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submitted 10 months ago by Silverseren@kbin.social to c/world@lemmy.world

There was little shelter and barely any services in al-Mawasi when the Abu Hatab family arrived seeking sanctuary from the intensifying bombardment around their homes in Khan Yunis.

But al-Mawasi was the one place they had been told they would be safe. From early November Israel urged the civilian population of Gaza evacuate to the narrow, sandy coastal strip the size of Heathrow airport.

On Wednesday night, the bombardment followed them to the so-called safe zone, when shelling rained down on their flimsy tents as they slept.

"They dropped leaflets and told us to come here, that this was truly the one safe place," Bahaa Abu Hatab, one of the survivors said. "My brother took his children to protect them from the occupation's missiles, but here they were martyred anyway, in this 'safe' place, in the tent that my brother set up in this field."

At least 14 Palestinians, including nine children, were killed in strikes on al-Mawasi early on Thursday, according to the Hamas-run ministry of health in Gaza.

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[-] Wermhatswormhat@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If you’ve been following it all, this is not even close to the first time this has happened. During this entire conflict there has been the poorest communication about where safe areas are, and when the refugees make it to that “safe place” more bombs are dropped in their heads. The Israeli state has it out for these people and they will not stop until they are all dead. The attack on Oct. 7th was nothing but a complete and total failure on the IDFs part and now they’re going to make damn sure this doesn’t happen again, even if they commit the same atrocities that led the Jewish people to this new home not a century later. Disgusting.

Edit. There > they’re

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

even if they commit the same atrocities that led the Jewish people to this new home not a century later.

Slight correction: They committed those atrocities exactly 4 years after Nazi Germany fell. This is the continuation of that.

[-] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

Irgun was a Zionist paramilitary organization operation working in Palestine before Nazi Germany started.

The Zionist movement began in the late 1800s trying to make a Jewish state where there already was a land with Jewish, Muslim, and Christian people living in peace.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah that's true, but their full-scale recreation of Nazi Germany began in 1948/49 during with Nakba, so that's what I was referring to.

[-] Wermhatswormhat@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I hate that you’re right :(

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