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submitted 10 months ago by breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

Family members of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip have stormed a parliamentary meeting in Jerusalem to demand that Israel’s government does more to return their loved ones, as fighting in Khan Younis reached unprecedented levels.

About 20 relatives of people seized as captives by the Palestinian militant group in the 7 October attack disrupted a Knesset finance committee meeting on Monday, chanting: “Release them now, now, now!”

One woman, who has three family members taken by Hamas, cried: “Just one I’d like to get back alive, one out of three.” Other protesters held up signs reading: “You will not sit here while they die there.”

On Sunday, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, rejected new Hamas conditions for ending the war and releasing the hostages including the Islamist group retaining control of Gaza and Israel withdrawing completely. In response, a Hamas official in Qatar said Netanyahu’s refusal to end the military offensive in Gaza meant there was “no chance for the return of the captives”.

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[-] snek@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Today Israel killed yet more civilians at the UNRWA training center and shelter in Khan Younis, and I bet you that you will find one way or the other to make the IDF look like they either did an "oopsie" or that "Hamas was there", all based on "the IDF said it, the IDF is 'reliable', thus it's probably true enough for me to believe".

This is from Aljazeera's timeline today:

“One hour ago, it seems that three shells have been landed inside the … training centre of Khan Younis that belongs to UNRWA,” he said, adding that a “building has been set on fire” and that “there are many casualties”.

Abu Hasna told Al Jazeera that UNRWA hoped to get more information within the next hour, noting that it has been trying to send ambulances to the site in coordination with the Israeli army.

Asked if there had been any warning, he replied: “No.”

“We have not been able to get in and from the compound in the last 48 hours because the Israeli tanks actually [were] very close to the compound,” he said, describing the situation as “very dangerous”.

This is insane to justify. Utterly insane, and yet you will confidently find a way.

Sorry for adding yet another message to this, but yeah. Bye then.

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago

This is you being tricked in real time.

You literally don't have enough information to form a conclusion about this thing that happened in the past couple of hours, but that didn't stop you from forming one and being angry about it. You just realize your information is incomplete.

There are extensive tunnels under Khan Younis. Why is it incredible to you that Hamas would be be present there?

Al Jazeera is Qatari state media. Qatari is Hamas's largest financial supporter.

Neither the Qatari officials or their state media has any credibility in its coverage of this war.

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