Gaza authorities say 700 Palestinians killed in overnight strikes as Israel intensifies bombing campaign
Gaza authorities say 700 Palestinians killed in overnight strikes as Israel intensifies bombing campaign
More than 700 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli air strikes, Gaza's health ministry said on Tuesday, the highest 24-hour death toll since Israel began a bombing campaign to crush Hamas militants who stunned the country with a deadly Oct. 7 attack.
GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 24 (Reuters) - More than 700 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli air strikes, Gaza's health ministry said on Tuesday, the highest 24-hour death toll since Israel began a bombing campaign to crush Hamas militants who stunned the country with a deadly Oct. 7 attack.
Israel said it had killed dozens of Hamas fighters in the overnight strikes on the besieged enclave but said its war to destroy the Islamist group would take time.
As aid agencies warned that a humanitarian catastrophe was unfolding in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron flew to Israel to offer it support.
These threads about the ongoing conflict recently have had me reflecting on Umberto Eco's work "Ur-Fascism" as of late. Specifically the 14 common features he identified that are shared under fascist thought. The one I've been thinking about the most lately, as I read some of the grotesque things people are writing, is #8: The enemy is both weak and strong. “[…] the followers must be convinced that they can overwhelm the enemies. Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”
But upon review I think that these other ones are worth reflecting on as well. I mean they all really are in the context of this crisis, but I found these to be the most striking.
#4: Disagreement is treason. “The critical spirit makes distinctions, and to distinguish is a sign of modernism. In modern culture, the scientific community praises disagreement as a way to improve knowledge.”
#5: Fear of difference. “The first appeal of a fascist or prematurely fascist movement is an appeal against the intruders. Thus Ur-Fascism is racist by definition.”
#6: Appeal to social frustration. “[…] one of the most typical features of the historical fascism was the appeal to a frustrated middle class, a class suffering from an economic crisis or feelings of political humiliation, and frightened by the pressure of lower social groups.
#7: The obsession with a plot. “The followers must feel besieged. The easiest way to solve the plot is the appeal to xenophobia.”
#9: Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy. “For Ur-Fascism there is no struggle for life but, rather, life is lived for struggle.”
#10: Contempt for the weak. “Elitism is a typical aspect of any reactionary ideology.”
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Netanyahu is on television saying he is proud to have killed more than 3 times as many civilians as Hamas.
If you support the israeli government you are a piece of shit. Period.
End Stage Capitalism is not fun.
Any day now
Which means probably about 350 of them were children.
Why the down vote? Average age in gaza is 19 (yes mean is not median but still). This means that you have a good chance that a large proportion of those killed were kids (and almost all weren't of voting age last time gaza had an election).
Jsyk, this site puts median and mean age lower at 18 y/o which just makes Israel's actions more abhorrent.
https://www.countryreports.org/country/GazaStrip/population.htm
"gaza authorities" so Hamas
This is the best summary I could come up with:
GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 24 (Reuters) - More than 700 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli air strikes, Gaza's health ministry said on Tuesday, the highest 24-hour death toll since Israel began a bombing campaign to crush Hamas militants who stunned the country with a deadly Oct. 7 attack.
As aid agencies warned that a humanitarian catastrophe was unfolding in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron flew to Israel to offer it support.
Israeli tanks and troops are massed on the border between Israel and the enclave awaiting orders for an expected ground invasion - an operation that will be complicated by concerns over the hostages.
Wide areas of Gaza have been flattened by Israeli bombs with buildings reduced to piles of rubble and twisted metal, forcing more than one million residents to seek shelter elsewhere in the territory.
Israel shouldn't be granted an unconditional green light and unrestricted authorisation to kill," Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said in a speech to Gulf state's Shura council.
"We are linked to Israel through mourning," Macron said earlier on social media, saying that 30 French people were killed in the Oct. 7 attacks and nine were still missing or held hostage.
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At this point I don't even think they're doing it out of hatred anymore. They're just doing it for sport
"Gaza officials" aka Hamas present us another fantastic number after rolling their dice. Want the bombings to stop? Release the hostages and surrender. But we all know Hamas gives no shit about the people or peace - just as all their friends and supporters.
It's a bunch of doctors on the brick of collapse that report these numbers. You can stare at them in shock and disbelief all you want. The number is about to increase, many are missing under the rubble.
How many times in the past 20 years has a Palestinian Health Ministry reported numbers that have gone up?
This number has already dropped to 400: https://lemmy.world/post/7270667
What a nonsense. Are those the same "doctors" who held a press conference among bodies on that destroyed parking lot that was supposed to be a "destroyed hospital"? They report whatever Hamas tells them to. There is no shock on my side - I'm sure many people have been killed and injured but reporting any number other than "many" is unverifiable BS.
"Gaza Authorities" hahahahaha, means Hamas. Hamas do nothing but lie. The same people screaming bloody murder after Hamas lied about the PIJ bombing their own Hospital killing 50 as "dur dur dur The IDF killed 500" are the same Islamofascist Jew killing motherfuckers making these daily claims of hundreds being killed by the IDF again.
And the Edge lords, Jew baiters, Nazis, Islamofascists, and Anarchists will scream bloody murder again. Makes no difference.
How many people, from a credible source that you trust, have died in this conflict? How do you gauge deaths in the Gaza strip?
Do the downvotes mean that there have been no deaths in the Gaza strip?
Didn't downvote you but here's my opinion: many people in Gaza have died. The number is high - any number is too high, regarding innocent civilians. But these headlines are created by a terrorist organization with the sole purpose of riling people up and pushing Hamas' agenda against Israel. Aljazeera mindlessly regurgitating these numbers under the guise of "Gaza officials" is an idiotic farce.
How do we gauge the real numbers then? Ideally by 3rd parties providing numbers or verifying the claims but that takes time - if at all possible.
Why 700? Why not 701 or 698?! Gaza is controlled by Hamas. Gaza's authorities are Hamas. Everything they say is blatantly false and only serves their purpose, which is to annihilate anyone who is not a Muslim. The fact that so-called news agencies use them as a source highlights the issues with the media in this day and age.
which is to annihilate anyone who is not a Muslim.
Then why are there churches and Christians in Gaza? 🤔
Shhhh, we're trying to build a narrative here.