Did you say that because you were reading my other comments? How about you read the one where I link to people calling for death to Israel because of this event. What else would you call people who openly eat anti-Israeli propaganda and call for their death?
Ah, Israel made the terrorists and it’s Israel’s fault the terrorists attack them. And, what? Israel should allow the terrorists to exist because it’s Israel’s fault? You realize you’re excusing terrorists that would kill you without hesitation? That’s what you’re defending.
Thanks for that absolutely irrelevant fact. Civilians die in war. One side of this war is a democratic government, the other is a literal terrorist organization. Are you defending terrorists today? Is that what you woke up to do on the internet?
And any other nation would have destroyed the whole Gaza strip after the first few 1000 rockets that were launched at them. What Israel continues to show is a measured restraint unlike any other nation.
Your defense is useless. Insofar as Israel should stop killing innocents, you have no solution to letting terrorism fester at their borders. No solution to the 1000s of rockets launched at them. No solution to the constant threat of invasion and brutalization of their citizens. You have to say that you support Palestinians, because there’s nothing you can say to stop an organization that demands nothing less than the death of all Jews. So, who do you care to support? Will you allow the Israelis to die because that means Palestinians don’t suffer? Or will you allow the Palestinians to die so that Hamas can be destroyed?
Has Gaza been destroyed yet? That’s restraint. Cry all you want, Israel isn’t the terrorists you make them out to be. The terrorists are the literal terrorist organization with a stated mission to kill all Jews. Are you supporting that?
To be clear, I’m responding to people who have already assigned blame to Israel for this. If you’re opposed to jumping to conclusions, you should be calling out those top-level comments. Go on.
The 500 number, to my knowledge, is an exaggeration and the source was a Hamas spokesperson. Do you have a source for that number?
The hospital is the big building that blows up when the rocket hits it. I’m glad that you’re hesitant to jump to conclusions. You should be calling out the top-level comments stating or implying that Israel is responsible. You should be calling out the main article of this thread for stating that it was an Israeli strike. Since you’re so in favor of not mis-stating facts.
What Israel is doing, fundamentally, is self-defense and there aren’t clear boundaries about where that crosses the line. I won’t endlessly support Israel no matter what, but right now it is very clear that they wouldn’t be doing any of this if there wasn’t an existential threat due to a terrorist organization that demands their complete destruction. If there is cancer in the body, you kill good cells trying to destroy the cancer. But you must destroy the cancer, or be destroyed yourself. I’m sorry that innocents have to die, but when Hamas is destroyed, then the Palestinians can actually have peace, if they want it.
The comment I was replying to literally said Israel was doing all this so they could take the Gaza land from the Palestinians using Hamas as an excuse. That’s not condemnation, that’s inventing a reason to hate Israel.
It is sad, what Hamas did to Israel. Brutalized children. Raped parents. Uploading it to their Facebook. Do you demand Israel continue to live that way? Do you demand they live under 100s of rockets per day launched at them? Because the alternative is dead Palestinians?
I have been and always will be anti-Hamas. And never have I said that Palestinians == Hamas. You have to misquote me to attack me. You’re defending literal terrorists that would kill you without hesitation, who raped parents and brutalized children. Israel has shown great restraint towards the Palestinian people. Does Gaza still exist? Have they leveled it, like any other nation would have after having hundreds of rockets per day shot at them? Of course, Israel is trying to minimize civilian casualties, and for that you will attack them.
Quote where I said I am anti-Palestinian. I am anti-Hamas. Always have been and always will be. You have to manufacture statements about me to attack me. You’re defending literal terrorists who would kill you without hesitation.
Yes, it would be more relevant to discuss the context of the Nazi oppression. In the case of Israel, they clearly are defending themselves from an existential threat from Hamas. And they have shown great restraint in what they’ve done. You don’t have to like it, but any other nation would have leveled Gaza by now, but Israel has not done that. They’ve stated the target of their war very clearly. They are there to dedtroy Hamas. Undoubtedly, innocents will die. That happens in any war. The quickest path to peace for both sides, is for Hamas to be destroyed. If their is cancer in your body, you kill good cells in order to kill the cancer. It’s sad, but necessary.
That’s a nice article. It doesn’t matter what Netanyahu did or supported, because fundamentally the terrorists are responsible for their own actions. You can’t say Israel gave money to Hamas, so it’s Israel’s fault they were attacked. Hamas is responsible for deciding to carry out the attack, no matter who they were taking money from. That’s how responsibility works. And, because of what Hamas did, Israel is right to defend itself.
All that to say both sides suck, but Israel was first. It’s absolutely irrelevant. Israel can offer peace all day but there will never be peace with a terrorist organization that demands the compete destruction of all Jews. Hamas was responsible for invading Israel and what they did to it’s people there. Israel is completely justified in defending themselves from an existential threat, no different than you or I. If you fail to recognize those facts, yes, it’s tantamount to supporting terrorism.
Then you acknowledge Israel has the right to defend their innocent children from being murdered by the existential threat that is Hamas. Sorry that innocents will die. That’s how war is. In order to kill cancer, you kill good cells in the process. The quickest path to peace for the Palestinians, and the fewest loss of innocents on both sides, is the swift and complete destruction of Hamas’s ability to cause harm.
Gaza hospital bombed: Health Ministry says death toll in Gaza City hospital blast caused by Israel strike rises to at least 500 (6abc.com)
Updated: Israel denies involvement in deadly Gaza hospital blast, says explosion caused by Islamic Jihad
Israeli air strike hits Gaza hospital sheltering thousands of war-displaced (www.aljazeera.com)