The ultimate irony is that it is a Jewish state acting in this way.
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Horrible that a nation helped be due to a genocide against them can spend the following hundred years committing genocide
"For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the next victims must be Jews. It can also be other people. We saw it begin in Germany with Jews, but people from more than twenty other nations were also murdered." — Simon Wiesenthal
Once this war between Israel and Hamas is over, a deeper conflict looms | Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian
Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad told Lebanese TV that his organisation was determined to repeat the massacre of 7 October, when the men of Hamas murdered some 1,400 Israelis, most of them civilians, torturing and maiming their victims in ways too cruel to recount. Hamad promised that 7 October was “just the first time, and there will be a second, a third, a fourth”. He was asked if Hamas was bent on Israel’s annihilation. “Yes, of course,” he replied.
well there's a green light for Israel
https://x.com/yonahlieberman/status/...dxJXScFNwz8V4A
Good from Obama. Shame he was so disengaged on foreign policy his whole presidency.
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It seems all the Hamas leadership are worth a bit of money and live in Qatar etc.
That’s real solidarity with their people
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67327079
This story is absolutely wild and I really don’t know what to make of it.
I read a story today where Israel is attacking a hospital in Gaza City. There used drones and other intelligence to verify there are no civilians in the hospital but there is 100 hundred Hamas fighters in there. The journalists can see rockets and gunfire coming from the hospital but Israel won’t flatten it because it would give Hamas and pro-Palestinians propaganda to say another hospital has been flattened.
It’s obviously absolutely brutal for the Palestinians. Hopefully they can do away with Hamas, have a ceasefire and try to get some two state solution functioning again
Another view on attacking hospitals
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveb...za-bombardment
Roger Waters says we don't know if Hamas did the October 7th massacre and it could be a false flag. Some of them literally live streamed from their personal social media, Hamas government spokesman admitted it, hundreds of videos cctv and videos made by the terrorists themselves. Absolute tit of a man. It shouldn't be a surprise mind as Putin's puppet also said he didn't believe the Bucha massacre happened or that Russia/Assad committed their crimes including gassing the Syrians. If you need a massacre denied, he's got man
https://www.thedailybeast.com/roger-...n=owned_social
https://x.com/bethrigby/status/17223...dxJXScFNwz8V4A
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I see Nick Griffin is saying it could have been Hibs fans that attacked a poppy seller at the weekend because we are pro Hamas and IRA, ****ing mentalist
Netanyahu upset that someone has let the end game be known.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...gs-notice.html
Known weirdo Douglas Murray claiming Hamas are worse than the Nazis, as the Nazis "felt bad" about killing Jewish people.
What a crank.
https://twitter.com/waitmanb/status/...96msoUbBg&s=19
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One thing that never seems to be actually demonstrated to the public - is there actual proof that Hamas are operating underneath/inside hospitals?
I read a story in the Telegraph where the journalist could see hamas fighters firing from a hospital and also another video where supposedly Hamas fighters were firing at civilians leaving the hospital in order to get them back into it and act as shields.
I suppose with all things in life, no one really knows how’s innocent and how’s telling the truth.
It does seem though that the majority of Palestinians what Hamas gone and out of their lives, which would suggest Hamas aren’t all that innocent.!
I’m almost certain they are in the main hospital and so are the Israelis. They have just about surrounded the hospital now and will be sending in troops very soon. A very risky operation that will cost IDF lives. They would not be doing that unless they felt sure that is where the Hamas HQ was.
The speed at which the Israelis are accomplishing their goals is impressive. Hamas are either weaker than expected or are trying to hide and hope they go away. That won’t work though. There appears to be no support for Hamas on the ground with the population. IDF managing to operate with very few casualties or resistance from ordinary Palestinians.
I suspect they will have full control of Gaza in next couple of weeks and will then try hand over to the PA.
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How many hostages are there that have not yet been released?
I can't help thinking about what the poor souls must be going through, and their families/friends as well.
I know it's not right to turn a blind eye but I genuinely just can't watch the news anymore.
The images on Channel 4 news of premature babies huddled together for warmth because there is no electricity to power incubators is just too much.
I just don't understand how anyone regardless of religious belief or lack thereof, political affiliation, nationality, race or whatever else can be cold to that. How can anyone with children, or indeed without children, watch that and argue about what is and isn't a 'just war'?
Hopefully the events of the last few weeks have a silver lining and the populace on both sides realise that extremism on either side is no answer.
Babies are now dying because they cannot get oxygen due to the lack of electricity and the Israeli army have started throwing injured patients out onto the streets from one hospital.
https://www.aljazeera.com/
I wouldn't classify that as turning a blind eye, mate.
You clearly care a great deal about what's happening to these poor people and it's understandably hard to cope with watching this kind of thing on the news every night.
I think we all share that view
Corbyn no really putting his antisemitism critic's to bed on PM last night. Repeatedly refused to say that Hamas are terrorists. Why can't he just saying Isreal have been committing genocide for decades. This retaliation has been a disgusting slaughter. Hamas are also an evil homophobic, antisemitic hateful terrorists group and the region will only move forward when Hamas and Netanyahus right wing government is gone.
Corbyn also unfortunately doesn't realise with the Internet everything is stored. He denied saying our friends from Hamas in a meeting years ago. He did and also said " the idea that an organisation dedicated to the good of the Palestinian people and to bring peace political and social justice to the whole region should be labelled a terrorists organisation is a really big big historical mistake "
https://twitter.com/Zokko18/status/1724169002765742117
We all back the wrong horse but don't double down when it's clear they are ****. I'm not sure why it wasn't clear anyway amnesty said they banned homosexuality, killed opponents, backed honour killings of women, one of the lowest level of female employment in the world, removed all domestic violence laws.
Hamas are **** but and it's the Palestinians that suffer. They can't protest against the government and they are constantly bombed, shot, have the land stolen by the isrealis. A horrible existence with no clear path out.
IDF in the main hospital now. Let’s hope this is quick and they get the Hamas fighters they are looking for.
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The US has said they believe their Intel that Hamas base is under the hospital and the EU release a joint statement condemning Hamas for using hospitals and human shield tactics.
Definitely putting their cards on the table as it'll be proven one way or the other in the next week or so.
Whether that is true or not, and, as far as I’m aware, no evidence has been produced to back up Israeli claims, hospitals are protected under international agreements. Apparently all hospitals in Gaza are under attack, do they all have Hamas command posts under them? Hamas and Isreal leaders should be facing war crimes tribunal when this whole sorry slaughter is finished
It's not just Israel saying it. The US has said they have multiple sources including from the Palestinian side that Hamas are using hospitals as bases and for weapons storage. Unicef said today Hamas needs to stop using hospitals the EU too. In 2014 amnesty said Hamas used the base under the hospital to torture political prisoners.
It'll all come out shortly but they putting their neck out if it is untrue.
Given how it's going I doubt many - if any - of the hostages will see daylight again.
https://x.com/yaaricohen/status/1724...dxJXScFNwz8V4A
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Rumours a deal brokered by Qatar and the US being considered by Israel. Hamas release 50 hostages in exchange for a limited pause.
Could have been bloody for them, Islamic jihads have claimed IDF lives in the hospital campus
@michaelh992
al-Quds Brigades of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad: "Our fighters are still engaged in fierce clashes in the vicinity of the al-Shifa Complex and confirm that there have been casualties among the enemy forces" #Gaza
IDF released geolocated video of Hamas firing an RPG from the front of the hospital so loses could be believed
https://twitter.com/GeoConfirmed/status/1724080276056277074
Evidence, corroborated by an agency such as the UN or the Red Cross will do.
The Israelis believe Hamas have a command bunker under the hospital. So their intelligence says. Pity their intelligence were asleep on the 7th. Hamas have asked that outside agencies such as the Red Cross, be allowed onsite to verify the claims. Isreal have refused. Whether that is true or not I don’t know. There are 2 main factions in this ****show and neither can claim the moral high ground. The innocents on both sides will suffer the most, long after the bullets and bombs stop, and the Palestinians will suffer further and greater oppression than they do now.
Hopefully Hamas are defeated and Netanyahu also, it's the only chance of peace.
I notice Netanyahu is refusing to let the PA take over. It shouldn't be that ****bags choice.
Mohammed Dahlan trying to position himself as new leader, but u don't think he has the support of the people
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20231112-could-exiled-former-palestinian-leader-mohammed-dahlan-lead-gaza-after-the-israel-hamas-war?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=x&utm_source=us er
https://x.com/alexjrowell/status/172...dxJXScFNwz8V4A
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Isreal drip feeding evidence from Shifa hospital.
Drone footage from a tunnel in the hospital complex
https://twitter.com/manniefabian/sta...84025407451613
They have also released videos of hostages being brought into the hospital by Hamas fighters. It also shows captured IDF vehicles parked at the hospital.
https://twitter.com/manniefabian/sta...11040072474812
IDF announce two soldiers have died so they must be confident of Hamas presence if they are risking a ground operation.
This is all very separate from them flattening the rest of Gaza city indiscriminately though
Uncorroborated evidence. The shaft and the tunnel were filmed with a break in the filming.
It is not separate from flattening Gaza indiscriminately, it’s part of the same process. They have been deliberately bombing schools, hospitals, places of safety used by Palestinians. Not because they think Hamas is using them as human shields but to ensure that no Palestinian can consider themselves safe. All allowed by many in the west, including our own government and opposition, who just repeat the mantra that “ Israel must be allowed to defend itself”. As if the previous 75 years of oppression never happened
I saw a big following commentator say the footage was separate and that the hospital staff would have noticed concrete getting poured. They probably did, the same way they would have noticed they Hamad terrorists bringing in hostages. They also probably value their lives. Someone sent him this separate footage of the same tunnel with concrete, he sort of says well it needs to have been used recently for it to be justified..
https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1726291665478979777/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1726291665478979777&curre ntTweetUser=EylonALevy
I don't know what's trying to be proven is it that Israel is bad we know that as they have flattened schools mosques and residential buildings with no thought of consequence. Or is it to say rapist, homophobic murderers of thousands of innocent Jews Hamas aren't bad?
It's like the Hamas bomb that hit the hospital courtyard it let's Israel say don't believe anything bad against us as Hamas was lying. The focus should be on neighbourhoods flattened
Ita all bad but the, mainly western agencies, attempts to dehumanise the Palestinians whilst at the same time giving the Israeli’s free hand to do whatever they like make all the hand wringing and faux sympathy stick in my craw. Call the Israel state out for what it is. They don’t seem to have a problem doing so with Hamas. Whilst more innocents die.
I heard an interview with a British doctor who worked at the hospital. He said there were areas which were out of bounds. Everyone knew why but no one said out of fear.
I did think the tunnel was a bit far away from the hospital to be deeemed part of it, but there’s just too much evidence that Hamas do use it for military purposes.
Yes it could be planted. But with everything in life, you need to look at both sides of the arguement and their evidence and make your own judgement.
I don't think they will use the actual hospital and have a door saying Hamas tunnels that would be daft. I also listened to the English doctor on france24 who said there was always Hamas presence inside and areas that you were told not to go into. The cctv of the Thai man being walked into the hospital by half a dozen Hamas who have conversations with doctors. The IDF vehicles captured are in CCTV videos being parked inside the hospital compound. Two videos of a tunnel 30 metres from the hospital front door inside the hospital grounds. Amnesty said five years ago they had evidence political prisoners were tortured in the hospital. The UN and the EU have said they believe Hamas is using hospitals as military positions. CCTV footage of a Hamas fighter walking into the hospital last week with a rocket propelled granade over his shoulder. Palestinian Islamic Jihad said they hit IDF in the hospital.
I don't believe Israel for a second about anything but you have to say why are the IDF doing a militarily risky ground operation costing lives when they could just continue the ground operation through the strip. On the other hand you could believe Hamas
Humanitarian Ceasefire announced imminently a few sources are saying. It'll be in return for 50-100 hostages released.
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Interesting wording used when it comes to describing Palestinians compared to Isrealis.
Israelis are hostages, Palestinians are prisoners.
Isrealis are children and mothers, Palestinians are women and minors.
I expect better from RTE.
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A discussion on the language used when describing the actions of the 2 different factions.
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/in...rael-palestine
I guess they would say because one are hostages whilst the other have been convicted or waiting to be convicted of crimes. Whether they trials or detentions are fair is worse than doubtful knowing Israel. Israel has 140 under 18s in detention with appallingly 8 of them aged 14-16 the rest 16-18. All arrested for security breaches, which could be anything. Hopefully all get freed
Ceasefire agreed 4 days for 50 hostages, 1 day for every further 10 hostages released. 240 hostages so could give 20 days of Ceasefire.
Releasing prisoners was always going to be the quickest route to de-escalation. I'm sure both sides will want to start up again as soon as they can but this should hopefully let the Palestinians escape.
Although Jordan has said if one Palestinians refugee is brought into Jordan via Israel they will see it as a declaration of war by Israel. With Egypt saying similar I don't see anywhere for the Palestinians to safely go
Perhaps if they all take to small boats and start landing on other countries' shores, we will hear less parroting by Western leaders of 'Israel has the right to defend itself'.Quote:
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Isreal release footage of the tunnel directly under the hospital, they enter a new shaft five foot from the hospital
https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1727476410803953868
A walk through of some of the complex, air conditioning, kitchens, toilets, communication systems
https://twitter.com/breeadail/status...55806981877792
Another tunnel starting from inside a building in the hospital complex
https://twitter.com/manniefabian/sta...86341800075366
How have the IDF managed to build all those tunnels in such little time? They’ve only been in control of the hospital for 2-3 days 🙈
Edit…sky news have just shown some of these tunnels and said that Israel originally built them? But it’s a building a picture of Hamas using them as shields
I'd like to see that report as I don't think anyone is saying that the new video is anything but Hamas tunnels, the design is consistent with all the other miles of tunnels. Israel updated the hospital in the 80s these are clearly being used now regardless, modern air conditioning units, phones, plumbing and tvs. Nathan Russer from bellingcat has geolocated hundreds of meters of it from the pics and videos. It travels under the hospital and off under Gaza. Israel didn't make the vast system under the city
https://twitter.com/Nrg8000/status/1727672195101667499
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According to a former Israeli PM, they built the tunnels under Al Shifa. This has been rumoured for years
https://truthout.org/articles/bunker...srael-pm-says/
No he said they built bunkers to extend the hospital, that was known it was full reinforced concrete. He never said they built the tunnel system. Hamas denied there was any tunnels underneath, wouldn't they say yeah there is Israel built them.
They were saying they don't exist, then when found they said it was two separate videos, they are silent now that it's obvious there is a vast tunnel network. It'll be excavated more but some will still die on the weird hill that Hamas's miles of tunnels don't go under the hospital.
Even if they weren't built by Hamas although they obviously were. They are clearly using it decades after Israel has gone and have secret entrances inside buildings
One would imagine that underground bunkers would need connecting to each other.
https://theintercept.com/2023/11/21/...-hamas-israel/
That biased piece is before Israel released its new videos with the tunnels going for hundreds of meters away from the hospital. They are also the same as the other Hamas tunnels.
I saw an Al Jazeera piece yesterday saying the video released on Sunday was faked. They say it was 2 videos spliced i believe you said similar. They say the first shaft was beside the hospital then they cut to clear hamas tunnels. They have been silent since Israel released dozens of videos showing this wasn't the case and there is a labyrinth of tunnels that also goes underneath.
Regardless of when they were built they clearly have modern upgrades like aircon and telephones. They are under the hospital and have multiple exit points. The evidence gets clearer daily
It’s gone beyond who said this and who said what. It’s difficult to argue now that Hamas aren’t using tunnels under the hospital, whoever may have built what originally. Such actions by Hamas affect the protection offered to the hospitals in times of conflict . Hamas use as a military compound does not give the Israelis carte Blanche to do what they like in and around the hospital. It’s all about “proportionality’. IMO Isreal have acted outwith reasonable proportionality. As they have done for 75 years.