Hamas strike on Israel - mod warning in OP updated 19/10/23

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121301815#Comment_121301815

Doubt they make it into Israel,they have seismic sensors buried all along the border any kind of vibrations picked up

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121301873#Comment_121301873

"what are your thoughts:"

“You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. 1 Samuel 15:3 ‘Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass’," Netanyahu said.

That's my thought.

All birds of the same Abraham. Bibi is killing the unbelievers right now.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121301888#Comment_121301888

So big bad Israel following the instructions from the old testament, but no comment concerning Muslims doing the same thing? Gotchaaaa!

8300 dead now, including 3400 children.

That's more total children killed by Israel than total people were killed in the 9/11 attacks and more than double the death toll in the October 7 attack -- just by number of dead Gazan children.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-war-hamas-says-gaza-death-toll-8000-idf-ground-troops/

Throughout four wars and numerous bloody skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, U.N. agencies have cited the Health Ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.

In the aftermath of war, the U.N. humanitarian office has published final death tolls based on its own research into medical records.

In all cases the U.N.'s counts have largely been consistent with the Gaza Health Ministry’s, with small discrepancies.

— 2008 war: The ministry reported 1,440 Palestinians killed; the U.N. reported 1,385.

— 2014 war: The ministry reported 2,310 Palestinians killed; the U.N. reported 2,251.

— 2021 war: The ministry reported 260 Palestinians killed; the U.N. reported 256.

While Israel and the Palestinians disagree over the numbers of militants versus civilians killed in past wars, Israel’s accounts of Palestinian casualties have come close to the Gaza ministry’s. For instance, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said the 2014 war killed 2,125 Palestinians — just a bit lower than the ministry’s toll.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel has killed “thousands” of militants in the current war, without offering evidence or precise numbers.

International news agencies, including AP, as well as humanitarian workers and rights groups, have used the ministry’s numbers when independent verification is impossible.

“These figures are professionally done and have proven to be reliable,” said Omar Shakir, Human Rights Watch’s Israel and Palestine director, adding he remained “cognizant of different blind spots and weaknesses” such as the failure to distinguish between civilians and combatants.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-health-ministry-health-death-toll-59470820308b31f1faf73c703400b033

“You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. 1 Samuel 15:3 ‘Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass’," Netanyahu said.

https://www.nysun.com/article/israels-netanyahu-in-a-major-speech-on-the-war-invokes-the-memory-of-what-the-amalekites-did-when-the-israelites-left-egypt-saying-we-remember-and-we-are-fighting

https://truthout.org/articles/christian-right-cites-violent-biblical-amalek-trope-to-justify-israels-tactics/

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121301725#Comment_121301725

Bomb shelters? Explain?

Why do they need Bomb shelters, when the leading excuse for bombing civilian areas is the existence of tunnels underneath?

To be clear, if there were bomb shelters for civilians in these military tunnel networks, Israel would simply bunker-bust them and call it human shielding.

The idea that Gazans need Bomb shelters is absurd. Israel needs to stop bombing civilians. This also poorly assumes that Israel WANTS to minimize civilian casualties or minimize war crimes. It does not:

“You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. 1 Samuel 15:3 ‘Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass’," Netanyahu said.