Rights group says Israeli strike on Gaza building killed 106 in apparent war crime (44 women, 18 men and 54 children : this doesn't make 106 but maybe it inclues the children who were playing outside)
https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-airstrike-hamas-war-palestinians-344bd8da0254e83eedd7245a593823d0

In late october.; I was thinking that... Yep people have phones and can record stuff:
"Human Rights Watch says it interviewed 16 people, including relatives of those killed in the attack, and analyzed satellite imagery, 35 photographs and 45 videos of the aftermath. It was unable to visit the site because Israel heavily restricts access to Gaza."

Will be harder to hide it. Does not sounds like the 40 decapitated babies story.

Various analysts have said at the end of Ramadan, so April 9th - 10th. next weekend at latest.

no idea what to expect, dont envisage block by block destruction at the moment (but would not put it past them down the road). I just cant figure out what Israel will do in this situation. I mean they cant "beat" hamas, they can just kill alot of people, and they are not, meaningfully, trying to get their hostages back. its weird. I dont see the path forward here.

beating hamas is like digging a hole. the more you dig, the bigger the hole gets.

This post was edited by ferdia on Apr 5 2024 03:14am

Not wholly true. They can destroy much of what made Hamas a credible threat.

They cannot destroy the idea, granted.

BREAKING: The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a
resolution calling for Israel to be held accountable for possible war
crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Gaza Strip

https://www.reuters.com/world/un-rights-body-adopts-resolution-israel-accountability-possible-war-crimes-2024-04-05/

They also called for an arms embargo. Now we all know that this is a toothless resolution but it does put pressure on Israel to invade rafah because the ban on weapons sales might actually hurt.

Twenty-eight countries voted in favour, 13 abstained and six opposed the resolution, including the United States and Germany.

will try to get a list of the 13 abstentions and the 6 opposed, you know, to name and shame.

The 6 opposed:

The United States
Germany
Argentina
Bulgaria
Malawi
Paraguay

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240405-un-rights-council-demands-halt-to-arms-sales-to-israel

Abstentions: (trying to find complete list)

France
Japan

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/human-rights-body-calls-halt-weapons-shipments-israel-108883542

In Favor:

Belgium
Finland
Luxembourg

after much looking around i had to go beyond western media. thank god for Al Jazeera and their images (imagine a world where Al Jazeera was banned):



This post was edited by ferdia on Apr 5 2024 07:38am

Nancy Pelosi Among 40 House Democrats Demanding Biden Halt Weapon Transfers to Israel
In a letter to the president, the lawmakers expressed their "outrage regarding the recent Israeli airstrike which killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers"

Democrats wrote a letter on Friday to U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging them to halt the the transfer of weapons to Israel until a full investigation into the airstrike was completed.

The letter, spearheaded by Reps. Mark Pocan, Jim McGovern and Jan Schakowsky, was signed by 40 lawmakers including Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/nancy-pelosi-house-democrats-biden-halt-weapons-israel-1234999947/

As if its a game.

Hey hey pause pause…
Wait until we conduct our investigation
Than you can continue..
🤦🤦🤦🤦

Boris johnson:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68748251.amp


This post was edited by Many_Names on Apr 6 2024 07:21am

Writing in his Daily Mail column, Mr Johnson said it would be "insane" for the UK to end military support, which he said would be "willing the military defeat of Israel and the victory of Hamas".

Mr Johnson, a former foreign secretary, wrote: "Remember that in order to win this conflict, Hamas only has to survive. All they need at the end is to hang on, rebuild, and go again.

The above statement is accurate, as per your link. You either move on rafah, consequences be damned, or you continue getting sanctioned by the cucked out west.