40 Killed In Hamas Attacks In Israel

[chrisp_1927]

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Good ol' Owen, he truly is a rat of an individual. He tries to pretend he dislikes the fact that Hamas took hostages but you can see how uncomfortable he is pretending to disagree with it. In terms of food. I didn't see many emaciated faces amongst the baying mobs trying to get at the hostages, the only skeletal people were the poor hostages.

As for dedicating this amount of time to tearing down Dan Hodges. Jesus, talk about an open goal, Hodges is an offensive moron and always has been. Not sure the demented rambling from Jones adds anything

[stevo]

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Good ol' Owen, he truly is a rat of an individual. He tries to pretend he dislikes the fact that Hamas took hostages but you can see how uncomfortable he is pretending to disagree with it. In terms of food. I didn't see many emaciated faces amongst the baying mobs trying to get at the hostages, the only skeletal people were the poor hostages.

As for dedicating this amount of time to tearing down Dan Hodges. Jesus, talk about an open goal, Hodges is an offensive moron and always has been. Not sure the demented rambling from Jones adds anything

Hmmm... and little comment on Dan Hodges himself other than 'offensive moron'? Sounds like you're defending him to me.

But of you think Owen is a rat, what does that make Hodges?

[chrisp_1927]

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You got from 'offensive moron' an implication of defence? Or was it the fact that I described tearing him down as an 'open goal' ?

To clarify what didn't really need clarifying. The point being made was that anyone with a brain knows that Dan Hodges is a complete numpty, not really sure your friend Owen has added anything new to the debate.

[JamesWales]

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So will Hamas release the hostages by Saturday?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/11/israel-will-resume-war-in-gaza-unless-all-hostages-freed-this-week-says-netanyahu

[chrisp_1927]

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So will Hamas release the hostages by Saturday?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...says-netanyahu

Will be interesting to see if netanyahu is referring to the 3 hostages planned, or all of them. I hope it goes ahead, after the state of the last 3 I wonder how much time the others can last

[stevo]

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You got from 'offensive moron' an implication of defence? Or was it the fact that I described tearing him down as an 'open goal' ?

To clarify what didn't really need clarifying. The point being made was that anyone with a brain knows that Dan Hodges is a complete numpty, not really sure your friend Owen has added anything new to the debate.

Either way, you're certainly more critical of Owen than Dan Hodges. Did you watch the whole video? Why isn't this man being prosecuted for racial hatred?

[chrisp_1927]

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Either way, you're certainly more critical of Owen than Dan Hodges. Did you watch the whole video? Why isn't this man being prosecuted for racial hatred?

I'm not a lawyer. If you think there is a case for racial hatred I'd suggest asking one. Maybe the anonymous/made up one shrieky Owen asked.

[stevo]

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[jon1959]

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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/25/more-than-160-gazan-medics-held-in-israeli-prisons-amid-reports-of-torture

At least 160 healthcare workers from Gaza, including more than 20 doctors, are believed to still be inside Israeli detention facilities as the World Health Organisation expressed deep concern about their wellbeing and safety.

Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW), a Palestinian medical NGO, said it had confirmed that 162 medical staff remained in Israeli detention, including some of Gaza’s most senior physicians, and a further 24 were missing after being taken from hospitals during the conflict.

Muath Alser, director of HWW, said the detention of large numbers of doctors, nurses, paramedics and other healthcare workers from Gaza was illegal under international law and was furthering the suffering of civilians by denying them medical expertise and care.

“Israel’s targeting of the healthcare workforce in this manner is having a devastating impact on the provision of healthcare to Palestinians, with extensive suffering, countless preventable deaths, and the effective eradication of whole medical specialities,” said Alser.

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A lawyer representing Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital, whose detention by Israeli forces in December sparked international condemnation, recently said he had been allowed to visit Abu Safiya in detention in Ofer Prison in Ramallah for the first time and that he said he had been tortured, beaten and denied medical treatment.

The Guardian and the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) have also heard detailed testimony from seven senior doctors who claimed they were taken from hospitals, ambulances and checkpoints in Gaza, illegally transferred across the border into Israeli-run prison facilities and subjected to months of torture, beatings, starvation and inhumane treatment before being released without charge.

“Frankly, no matter how much I talk about what I experienced in detention, it is only a fraction of what truly happened,” said Dr Mohammed Abu Selmia, director of al-Shifa hospital, who was detained for seven months in Israeli prisons before being released without charge.

“I am talking about clubbing, being beaten with rifle butts and being attacked by dogs. There was little to no food, no personal hygiene, no soap inside the cells, no water, no toilet, no toilet paper … I saw people who were dying there … I was beaten so badly I couldn’t use my legs or walk. No day passes without torture.”

[jon1959]

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/family-mourns-grandfathers-death-as-israel-brings-gaza-tactics-to-west-bank

Waleed Lahlouh was 73, with a shock of white hair that marked his age, when Israeli soldiers shot him dead on a sunny February morning outside his home in Jenin refugee camp. Relatives said he was killed while trying to collect some winter clothes for his family.

He had fled with his children and grandchildren a week earlier when Israeli troops moved into the camp and ordered residents out within an hour. They scrambled to gather documents, valuables and phones, and had little time to pack clothes.

“He went to get some things we need, but he was shot before he even got into the house,” said his daughter Samia Lahlouh, 45. “The grandchildren ask us: ‘Grandpa was old, and didn’t do anything bad, why did they want to kill him?” She didn’t have an answer.

The Lahlouhs are among 40,000 people forced out of their homes in refugee camps across the occupied West Bank this year, the largest displacement since Israel seized the territory in 1967.

The Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, said on Sunday that “evacuated” Palestinians would not be able to go back home this year, and sent three tanks to Jenin.

Palestinians who have lost homes and loved ones over the past month have described Jenin as a “little Gaza” because of the scale of destruction, death and displacement.

[jon1959]

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https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-israeli-forces-used-80-year-old-palestinian-human-shield-killing-him

[jeepster]

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https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/g...ld-killing-him

They still get away with it.
Biggest killing machine IDF.

[jon1959]

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Here we go again.

Israel has cut off humanitarian supplies to Gaza in an effort to pressure Hamas into accepting a change in the ceasefire agreement to allow for the release of hostages without an Israeli troop withdrawal.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/02/israel-cuts-off-humanitarian-supplies-to-gaza-as-it-seeks-to-change-ceasefire-deal

[jon1959]

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/02/halting-aid-to-gaza-is-aimed-at-giving-israel-upper-hand-in-talks-with-hamas

Oxfam said: “Israel’s decision, to block aid to over 2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as Ramadan begins, is a reckless act of collective punishment, explicitly prohibited under international humanitarian law. The government of Israel, as occupying power, has the responsibility to ensure that humanitarian aid can reach the population in Gaza.”

The international court of justice, weighing an allegation of genocide brought against Israel, has instructed Israel to facilitate aid deliveries to Gaza and its remaining population of 2.2 million. The international criminal court said when it issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu last year that there was reason to believe Israel had used “starvation as a method of warfare”.

In its latest report, in late February, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said 876,000 Palestinians in Gaza still suffered from emergency levels of food insecurity, and 345,000 were facing catastrophic food insecurity.

Even in the six weeks of the ceasefire, Israel kept tight control of what was allowed in humanitarian shipments. Aid agencies complained that a lot of medical equipment was blocked on the grounds it was “dual use” and that water tankers were also blocked, leaving people dependent on wells, which in the wake of conflict are insufficient for the population’s needs.

There are about 1,500 water access points operating across Gaza, and the UN says water production and supply are at about a quarter of prewar levels.

Health issues remain a primary concern, with an estimated 80% of Gaza’s health infrastructure destroyed by the war and 1,000 medical workers killed. The World Health Organization has estimated there are up to 14,000 Palestinians in Gaza in need of medical evacuation, including 4,500 children.

[jon1959]

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https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/palestinians-tortured-while-incarcerated/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_source_platform=mailpoet&utm_campaign=today-on-the-jvl-blog-newsletter-total-articles-for-you_1

After the horrible delay in the release of 600 Palestinians from incarceration due on Saturday February 22nd, Thursday’s releases were hugely welcomed and must have been a great relief to the families. However, many of those released described torture and starvation at the hands of the Israeli prisons and some had had limbs amputated as a result, several were hospitalised. Regardless of the rarely reported fact that many of those incarcerated were held under administrative detention, such treatment of any prisoner is yet another violation of international law. Being held under administrative detention means no charge or trial; furthermore when there are trials, they take place within a Military Court system with a record of finding 99% of those accused to be guilty.

The double standards, notably in press and western politicians’ commentary is enraging and also helps perpetuate injustice. Meantime Phase 1 of the ceasefire deal has officially ended even as Hamas keeps saying it is ready to restart negotiations.