Death toll surpasses 1,300 as Israel strikes Gaza and fierce battles intensify between Hamas gunmen and Israeli troops.

Hamas’s Qassam Brigades has threatened to execute Israeli captives if Israel continues to bombard and kill civilians in Gaza.

“Any targeting of innocent civilians without warning will be met regretfully by executing one of the captives in our custody, and we will be forced to broadcast this execution,” said Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas’ Qassam Brigades.

“We regret this decision but we hold the Zionist enemy and their leadership the responsibility for this,” he said.

  • alvvayson@lemmy.worldEnglish
    924·
    1 year ago

    Remember when terrorists attacked the USA, UK, France and Spain?

    And then we decided to commit war crimes and deprive civilians of water, electricity and food, while destroying their houses?

    Oh wait, we didn’t.

    We actually tried to win hearts and minds while targeting just the terrorists.

    Didn’t work out, but we didn’t become vicious war criminals against poor innocent civilians who just happened to be ethnically related to the terrorists.

    Israel is not deserving of support by the civilized world.

    • bl4ckblooc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      114·
      1 year ago

      People have forgotten that denying people basic necessities in the hopes that they die out is also genocide.

    • Anduin1357@lemmy.worldEnglish
      92·
      1 year ago

      lmao what hearts and minds do you expect to win out of a population who has religious beef with you? A population who would gladly wipe you out if they could?

      Nah, Israel needs to be able to throw the baby out with the bathwater in the name of peace, so that Palestinians can find their peace elsewhere.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
      61·
      1 year ago

      Okay I get what you’re trying to say but Americans absolutely caused massive amounts of wanton destruction in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    • sczlbutt@lemmy.pubsub.funEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Um, Iraq and Afghanistan? We absolutely DESTROYED ALL of Iraq’s infrastructure in like a week and then GW flew out to an aircraft carrier with a banner that said “Mission Accomplished”.

      Then we spend the next 20 years kicking in doors and killing civilians cause reasons.

      Then we bail and leave all the dudes that helped us out behind so they can pay the price for helping the enemy…good times…

      Israel is not deserving of support by the civilized world.

      Totally agree but just like the drug commercial in the '80s…“I learned it from watching you!”

    • nonailsleft@lemm.eeEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Lol the US and Canada murdered 95% of the natives, including 100% of those who resisted plus their families, took their land and put the rest into remote reservations

      Israel’s shit but not as shit

    • dumdum666@kbin.social
      45·
      1 year ago

      And then we decided to commit war crimes and deprive civilians of water, electricity and food, while destroying their houses? Oh wait, we didn’t.

      You serious? If you’re from the US: Have you by any chance heard of Guantanamo Bay? Abu Ghraib?