Hamas strike on Israel

Three more added to the list this evening - 28 countries in total plus an EU Commissioner.

• Foreign ministers of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK
• EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management

WHO headquarters in Gaza attacked 3 times by the IDF.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0721/1524462-gaza-israel/

The IDF is an out of control rabble and I hope Karma has a long arm.

IDF targeting children -

A British surgeon in Gaza has claimed medical workers are seeing “clear patterns of injury”, suggesting IDF soldiers are deliberately shooting Gazan children in different body parts depending on the day of the week.

Professor Nick Maynard told BBC Radio 4 he and his colleagues have experienced unusually high instances of gunshot victims targeted at aid distribution sites - mainly teenage boys - needing treatment for similar injuries.

“On one day they’ll all be abdominal gunshot wounds, on another they’ll all be head gunshot wounds or neck gunshot wounds, on another they’ll be arm or leg gunshot wounds,” he said.

“It’s almost as if a game is being played, that they’re deciding to shoot the head today, the neck tomorrow, the testicles the day after.”

Calling this a war is the most disingenuous part of the commentary. Thread title should have been changed a long time ago.

As stated before what Hamas did was horrific never to be condoned just to get that out of the way.

This is like the Wimbledon tennis final 2 weeks ago where on one side of the net you have an IDF solider and on the other side no opponent.

The IDF solider gets bored so decides to shoot anyone in the crowd who decided to leave their seats to go out and get refreshments.

Never had a strong opinion of Israel before but after the last few months especially viewing what the Israeli Government via the IDF are inflicting on the Gazan population (Non Hamas) is just depraved.

This post aged well didn't it?

Ireland along with 27 other countries now firmly rejecting Israel and calling for an end to the war.

Ireland has fought hard for this since it was apparent Israel was committing atrocities.

Cleared-eyed since the early days. Now joined by many others. I'm proud of the Irish Govt. for standing up for those who can't stand for themselves.

Israel deeply cares for the hostages - yeh right…

• Israeli National Missions Minister Orit Strock called for expanding military operations to all areas of Gaza, even if it risks the lives of hostages.
  
• The Hostages and Missing Families Forum condemned Strock's remarks, saying they amounted "to the sacrifice of the hostages and, along with them, the sacrifice of the values on which Israel was founded."

Opinion piece nails it. World Pariah.

"'The most moral army in the world' is carrying out war crimes in the name of the Israeli government, and except for a small minority in the country, Israelis have no problem with it.

In the name of the October 7 massacre and in the name of the hostages, we have gone blind. We've closed our ears and hearts, and we've become stiff-necked.

As a discussion in the television studio about the 'humanitarian' ghetto or 'voluntary' expulsion carries on – we booked a flight abroad, a restaurant reservation or a theater ticket – or just plain laid down on the couch in front of another reality show"

Ayelet Harel

I know people who think the life of a chicken is worth more than the life a Palestinian / Muslim child. They justify the killing of any and all 13-year-old boys and older in Gaza because that's when they join Hamas, while being insufferable vegetarians who constantly call the rest of us monsters for eating animals.

Don't speak to them anymore whatsoever. Was friends with them for over ten years unaware of fúcking depraved and disgusting they were. They'd give any of the ones in here a run for their money. And they cosplay as progressive Democrats, when all their views are incredibly right-wing, including hating trans people. Took a lot of beers for that one to slip out.

Eye-opening year.