk to involved officers).

[–] snek@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like the majority are Palestinians held without charge and being tortured in prison. Fuck Israel's track record of human rights violations.

[–] burchalka@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prisoners_released_by_Israel_in_the_Gilad_Shalit_prisoner_exchange 🧐

The military Hamas leader Ahmed Jabari was quoted in the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al-Hayat as confirming that the prisoners released as part of the deal were collectively responsible for the killing of 569 Israeli civilians.

[–] filister@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The real question is how many settlers got effective sentences for killing unprovoked Palestinians or IDF soldiers killing intentionally kids who threw rocks on them. This is once again showing the double standards when coming to Palestinians.

[–] burchalka@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Look, when press says kids throwing rocks, it sounds like they're throwing marbles, while the fact is a) they're pretty well trained in throwing using slings b) on some occasions these are huge pieces of cinder blocks - definitely capable of severe damage/killing if one gets hit on their head...

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Only if they're brown or they do something so egregious the international stage notices. Other than that it's open season on Palestinians there and it has been for decades. They've literally shot the doctors at protests with no reprecussions.