Hamas strike on Israel

You may think him a dick but he does buy his own clothes. He also is unequivocal in recognising that denying food, water and medicine to an entire population is a war crime.

I've read this a few times; did/does this happen in Gaza/West Bank? I am aware of IS(?) doing this in Iraq but there was a video circulated that was purported to be Palestinian but was, conveniently, mislabeled.

I don't have hard proof although Hamas don't deny it happens. If you are looking for free, open and unbiased media in Palestine you might not be looking for it in the right place. The burden of believing whether it is true or not lies with us as a result. No smoke without fire as they say

Israel have committed documented war crimes before and after October 2023. They've committed multigenerational oppression and acted with violent impunity against a civilian populace; yet people will go out of their way to make excuses for them.

Hamas have committed documented war crimes before and after October 2023. They've committed multigenerational oppression and acted with violent impunity against a civilian populace; yet people will go out of their way to make excuses for them.

No side of this war is perfect

The only thing the Israelis are allowing into Gaza is weapons for their ISIS affiliated thugs.
Anaesthetic for the amputation of a child’s leg? No, here are some guns instead.

Israel is much worse for the Palestinians as they have for generations stolen their land and will continue to do so after this conflict, even in the West bank where Hamas is not present.

I don't have hard proof although Hamas don't deny it happens.

You stated it. As fact.

"Hamas don't deny it" - what, did you ask them this morning?

If you are looking for free, open and unbiased media in Palestine you might not be looking for it in the right place.

I'm asking you the basis peddling, what now looks like, completely false propaganda that's all too easily peddled by those who simply wish to make Israeli actions somehow acceptable.

The burden of believing whether it is true or not lies with us as a result. No smoke without fire as they say

This makes absolutely no sense. Zilch.

Hamas have committed documented war crimes before and after October 2023. They've committed multigenerational oppression and acted with violent impunity against a civilian populace; yet people will go out of their way to make excuses for them.

If you're going to simplistically re-use my quote word for word with the assertion that Hamas have acted in the same manner, in reference to the multi generational abuse of power along the same scale and time frame as Israel have; I'm sure you will be able to show us all the reasoning and back up for this…..

No side of this war is perfect

Ah well that's grand then. Let the genocidal acts and war crimes continue.

This is simplistic stuff. Ethnic cleansing is not solely based on killing people. There are multiple methods.

You seem happy enough to take everything hamas say at face value. Do you really think they are being honest?

Nice try at misrepresenting what I said/asked.

You made a statement. I asked for some sort of back up/verification. It's that simple.

Edit: What's also evident is the ubiquitous weak fallback of; criticism of Israeli actions leads to the accusation of automatic support for Hamas.

He's not wrong.

Ok then, if he's 'not wrong' can you help in showing us where the "throw gay people from skyscrapers" comes from. I've seen it from other locations but not Gaza yet it's bandied about as fact despite being disproven.

Funny how Israel has moved chunks of the population to safe zones while they targeted Hamas.

And then targeted the civilians in these "safe zones".

Gaza 'humanitarian zone' struck almost 100 times since May

Is that what's "funny" to you?

Not exactly a picture of ethnic cleansing is it.

You clearly don't understand the term.

Meanwhile the stated aim of Hamas is to wipe out Israel.

No one has argued otherwise. You are working off the repeated false equivalence that criticism of Israeli actions in Gaza (and beyond) equates to support for Hamas.

It is a stupid start point and has never gained any strength no matter how many times it's idiotically trotted out.

I'm not saying Israel have been perfect in all this but I don't buy into the hysteria that Israel is bad and the " ministry of health " is good.

"I don't buy" is simply "I don't wish to look"

It's not so long ago we had hysteria in the press with Israel firing a rocket at a hospital. By the end of the day it's disproved and it's actually Hamas firing a rocket and it landing in the hospital car park. All to be neatly brushed under the carpet

If it was disproved then it wasn't "brushed under the carpet". It was looked in to for verification and found to be untrue. Israel continues to engage in acts that you are happy to see "brushed under the carpet" under the guise of "I don't buy…".

In the last few days AlJazera put out video of an Israeli attack on a feeding station in the morning, repeated by mainline media and by the end of the day it's actually footage from another city at a different time of the day than alleged. Again brushed under the carpet.

Again, good; it was put under scrutiny, found to be unverifiable and found to be another situation…therefore…not brushed under the carpet.

A doctor reporting the carnage coming from a feeding station caused by Israel. She wasn't even there. She's just repeating the line fed to her by the ministry of health.

You're making that assumption.

The hysteria is irrational. I don't see the same response to all the women and children killed by Russia in Ukraine or the babies killed in Yemen from Israeli and American attacks.

There are multiple news sources and threads/forums etc. all commenting on it.

It you wanted to find them, you could have. You just "don't buy" things you don't want to know. Life's easier that way but don't expect us all to fall for it.

Everyone is believing the Hamas ministry of health reports without questioning it. Makes me wonder do Irish , British , whatever other people support Hamas.

And there it is again (and again and again..); criticism of Israeli actions unquestionably means support for Hamas.