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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 55 points 8 months ago (1 children)

@IronKrill per your comment you wanted someone to mention you when they did something. Here you go.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 17 points 8 months ago

Dude kept receipts. Post other receipts here in this thread.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 30 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Spending millions of dollars of relief aid for the millions of dollars of genocidal actions they funded that caused for a need for relief aid in the first place.

This is like the Mafia sending you flowers in the hospital after they broke your knees.

[–] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

its like god sending jesus christ to save us from... himself?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 3 points 8 months ago

Well, what's the worse that could happen if he did that?

I mean, we saw what'd he do over a fruit!

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Spending millions of dollars of relief aid for the ~~millions~~ billions of dollars of genocidal actions they funded that caused for a need for relief aid in the first place.

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[–] robocall@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did Israel ever allow the shit ton of flour into Gaza that America sent?

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I thought that was the four that was being delivered when the IDF massacred the Palesrinians that were there to receive it.

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Last count, 115 dead and 750+ wounded. Witnesses state that IDF fired indiscriminately and to kill. The Israeli government states they only shot when scared and that it was all the trampling caused by their "warning shots" that killed everyone.

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Source on witness please.

Only piece I've seen on indiscriminately shoot to kill was by a hamas source or Pro Palestine organizations.

I have however seen one that mentions a doctor stating something like 100 admitted (dead and wounded i assume) have gunshot wounds.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Does anyone know who made these 38,000 meals ?

That's a good number of meals to just appear and then have a planned drop without getting shot down.

That means this was a coordinated effort for Israel to not shoot, while also the meals being available and packaged prior to it happening.

Lots of logistics I would love to see the behind the scenes on

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They are almost certainly MREs. All anyone did to make them ready for this is pull them off a shelf and put them on a pallet.

[–] Milksteaks@midwest.social 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

That or humanitarian daily rations, they're much more cost effective and readily available than MREs, and specifically used for humanitarian crisis

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Also are made to comply with dietary restrictions so are often vegetarian or halal

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Given that they are HDR, does that mean they can drop individual packets instead of crates? They were designed to avoid the crowd crush associated with parachute crates.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Bro, what kind of air support do you think Hamas has? Israel's not above shooting down random US aircraft but this isn't exactly dropping off VIPs in Kyiv, there's not a lot of potential for confusion.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

I said Israel, if you think a plane flying over gaza isn't monitored by Israel you are mistaken. Their "Iron Dome" would have to track every plane with their geographic location

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I hope that this is bad writing and that they're not being so inefficient as to literally airdrop meals. They should be airdropping food supplies which can be turned into meals. Much more efficient.

Edit: Having read the article, they are dropping MREs. Not the worst but could be more efficient.

[–] Tolstoshev@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

Can’t let those orphan Hamas toddlers die of starvation before the IDF can shoot them in the head like they deserve. /s

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Drop them some fucking weapons.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That would literally just give Israel an excuse for another massacre.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't know if you've noticed, but Israel has not stopped massacring Gazans.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What do you think CNN would be reporting right now if that the people executed at the aid truck had been armed?

If every kid in Gaza had an AK they'd still lose to the IDF, and they'd also lose every bit of international sympathy while Bibi babbles about all Palestinians being armed Hamas radicals.

Gaza can not win this war. The only hope they have is diplomatic pressure as the world wakes up to the fact that Israeli isn't one of the Good Guys (TM)

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

I don't give a fuck what CNN reports. Maybe, just maybe Israel wouldn't have dared attack those poor people if their armed forces had symmetrical deterrents like cruise missiles. Keeping it real: we both know the US isn't going to arm Palestinians. I'm saying however, that beyond invading Israel ourselves, it would be the the most moral thing we could do.

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