Gaza: Children killed as Israeli strike on playground leaves 11 dead

At least 11 people, including children, have been killed in an Israeli attack on the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, it has been reported.

The Palestinian Wafa news agency reported that the strike hit a playground frequently visited by displaced children.

Most of those killed were children, the news agency reported with several people also wounded in the attack

One eyewitness described the situation as a “horrific scene of children torn apart”.

The latest data from Unicef said that one child in Gaza is killed or injured every 10 minutes and further said that at least 70 children are injured every day during the Israeli bombardment.

octopus_ink,

Why would Israel stop? They don’t give a shit and no one is doing more than frowning at them in response.

Can’t believe THIS is something I find topical and in need of posting over and over:

visualizingpalestine.org/visuals/six-wars-old

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/49564c0e-10f5-40ff-b2a1-5626232037fa.jpeg

Immersive_Matthew,

Unfortunately we the people keep promoting the most narcissistic, sociopathic people to “leadership” positions. This is in all nations and the consequences of this are all over the place throughout all history yet few are talking about it.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod,
@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world avatar

Narcissistic sociopaths are exactly the sort of people who seek out power

mlg,
@mlg@lemmy.world avatar

Anyone remember that one Palestinian tv character Farfour the mouse?

And people made fun of him for being a Mickey Mouse ripoff Hamas propaganda character designed to incite hatred.

In episode 105 (aired June 22, 2007), Farfour is beaten to death during an interrogation by an Israeli who is trying to acquire the key and title to “Tel al-Rabi”, a fictional Palestinian settlement which was occupied by Israelis and renamed to Tel Aviv.

Seems pretty tame in comparison to getting orbitally nuked on a god damn playground.

mjhelto,

This is so fucking disgusting. There is no way the IDF doesn’t have precision munitions or know what they are targeting. Also, why the fuck even look to bomb a refugee camp? Why bomb a fucking playground inside a refugee camp? How can any civil person do that to children, regardless of their ethnicity? If the goal is to rid the area of Hamas, all they do is create more of them by doing this shit.

I’m sorry, I was willing to give the IDF the benefit of the doubt, but after other instances of a similar type, there is no doubt that this and other attacks on innocent children are deliberate. This was a playground. This was a refugee camp. These were children… Meanwhile, I’ll watch as many of the world’s governments shake their fists in the air at Israel, and do nothing more to stop any of this.

I’m gonna go hug my son while I mourn the world he is inheriting.

cosmicrookie,
@cosmicrookie@lemmy.world avatar

There must have been a tunnel there or some headquarters under the swings

merthyr1831,

Palestine has a right to defend itself.

Harbinger01173430,

Jewish Nazis doing what Jewish Nazis do best.

John_McMurray,

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    Harbinger01173430,

    The ancient Egyptians could’ve saved us from all of this…but no. They had one job. /S

    Siegfried,

    And Americans are ~40% german descendants, that’s why they are helping Israel perpetrate this genocide in every possible way!

    See that? That is racism. It’s a pretty bad thing.

    John_McMurray,

    Makes sense, actually

    Sir_Kevin,
    @Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    It blows my mind that there are people on here that are cool with doing an airstrike on a playground full of orphans. Many (most?) of which already had to witness the same happening to their parents.

    I’m sorry but there is zero justification for that. None. Your argument is invalid.

    Pilferjinx,

    I’ve never met a good guy that blows up children.

    theotherverion,

    True. Even if your country gets attacked by terrorists, you cannot breach international law likes this.

    Semi_Hemi_Demigod,
    @Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world avatar

    Americans: i.giphy.com/H5C8CevNMbpBqNqFjl.webp

    John_McMurray,

    idk if international law applies. Israel and Palestine are the same country.

    theotherverion,

    I don’t think they are

    John_McMurray,

    The way things sit currently, “Palestine” is more like a large native american reservation than a country, maybe a reservation in 1885 when they were still actively, occasionally, fighting the government and the army would come by sometimes and kill a bunch.

    mjhelto,

    Man, fuck international law, it goes against the religious beliefs held by many committing these atrocities. I’m not religious at all, but if your god is happy you bombed a fucking playground of children, then fuck your god.

    Side note, I agree with you and this was not directed negatively to the previously reply. “Your” was used generally, not specifically. I hate this world sometimes, is all.

    Madison420,

    They all have the same god bud. Islam, Judaism and Christ based religions are all religions of Abraham.

    mjhelto,

    I know. That’s why I didn’t specify any specific deity and left it lower-case. They’re all the same never-ending grift.

    bartolomeo,

    Yea, their argument boils down to “well Hamas so they deserve it, it’s their own fault”. Incredibly apathetic and cruel. Tbf people who think like that are also victims of something truly fucked up in their lives, but they are wrong and Israel is wrong to do this. Full stop.

    Aceticon,
    • Every Palestinian is Hamas.
    • Every hole in the ground is a Hamas Tunnel.
    • Every critic of Israel is pro-Hamas.

    Those 3 sentences are the entire foundation of Israeli Propaganda.

    There is not a single “argument” maybe by the Israeli Government, the IDF, hasbara astroturfers or genocide-excusing useful idiots that doesn’t relly on at least one of those, especially the first.

    gmtom,

    *Hammas controlled playground.

    Wouldn’t want someone to think you’re antisemitic would you?

    prole,

    But we gotta put more sanctions on Iran, right?

    Passerby6497,

    How long until we hear about Hamas tunnels under the playground, or a secret weapons cache hidden in the crawl tube?

    Asafum,

    Those aren’t swings those are kinematic ballistic launchers! Super high tech made to look like children swinging. Those tubes? Those aren’t slides. They’re nuclear missile silos! That sand… Yeah that’s just sand, but it’s HAMAS sand and it’s all Bidens fault for selling high grade military sand to Israel! GeNoCiDe JoE!

    cosmicrookie,
    @cosmicrookie@lemmy.world avatar

    It was not a playground. It was training facilities for terrorists. Also it was cloudy so they maybe couldn’t see so clearly or mistook the children for hamas fighters. I am sure they have some heartfelt apologises to share and that they will investigate themselves and publish the results for full transparency

    The real question is, when will the world have had enough of these lame excuses?

    Linkerbaan,
    @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

    Aljazeera Arabic released a video showing some of the victims of this brutal israeli massacre on little children. Some injured some dead.

    Footage starts at about 1:10 NSFL (light Gore + Death): Video link

    queezywheezy,

    Harrowing. Those poor children.

    Fuck Israel. Fuck HAMAS.

    Linkerbaan,
    @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

    Hamas had nothing to do with israel slaughtering these children.

    Unless we take the IDF suggestion that all these kids were “Hamas operatives”.

    queezywheezy,

    I never said they did.

    But they also slaughtered children.

    I stand by my statements.

    capem,

    IDF is killing more civilians and children than Russia 😬

    feddylemmy,

    Crazy how people are defending Hamas. Yes, fuck both. Free the Palestinian people.

    NoneOfUrBusiness,

    Did they? From what I've heard Hamas soldiers killing adults and sparing children was a common pattern on October 7th. Not that killing random adults is okay, but AFAIK they tended to draw the line at children.

    Linkerbaan,
    @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

    Hamas has a 3% child casualty rate on October 7 (including all israeli friendly fire)

    Israel has a 40% child casualty rate since October 7

    It would be great if the Hamas child casualty was even lower but one of these is clearly not like the other.

    queezywheezy,

    I in no way deny or defend the patently obvious genocide being committed by Israel.

    But I refuse to ignore the slaughter committed by HAMAS.

    Much like the IRA, a just cause does not justify any means. Omagh was wrong. The 7th of October was wrong. Murderes of innocents and children.

    Acknowledgement of that didn’t lessen the murder and brutality of the UK or Israel. State sanctioned oppression, murder and genocide.

    Both are wrong. Downvote away.

    John_McMurray,

    IRA was right,

    bartolomeo,

    Typical Boko Haram supporter.

    Linkerbaan,
    @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

    What are you talking about did Hamas shoot up children last week?

    Natanael,

    Only tankies defend crimes against innocent civilians based on them being citizens of a stronger country

    All civilians deserve protection

    Linkerbaan,
    @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

    Yeah last time I checked israelis are pretty well protected right now. Is Hamas currently doing a Genocidal invasion of israel or something? I think I missed that can you link it?

    Natanael,

    Why are you answering a question that wasn’t asked? You’re defending violence against civilians and now you’re trying to weasel away from acknowledging it’s what you’re doing.

    Both governments are bad, both groups of civilians are innocent and deserve protection. But you can’t let yourself say that because you think one is less deserving than the other based on where they were born.

    Linkerbaan,
    @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

    You’re defending violence against civilians and now you’re trying to weasel away from acknowledging it’s what you’re doing.

    You are accusing me of something that I never did. I am simply saying that Hamas has not recently murdered any civilians. Whereas israel has murdered civilians every single day recently.

    Natanael,

    I can read between the lines. What you choose to respond to and whose atrocities you choose not to acknowledge says a lot about you.

    Linkerbaan,
    @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

    I have acknowledged Hamas doing atrocities half a year ago. I am quite unsure why you still feel the need to bring that up.

    I am not bringing up israeli pedo terrorists mass murdering and raping girls either

    Natanael,

    Then why are you both-sidesing it when you could use accurate criticism on both instead?

    Linkerbaan,
    @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

    I am not both-sidesing. The comment I responded to is both-sidesing.

    Hamas has nothing to do with israel massacaring kids on a playground.

    Adanisi,
    @Adanisi@lemmy.zip avatar

    Let me guess…

    “Hamas” in the playground?

    baldingpudenda,

    They really saw those videos of terrorists using monkey bars and decided to bomb a playground.

    bartolomeo,

    You mean Martyrdom Made Easy?

    Burgomaestre_paris,

    Thank you Biden

    RunningInRVA,

    Thank Bibi. Not Biden.

    Burgomaestre_paris,

    What does Biden’s cock taste like?

    RunningInRVA,

    Great rebuttal.

    givesomefucks,

    Compare his response to this: absolutely nothing

    To his response to a counterattack that resulted in zero casualties and the US and Israel were warned of ahead of time: wanting to start WW3

    nonailsleft,

    Wanting to what now?

    givesomefucks,

    What the fuck do you think will happen if the US and Israel attack Iran for a “counterattack” that killed zero people that was in response to Israel attacking Iran’s embassy?

    Like, do you even realize what countries are acting rationally here?

    nonailsleft,

    What makes you think the US would attack Iran?

    NoneOfUrBusiness,

    Israel is definitely trying to make it happen.

    IbnLemmy,

    So, here’s a question, what would be the appropriate Palestinian response to this?

    nonailsleft,

    Grief?

    NoneOfUrBusiness,

    After that? What would be a proportionate response, if you will.

    DdCno1,

    Not whatever Hamas is doing.

    BreakDecks,

    Okay, Oct. 7 is what they did, but what are they currently doing that you think warrants the slaughter of tens of thousands of Palestinian children?

    What level of response to that do you think Palestinians are entitled to?

    Or do you think they deserve this for existing, and oppose any resistance at all?

    gedaliyah,
    @gedaliyah@lemmy.world avatar

    You are aware that Hamas has continued armed fighting, including firing rockets at civilians since October 7, right? Just because Oct. 7 was by far the worse, that doesn’t mean they laid down their arms and surrendered.

    rasmus,

    So you think they should just let the genocide continue?

    gedaliyah,
    @gedaliyah@lemmy.world avatar

    I think Hamas should surrender and release the hostages. I don’t see another realistic way to end the war at this point.

    rasmus,

    Well if they surrender then they will just kill more with less resistance

    sabin,

    Palestinians are opposing the wrong people. If Hamas operatives were unable to operate publicly this war would be a lot easier for Israel to conduct in a manner that minimizes civilian casualties.

    BreakDecks,

    Hamas ≠ Palestinians

    Hamas may target Israeli civilians in their war against the IDF, and that is fucking evil, but Palestinian civilians are just trying to survive. The IDF kills orders of magnitude more Palestinian civilians in their war against Hamas, and that is orders of magnitude more evil.

    Expecting Palestinian civilians, half of which are children, and all of which are currently experiencing a man-made famine, to lead the charge against Hamas or die in the crossfire is fucking deranged.

    Atin,

    Hamas is the defacto government of Gaza. They have more support amongst the people than most governments in working democracy. So yes Hamas does equal Palestinians in Gaza.

    Natanael,

    More than half of the current population had also not yet been born when Hamas was elected, so you can not reasonably say it’s their responsibility when no election has been held since and when even Netanyahu personally has supported Hamas financially and helped them destabilize competing parties who wanted peace

    DdCno1,

    What they are currently doing is still sending unguided rockets towards Israel, rockets that have an accuracy measured in kilometers and can thus only be used as terror weapons. Is Israel just supposed to eat those? Their defenses aren't perfect and every single alert means that people have to interrupt whatever they are doing and rush into shelter within seconds.

    slaughter of tens of thousands of Palestinian children

    Because every single death in Gaza is either that of a child or a woman. What a ridiculous claim. Here's another reminder that the only numbers we have from Gaza are those reported by Hamas themselves. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't even trust them as far as I can throw them.

    There are legitimate forms of resistance, both armed and unarmed. Neither Hamas nor any other militant Palestinian organization has ever focused on legitimate resistance. It's always been terrorism. The difference between Israel and its enemies is that civilian casualties are an unintended side-effect to Israel, one which they are trying to minimize through all sorts of measures, whereas for Palestinian organizations, it's the main goal. Had the October 7 attacks limited themselves to military targets like border fortifications and command centers only, that would have been legitimate armed resistance. But they did not, they only did this in order to enable the murder, rape and abduction of civilians.

    Mrkawfee,

    Bad Hasbara.

    Count042, (edited )

    Anti-semitic racist justifying a genocide while ignoring things like the March of Return and other non-violent protests ending in slaughter from Israeli snipers literally wearing t-shirts showing stick figure pregnant women in cross hairs with the caption “One shot, Two kills”

    You do realize the internet and the ability to automatically translate the genocidal rheoteric coming from the Israeli government has changed things, right?

    People who don’t speak Hebrew can now translate this shit in real time.

    DoomBot5,

    March of Return and other non-violent protests

    Oh right, storming a national border and flying incendiary balloons into Israel is considered non-violent when it comes to talking about Palestinians.

    Count042,

    Your timeline is wrong with your bullshit for justifying the slaughter of peaceful unarmed people.

    But I wouldn’t expect much more from someone that believes ICBMs are not ballistic missiles.

    What does ICBM stand for again?

    DoomBot5,

    Sorry, I guess your lack of reading comprehension goes along with your lack of knowledge of history. My timeline is quite accurate as to the events that took place during the violent border protests known as “march of return”. They even burned a bunch of tires to conceal their activities.

    Natanael,

    What’s linear time?

    NoneOfUrBusiness,

    Then what?

    DdCno1,

    Right now? Surrender. They already lost, but refuse to acknowledge it, which only costs more Palestinian lives.

    capem,

    Fight back by any means necessary.

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