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submitted 11 months ago by generalpotato@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

At least 313 Palestinians have been killed as Israel struck 426 targets in Gaza, its military said, flattening residential buildings in giant explosions.

Among those killed in Gaza were 20 children. About 2,000 others are wounded, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said more than 20,000 Palestinians left Gaza’s border region to head further inside the territory and take refuge in UN schools.

Nebal Farsakh, the spokesperson of the NGO Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRC), told Al Jazeera that their medical teams were facing “great challenges” in Gaza, adding that they had called on the international humanitarian community to open humanitarian corridors so that NGOs like them could safely carry out their work of helping people in the Gaza Strip.

On Saturday night, Energy Minister Israel Katz said Israel would halt the electricity supply to the besieged territory. The Palestinian enclave – home to some two million people – has been under an Israeli air, land and sea blockade.

Al Jazeera’s Youmna ElSayed said humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip were in “constant deterioration”.

What used to be 120 megawatts of electricity has now decreased to only 20MW, provided by power plants that are paid for by the Palestinian Authority, ElSayed said.

Meanwhile, healthcare institutions had to rely on spare generators to continue operating through the night due to Israel’s decision to halt the electricity supply while residents were left to endure the darkness with the unsettling backdrop of explosions not far away.

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[-] atk007@lemmy.world 71 points 11 months ago

Israeli strikes flatten buildings, mosques in Gaza

Nothing new, Israel has been doing that for decades now.

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[-] treefrog@lemm.ee 47 points 11 months ago

So Israel responded to terrorism with terrorism.

ESH

[-] Alto@kbin.social 45 points 11 months ago

War crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes in response to war crimes ×10^10000

[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

Are you a history professor? This seems very accurate.

[-] WhiteHawk@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

An eye for an eye and the world goes blind.

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[-] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 26 points 11 months ago

Israel generally targets buildings that it's identified as having military operations within them.

If Israel wanted to just destroy every mosque in Palestine, it could do it in a day. Hamas routinely runs operations out of civilian building precisely so that, when Israel retaliates, the news will run stories about how Israel is destroying mosques and schools and hospitals, while ignoring the context that those buildings are firing rockets and stockpiling weapons.

[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee 23 points 11 months ago

I've read news for years about horrible things done to Palestinian civilians. Even their children. By Israeli police and military. I'm not defending Palestine. But Israel also deserves no defense.

[-] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 21 points 11 months ago

Israel, especially under Netanyahu, absolutely hasn't acted in ways conducive to peace, and quite a lot of blame should be laid at his feet as well.

But if your response to this is to slaughter 200 citizens at a music festival, with many of the women having been raped before, I have absolutely zero sympathy for what happens to those responsible.

My heart is with those in the Palestine who do want peace and are going to pay the price for these actions.

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[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 10 points 11 months ago

Israel has been nothing but terror for decades

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago

This plus Ukraine, plus India and Canada, plus China and several things, plus the US being in chaos and deeply divided. This is gonna turn out great for everyone I’m sure

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Dont forget Taiwan and the south china sea!

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I kinda lumped that into the China and several things

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Don't worry China does it too.

[-] filister@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

At the end it is all politics and state media propaganda on both sides.

Both sides feel morally right and as a result more damage is done and more civilian population is killed. And it is the regular people who suffer the most.

I am just afraid that there would be a prolonged offensive from Israel deepening the humanitarian crisis and there would be a lot of pain inflicted on regular people. This won't really help de-escalation of the tension in the region, and perhaps would strengthen the resolve.

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