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"in Hamas custody", or killed by Israeli strikes? So far all the hostages have died from actions by Israel. The difference is extremely important in this case and the weasel word title doesn't help with giving accurate info.
Edit: it's worth pointing out that this is not OPs fault, but the fault of the news org
However they died, they were paramedics, meaning they helped people. So this is a loss regardless. Just two more senseless deaths wrought by both the IDF and Hamas since October 7th.
People are getting so caught up in Israel's genocidal bullshit (which is heinous and horrific, to be explicit so I don't get dog piled) that they seem to be forgetting that Hamas is a literal terrorist group that would happily kill us all, and also subjugates Palestinians. They did take hostages, they have killed some, and they have treated them all very poorly by all accounts. You can hate both sides of this one guys, it's pretty easy.
Thanks for posting the article and your thoughts, Mr. Squid.
People have been so trained to pick a team and stick to it that the basic humanity of the situation has become difficult for some folks.
It’s not hard. Killing or harming innocent people or causing death or harm to come to them indirectly is bad. Conflating different groups of people to justify harm or death is not an excuse.
Yknow, I won't even say it's not hard. It can be so hard when you're bombarded by horrific images and stories every day. It sucks and it puts people into very passionate mindsets. Passion is the death of reason though, and we'd all be better served engaging our super ego a bit, taking a deep breath, and saying "Hey, I'm upset right now, but I need to try to look at this objectively". You don't have to shove anything under a rug. You don't have to make excuses for anyone. Just... try to think separate from your feelings. It's a useful exercise.
Israel is committing war crimes and genocide in Gaza. Hamas committed horrific acts of terrorism on Oct 6 and had continued to commit horrific acts concerning the hostages. We can keep going and listing every little thing going back millenia, but we cannot lose sight of the fact that both of these groups are religious extremism writ large, deserve condemnation, and are actively persecuting the Palestinian people.
Ah yes the people being Genocided inside of a concentration camp are actually the Genocidal ones.
Please remind us how israel gladly came to peace with the PA and totally doesn't commit ethnic cleansing on the West Bank.
Who is “us all”? Are you colonizing Palestinian land and terrorizing Palestinians?
I'm just a member of the LGBT community. But also, I am an American, which means kinda, but not directly. Hamas does not have a rosy view on people from the US.
But also... Hamas terrorizes Palestinians as well, so not sure what point you're trying to make here.
Edit: Not sure who replied, but I have you blocked. Just didn't want you to have to wait for a response.
Wonder why they don't appreciate the people sending the bombs used to Genocide Palestinians. It must be the LGBT thing.
I don't think there is many people who support hamas. ISIS needed to be cut down when they went on their rampage but let's not pretend they weren't created by the result of the US occupation.
Yep. Netanyahu publicly supported Hamas for just this reason - he knew they'd eventually provide justification to invade Gaza.
He and far too many Israelis don't want to work with the Palestinians to find a solution. The same can be said for the Palestinians.
Too many people in power who just want more of it.
Support? Nah, that's rare to the point of non-existence. I completely agree with your second sentence and I think people who are not willing to make the concession from the first half because of the second, substituting Hamas for ISIS, are doing themselves and Palestinians a massive disservice. Explanations are not excuses, and the behavior of both Israel and Hamas in the modern era cannot be excused.
I didn't post the article, just to be clear.
Lol whoops, saw the mod tag and just assumed since you're also a pretty prolific poster.
I keep saying it. Hamas knew what it was doing, and literally the whole world danced to the song they put on, and I'd be legit shocked if the ones in charge that came up with the attack are actually in the strip.
Hamas attacked Israel in one of the most aggressive and heinous methods that has been seen in a long while, the Israel that has a history of retaliating with absolute and overwhelming force with zero chill, at a time when the leadership of Israel was looking for an opportunity to invade. So Israel is gonna Israel, and now the Palestinians in Gaza who would go against Hamas, as you said that would be happy to subjugate the Palestinians, are going to be more supportive of Hamas where the two-state solution isn't even being as supported as it once was because the calls for revenge are coming.
Regionally, Israel gained it's zero-chill attitude because it was surrounded by countries that want to exterminate it, it's required western backing to keep there. But Egypt and Israel haven't been quite at each others throats as much anymore, and Saudi Arabia and Israel were working out a deal. This put Israel back at square one in terms of local diplomacy.
Western countries have had to be the supporters to Israel, it kinda exists in that sort of meddling. When Israel attacked the strip, there were multiple countries ready to throw in and escalate it from a small war to a full all out multi-national war. That much rattling sabers means the west continues its support, even when they hand the weapons to Israel to say 'don't use it over here.' and watches Israel do just that.
The west supporting Israel has only helped fan the flames of anti-semetic rhetoric with the feeling of Israel pulling an excess of political power upon itself. The right wing hawks are willing to help keep escalating the war because, well they've never had a problem starting wars in the Middle East. The political left is tearing itself apart because it typically is a coalition of differing beliefs, the US is having a problem that the not-ultra-right wing party of the Democrats got where they are because depending on the state it was coalitions of Muslim and Jewish voters, both of whom are mad and are threatening to stay home despite the other runner is someone who will make things worse, which could be the sort of thing to rally the religiously held Muslim countries together.
What angers me is how much of this I predicted when Hamas attacked. I'm just a guy who works on equipment, one would hope the world leaders would see this exact same train of thought and turn off the music instead of getting in line and waltzing to the beat.
Don't both sides this one. Israel killed these people.
Likely killed by indiscriminate Israeli bombing. They don't know where hostages are being held, so any bomb could be the one that kills hostages, and they clearly don't care.
It's the hannibal directive again
The article doesn't do a good job of clarifying anything, but sounds like they died 10/7?
Israel is just announcing it now.
It's a propaganda move by Israel to make people think of them as victims again.
So far all the hostages have died from actions by Israel
Some keep ignoring the part where people became hostages.
Some keep ignoring the part where retaliation against a foreign nation conducting genocide against you for 70 years is not only justified and easy to understand, but fucking commendable. If Hamas weren't in fact backed by Israel, them taking hostages would've actually been something to get behind.
retaliation against a foreign nation conducting genocide against you for 70 years is not only justified and easy to understand, but fucking commendable
A retaliation that results in a predictable extermination is not commendable, it's stupid. Instead of spending resources on rockets they should've spent them on building universities that would help them better understand the situation and possible ways to deal with it effectively.
Oh wait, I'm being stupid. Rockets and terrorism all the way it is! Because it's easier and you get many internet points for calling it a "retaliation".
should've spent them on building universities that would help them better understand the situation and possible ways to deal with it effectively.
First of all..... They already had universities. Secondly, how exactly does "better understanding the situation" fix being held in a mass concentration camp?
Palestinians have tried diplomatic solutions in the past, but you can't force a nation with more hard power than yours to the negotiation table.
The inherent problem with your argument is it doesn't account for the disparity of both hard and soft power between the two belligerents.
The inherent problem with your argument
Problem with yours is what I already pointed out. You applaud people for doing terrorism (aka killing themselves). You refuse their ability to not jump knowingly into a bear trap with their both legs.
have tried diplomatic solutions in the past
Either they didn't try hard enough or they could find non-diplomatic solutions. Better ones than doing terrorism (aka killing themselves).
If you accept someone saying the only way out of their situation was doing terrorism (aka killing themselves) then you are not a smart human being.
Problem with yours is what I already pointed out. You applaud people for doing terrorism (aka killing themselves).
This is the first time I've talked to you?
You refuse their ability to not jump knowingly into a bear trap with their both legs.
So you are blaming the the collective punishment on those receiving the collective punishment?
If Hamas killing women and children is wrong, is Israeli killing several times more not?
Either they didn't try hard enough or they could find non-diplomatic solutions. Better ones than doing terrorism (aka killing themselves).
Kinda sounds like you have no idea what you are talking about..... It takes two willing parties to negotiate. And in these negotiations Israel has always had more power, thus more responsibility to make peace.
If you accept someone saying the only way out of their situation was doing terrorism (aka killing themselves) then you are not a smart human being.
If you think labeling someone a terrorist changes the actual material conditions that causes this war..... Then you aren't a smart human being.
So you are blaming the the collective punishment on those receiving the collective punishment?
I blame people who did unnecessary stupid things that they knew would cause them to suffer even more. They are not smart. If they were smart they wouldn't do it that way.
If Hamas killing women and children is wrong, is Israeli killing several times more not?
It's wrong but they did not start this aggression without reason, and they know they are not suicidal.
It takes two willing parties to negotiate
Sigh. How else should I put it? Don't do diplomacy if you think you are smart (hamas clearly aren't) and already tried everything. Do terrorism. But please do it in a way that would actually benefit your cause. In a way that would not make them start another ground operation. I dunno, maybe try to not take hostages and not stream your murders for once? Or maybe release the hostages and surrender god damn it (it should even be possible to keep your lives by surrendering to a 3rd party instead). That would at least send a message to the world and maybe even save a lot of Palestinians.
labeling someone a terrorist
I didn't do that here. They are just idiots.
blame people who did unnecessary stupid things that they knew would cause them to suffer even more. They are not smart. If they were smart they wouldn't do it that way.
A simple yes would suffice. So you think those thousands of women and children were part of the decision to attack Israel?
It's wrong but they did not start this aggression without reason, and they know they are not suicidal.
Ahh yes, because this conflict is devoid of any historical conflict..... Please look up how many Palestinian civilians have been killed by military actions vs Israeli in the last 20 years and come back to me.
Sigh. How else should I put it? Don't do diplomacy if you think you are smart (hamas clearly aren't) and already tried everything. Do terrorism. But please do it in a way that would actually benefit your cause. In a way that would not make them start another ground operation. I dunno, maybe try to not take hostages and not stream your murders for once? Or maybe release the hostages and surrender god damn it (it should even be possible to keep your lives by surrendering to a 3rd party instead). That would at least send a message to the world and maybe even save a lot of Palestinians.
Quite the shifting goal post you have there...... They're have already been several attempts by whatever is left over of Hamas to surrender/cease fire. Most Israelis already want a ceasefire, but Netanyahu has already said that the war will not end until all of Hamas is destroyed.
This is because Netanyahu's administration is way behind in the polls since the attack, because he moves defense forces away from vulnerable border points, allowing the attack to penetrate deep into Israel.
He is still under criminal investigation and very well may go to jail if he loses his next election. While the war goes on he has the ability to halt the vote from taking place due to emergency powers.
I didn't do that here. They are just idiots.
You've called them terrorists the whole time...
You're either playing the fool or are just foolish, either way I don't think we have much else to talk about. I don't like to associate myself with people who defend war crimes like collective punishment.
So you think those thousands of women and children were part of the decision to attack Israel?
No, it's somewhat irrelevant. I'm not saying it's okay to bomb those people.
Please look up how many Palestinian civilians have been killed by military actions vs Israeli
What do you expect exactly? That I would say "oh so Israel lost much less people in the October 7 attack than Palestinians in XX years, so it should just do nothing"? History doesn't matter when it's about specific decisions with predictable consequences, and the fact that those could be avoided in the first place. Don't cut the branch you are sitting on.
They're have already been several attempts by whatever is left over of Hamas to surrender/cease fire
How difficult it is to release hostages and surrender? I think just one attempt would suffice. Is it difficult because some of them refuse to agree that this is the simplest and fastest way to try to save Palestinians and show everyone they can work on their mistakes?
You've called them terrorists the whole time
My primary complain is their stupidity. They are people. They can learn. Maybe they will stop being terrorists if they do that, I can't know. But they surely aren't helping their fellow Palestinians as is.
Is this true? Seems like it would be difficult to verify.
Well seeing as the org that was giving info related to casualties has been bombed into oblivion, yes it is hard to verify.
Hamas needs to be wiped out
No one needs to be wiped out. What's currently happening is taxing on the side of Israel and is absolutely devastating for the civilian Palestinians.
Peace talks, two-state solution and resignation of Netanyahu are the only ways.
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All they need to do is end the failed colonization experiment called Israel and theres no need for Hamas
Once isrsel stop occupying palestine
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If only Israel didn't create Hamas and then directly fund them for decades. They are doing exactly what Bibi paid them to do.
So bin laden was the good guy then too, right?
What a horrifying disaster.