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

Hmmm - not sure why you think it disgusting that I post a Haaretz news item on the death of a child?

If you're genuine about that, it says way more about you than me.

The death of Palestinian infants as a result of violence is tragic. The death of Israeli infants as a result of violence is equally tragic.

I didn't see any Israeli supporters posting the item - perhaps they don't care if any kids die.

It’s not a two-player sport with a referee to blow the whistle when one side’s had enough.

Actually it is - there are "rules of war" and the referee is the ICJ and ICC - both of which have cases against Israel and senior Israelis pending.

Unlike Hamas, Al-Qaeda never controlled an entire territory like the Gaza Strip. All of the Israelis who were killed on October 7th - civilians and police and military personnel - were innocent.

In an interview shown by ITV News on the first anniversary of October 7th, former hostage Moran Yanai said that, when the terrorists took her into the Gaza Strip, she saw, as I quote, "everyone in the city, from the smallest child to the oldest one, celebrating evil". Make of that what you will. You can see the interview on ITV News's YouTube channel.

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You've mentioned what Israel have done not what they should have done .

Hamas have killed innocent civilians but the response of the IDF is to kill 1000s of civilians commit genocide and allow mass starvation to continue as well as routinely bomb hospitals and kill protestors .Israel have announced a massive expansion of new settlers community's in the west bank . Yes the IDF is totally to be trusted in all new reports. They shot two 14 year old children who were playing in a olive grove and labelled then as terrorists

Ah your back and carrying on as if your last disgraceful post never happened. So you are appalled by people celebrating terrorism? No doubt you must be sickened by people who view the actions of the Stern Gang as noble and heroic.

Are you appalled too by the Israelis throwing viewing parties while watching the bombs fall on Gaza.

You must surely be utterly disgusted that according to a Haaretz poll 82 percent of Israelis agree with the forced displacement of Palestinans from Gaza. Furthermore 52 per cent think every inhabitant of a captured city should be killed.

If you were a proper political analyst you would try to be a bit more objective and condemn vile behaviour no matter who it comes from.

however your motive each time you post is to condemn one side while excusing the other- no matter what ridiculous mental gymnastics you need to utilise to do so.

Tough listen but worth listening to this US doctor speaking at the UN after he worked in Gaza.

Most of the members of the Stern Gang (and, yes, I regard them as terrorists) are dead - and any members who are still alive are far too frail to be a danger to the lives of others.

Very few of the victims of Oct 7th were killed by Israeli counter-attacks - and it wasn't the IDF's intention to kill hostages. I know this from when I watched a Panorama special and a Channel 4 documentary in which Emily Hand was interviewed - both programmes were shown at around the time of the first anniversary of Oct 7th.

I think it's important to remind people of the amount of support that Hamas had in the Gaza Strip on that day. I'm aware that there was such celebration of the Oct 7th massacres among the Palestinian population - just like there was such celebration of the Sept 11th attacks (I saw footage of that celebration on the news at the time) and the suicide bombings that were carried out in Israel 20 to 30 years ago.

You should look up "Hannibal Directive". It's not a counter attack tactic.

Many Israelis were killed intentionally by the IDF on Oct 7th.

But as this has been posted many times, you appear to simply ignore the fact and continue to post misinformation.

As for Palestinian "celebrations", would you have any comment on the Genocide Tours that the Israelis are running? The ones where they rock up to the Gaza border in air-conditioned buses and watch Gazans being killed through pay-per-view binoculars? Then have a feed at the laid on bbq? Some events even have a disco so they can have a bit of a bop too.

It's a trickle. They should not have banned UNWRA. They knew how to distribute the aid and how to make it last e.g. the flour and bakeries were vital across Gaza but there are very few bakeries operational now. The weakest people are unable to get any aid. The aid must be allowed in whether there is a ceasefire or not but I hope there is a ceasefire asap. Do you know what's in the deal? For example if hostages are returned, does that end the war?

Playback on Radio 1 is doing a very good summary of what's happened re Gaza this week.

Israel has killed tens of thousands of children in the last couple of years.

Which is worse? This "blood libel" or the killing of tens of thousands of children? Like if you had one wish and could undo either, which would you choose?

I am well aware that most of the Stern Gang are dead. I think you are deliberately ignoring the point that Israelis celebrate terrorism and war crimes too. It's despicable whether it's Palestinians or Israelis doing it. As I said previously you seem keen to only highlight it on one side. Also it's well documented that Israel used the hannibal directive on October 7th. Once again you choose to ignore that

it sums up our take and attitude on it. We’re so desperate and eager to bash Israel is what it shows. We don’t want solutions. It’s an Israel bashing agenda