‘Cold-blooded massacre’: Israeli forces kill over 70 aid seekers in Gaza
www.aljazeera.com
Desperate residents under Israeli attack while trying to get flour for families as famine stalks the strip.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12546096

Gaza’s government media office accused the Israeli army of “committing a horrific massacre”. More than 70 people were killed and about 250 others wounded, it said in a statement on Thursday.

The citizens had congregated at al-Rashid Street, where aid trucks carrying flour were believed to be on the way. Al Jazeera verified footage showing the bodies of dozens of killed and wounded Palestinians being carried onto trucks as no ambulances could reach the area.

“I have been waiting since yesterday. At about 4.30 this morning, trucks started to come through. Once we approached the aid trucks, the Israeli tanks and warplanes started firing at us, as if it was a trap.

  • voracitude@lemmy.worldEnglish
    69·
    8 months ago

    What would a few people leaving do? Where would they go, and to what benefit? You realise that to leave, another country would have to grant them a visa, and visas can be denied? What about the ones that don’t have the means to leave? The US is one of the wealthiest countries on earth, do you think everyone here can just up and fuck off to another country as well?

    It sounds like you haven’t thought this through.

    • maness300@lemmy.worldEnglish
      75·
      8 months ago

      The United States. Israel is an albatross around its neck. The best solution for all parties involved would be for Israelis to relocate to the US, which has plenty of room to accept them.

      The US is one of the wealthiest countries on earth, do you think everyone here can just up and fuck off to another country as well?

      No. Why would you think that?

      It sounds like you haven’t thought this through.

      It sounds like you’re arguing with yourself.

      • voracitude@lemmy.worldEnglish
        46·
        8 months ago

        I would think that because you said “Israel is a wealthy country” and then proceeded to link that statement to the idea that everyone in Israel should up and leave and if they’re not doing everything they can to leave then they don’t deserve your sympathy for the Hamas attacks.

        If you think that the US will just take in ten million refugees sight unseen, I want whatever you’re smoking. You clearly have no idea of the logistics required to put even half of your insane bullshit “solution” into action. I recommend thinking about it more, maybe reading a little.

        • maness300@lemmy.worldEnglish
          56·
          8 months ago

          Sorry, you seem to be the kind of person who thinks only “easy” suggestions are viable ones.

          I can’t take people like you seriously because you need more experience with the real world.

          • voracitude@lemmy.worldEnglish
            86·
            8 months ago

            Spoken like a child. What’s sad is, we’re on the same side, but you’re happy to alienate anyone for daring to remind you that Israelis are as much victims of their government as Palestinians are, and that your “solutions” aren’t “hard”, they’re entirely nonviable.

            Lucky for you, you don’t have to take me seriously at all, I’m going to block you and never interact with you again because I find you unpleasant.

            • maness300@lemmy.worldEnglish
              66·
              8 months ago

              Israelis are as much victims of their government as Palestinians are,

              No they aren’t. From the beginning, I pointed out how most Israelis have the power to leave whereas most Palestinians, especially Gazans, do not.

              You’re being willfully ignorant and think that by just saying words you’re defeating an argument.

              That’s not how the world works, and another reason why you shouldn’t be taken seriously.