Israeli army appears to be using Gaza hospital, school as bases, Washington Post reports

capital, 23 days ago

The report states that the satellite imagery documents the construction of earth berms around the hospital, which halted operations early in the war

Is now a hospital in name only. /yawn.

Imagine how shitty it would be to make an active hospital a valid military target…

Linkerbaan, 23 days ago

Imagine how shitty it would be to make an active hospital a valid military target…

Now imagine how shitty it would be to attack a hospital without it being a valid military target.

Israel is truly Nazi level evil.

capital, 23 days ago (edited 23 days ago)

Link to what you’re referring to?

Edit:

This is who Israel is fighting. Civilian suffering is the point for Hamas.

GAZA CITY — The emergency room in Shifa Hospital is often a place of gore and despair. On Thursday, it was also a lesson in the way ordinary people are squeezed between suicidal fighters and a military behemoth.

Dr. Awni al-Jaru, 37, a surgeon at the hospital, rushed in from his home here, dressed in his scrubs. But he came not to work. His head was bleeding, and his daughter’s jaw was broken.

He said Hamas militants next to his apartment building had fired mortar and rocket rounds. Israel fired back with force, and his apartment was hit. His wife, Albina, originally from Ukraine, and his 1-year-old son were killed.

“My son has been turned into pieces,” he cried. “My wife was cut in half. I had to leave her body at home.” Because Albina was a foreigner, she could have left Gaza with her children. But, Dr. Jaru lamented, she would not leave him behind.

A car arrived with more patients. One was a 21-year-old man with shrapnel in his left leg who demanded quick treatment. He turned out to be a militant with Islamic Jihad. He was smiling a big smile.

“Hurry, I must get back so I can keep fighting,” he told the doctors.

He was told that there were more serious cases than his, that he needed to wait. But he insisted. “We are fighting the Israelis,” he said. “When we fire we run, but they hit back so fast. We run into the houses to get away.” He continued smiling.

“Why are you so happy?” this reporter asked. “Look around you.”

A girl who looked about 18 screamed as a surgeon removed shrapnel from her leg. An elderly man was soaked in blood. A baby a few weeks old and slightly wounded looked around helplessly. A man lay with parts of his brain coming out. His family wailed at his side.

“Don’t you see that these people are hurting?” the militant was asked.

“But I am from the people, too,” he said, his smile incandescent. “They lost their loved ones as martyrs. They should be happy. I want to be a martyr, too.”

web.archive.org/web/…/09fighter.html

Linkerbaan, 23 days ago

Man pulls up with a link from 2009 as evidence that Hamas was in this hospital LMAO.

capital, 23 days ago

This is clearly a straw man argument and, notably, an avoidance of providing a link to further explain what you’re referring to, for some reason.

As my clearly marked edit says, the link and excerpt provided is meant to demonstrate the type of civilian suffering which is the point for Hamas and was clearly not meant as evidence that Hamas was in “this hospital”. It’s tough to even try to say Hamas was in “this hospital” seeing as you haven’t provided any more context for what you’re referring to. For some reason.

Linkerbaan, 23 days ago

Can you show me the evidence of Hamas using the hospital as a base?

Look I can do that. Here’s evidence for Nazisrael using the hospital as a military base

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6d50bd82-b86b-44b7-b11f-003487daad58.png

capital, 23 days ago (edited 23 days ago)

I’m still not clear on what Israeli strike on a hospital you were originally referring to. Feel free to expand on that at any point.

Re: This picture: Refer to my original, top-level comment.

The whole point for keeping military ops out of schools, hospitals, and away from civilians is to not make them a valid target for the opposing force (assuming they abide by these rules, which Hamas does not). If this hospital is now devoid of doctors, patients, and other civilians, what’s the issue? It’s just a building now.

Your feigned ignorance of how Hamas’ whole goal is to inflict as much harm on their own civilians is tiring and the whole reason I posted that 2009 article.

Linkerbaan, 23 days ago

Got anything that’s not 15 years old?

capital, 23 days ago

I can see I’m not actually going to get any specifics out of you here.

I’ll let this exchange speak for itself for those that come by later.

Linkerbaan, 23 days ago

Mh interesting so no evidence nor anything of substance like me being able to provide video evidence of israeli soldiers committing the war crimes they are accused of.

catloaf, 24 days ago

Fun fact, this makes them valid military targets. Hamas would be fully justified in attacking them.

teamevil, 24 days ago

Wait up…so IDF is using hospitals the exact way they accused Hamas of doing? (Don’t get me wrong Hamas = trash, Palestinians == Hamas). IDF is acting more like Republicans…every accusation ends up being an admission or projection.

todd_bonzalez, 24 days ago

See? They fucking told you there were military bases in the hospitals and school, and you didn’t believe them… /s

teamevil, 24 days ago

When every accusation ends up being a projected admission it makes me think the IDF and Republicans are holding hands on the fascist rollercoaster ride to WW3

goferking0, 23 days ago

Isn’t that one reason they moved the embassy?

goferking0, 23 days ago

Amazing how it keeps being them that built them

cyborganism, 24 days ago

Well well well. How the turn tables. /s

DancingBear, 24 days ago

So the terrorists really are hiding in schools and hospitals

girlfreddy, 24 days ago

Archived link.