Hamas attacks Israel

[George K]

Benny Gantz has resigned. Is this a thing?

[George K]

WSJ:

Blaming Israel for Rescuing Its People

Hamas hid four hostages in a crowded civilian area and fired on rescuers.

The Editorial BoardJune 9, 2024 at 2:43 pm

It’s rare good news in a grinding war. On Saturday Israeli commandos rescued four hostages from two civilian buildings near the heart of Gaza’s Nuseirat market. It was a high-risk but well-planned and -executed mission that is a morale boost for Israelis.

Noa Argamani, age 26, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, were all abducted during the music-festival massacre. A video showed Ms. Argamani begging for her life. Eight months later she heard a knock on the door: “It’s the IDF, we’ve come to rescue you.” She can now visit her terminally ill mother. Mr. Jan was mobbed on his return by friends chanting, “He is one of us, and we will never give him up,” a refrain of sports teammates now given new meaning. Mr. Jan’s father died hours before his son’s return.

The non-surprise is that professional anti-Israel voices, United Nations officials and the European Union foreign-policy chief rushed to attack Israel. Egypt condemned the operation “in the strongest terms.” How dare Israel rescue its own citizens. Didn’t it know there would be casualties? The BBC asked whether Israel gave a warning that the rescue raid was coming. Seriously? A tip-off to terrorists? Perhaps read them Miranda rights too.

“BREAKING: Gaza’s Health Ministry says 274 Palestinians were killed during the Israeli operation,” reports the Associated Press, only 48 hours after it had exposed how the Hamas ministry’s daily death tolls are “at odds with underlying data.” When will the media stop taking the kidnappers at their word?

Haters of Israel will blame it and excuse Hamas every time, and the media are easily manipulated into playing along. The Hamas figure is likely inflated, and it includes the terrorists killed trying to stop the rescue as well as those who hid the hostages.

Hamas started the war with a massacre, took these hostages and hid them in a crowded civilian area. Then, when Israel came to free them, Hamas responded with heavy fire, including RPGs—yet people are condemning Israel. It makes us wonder if the West has lost the moral discernment and instinct for self-preservation needed to defend itself in a world of killers. Hamas could not survive if not for its enablers around the world.

[Jolly]

We have stumbled into idiotville.

I've said it before, I'm an OT kind of guy. Until quite recently, siege warfare used starvation as a military tactic. Shame the Israelis couldn't have cut off all food and water until EVERY hostage's status was accounted for, live or dead. The Palestinians could have ratted out Hamas or the whole bunch could suffer.

[LuFins Dad]

Heard a great one liner this morning -

“Palestine is more trans-friendly than we thought. All the men the Israelis killed yesterday turned into women by this morning.”

[jon-nyc]

Maybe too little too late but interesting all the same.

[George K]

You get the government you elected.

The dildo of electoral consequences rarely arrives lubed.

[jon-nyc]

Sometimes you get the government your parents and grandparents voted for. Probably no one in that photo was old enough to vote in 2007.

[George K]

Fair point. Have there been elections since 2007 (too lazy to look)?

[jon-nyc]

No. In Arab countries there’s only ever one.

[jon-nyc]

Helmet cam footage of hostage rescue.

[taiwan_girl]

[George K]

Gaza civilian deaths in Israel's hostage raid may be war crimes, UN says

The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday the killings of civilians in Gaza during the Israeli operation to free four hostages, as well as Palestinian armed groups' holding of captives in densely populated areas, could amount to war crimes.

Israel said the operation, accompanied by an air assault, took place on Saturday in the heart of a residential neighbourhood in central Gaza's Nuseirat area where Hamas had kept the hostages in two separate apartment blocks.

The operation killed more than 270 Palestinians, according to Gazan health officials.

"The manner in which the raid was conducted in such a densely populated area seriously calls into question whether the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution - as set out under the laws of war - were respected by the Israeli forces," Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the U.N. human rights office, said.

Laurence added that the holding of hostages in such densely populated areas by Palestinian armed groups was "putting the lives of Palestinian civilians, as well as the hostages themselves, at added risk from the hostilities."

"All these actions, by both parties, may amount to war crimes," he said.

Funny, no mention of war crimes such as rape, torture, DELIBERATE killing of civilians, including children 8 months ago. And a passing mention of keeping hostages in civilian locations.

[bachophile]

The UN can kiss my butt

[George K]

Jesus Christ on a stick...

[Copper]

Defund the UN.

[Mik]

@George-K said in Hamas attacks Israel:

It makes us wonder if the West has lost the moral discernment and instinct for self-preservation needed to defend itself in a world of killers. Hamas could not survive if not for its enablers around the world.

That's the headline, right there.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in Hamas attacks Israel:

Jesus Christ on a stick...

No, technically it was the Romans that did that. And even then, it was ultimately God’s Will and any nation or people would have done the same.

[LuFins Dad]

https://babylonbee.com/news/heres-how-12-different-news-outlets-covered-israels-hostage-rescue

Everyone knows that the media is either fake and biased or completely 100% factual and correct, depending on how your political orientation lines up with any given news source.

With that in mind, The Babylon Bee conducted an investigation into how different media outlets covered Israel's hostage rescue operation:

The Babylon Bee: Breaking: Gaza Health Ministry Confirms 8 Billion Dead In Israeli Hostage Rescue

New York Times: Breaking: Gaza Health Ministry Confirms 8 Billion Dead In Israeli Hostage Rescue

CNN: GENOCIDE: Israel Mass Murders More Palestinian Citizens Also Please Pay Attention To Us We're Broke

Rolling Stone: Palestinians Recount Horror Of Living With 4 Jews For 247 Days

NotTheBee: Israel Just Pulled Off One Of The Most EPIC Rescues In History And Libz Are Big Mad. Let Me Break It Down For You.

BBC News: Israel Genocidally Commits Genocide By Shooting Back At Innocent Civilian People Shooting At Them In Horrible Genocide

Buzzfeed: Check Out These 32 Recipes From Child-Free Trans Women That You Need In Your Life

Deadspin: Here's a Video of a Racist Israeli Hostage in Blackface Oh Wait Those Are Ashes From His Friend's Incinerated Body And Oops We Just Lost Another $500 Million Defamation Lawsuit

Washington Post: Hi, I'm Raul, The Janitor, Nobody Here Today

HuffPost: Israel Brutally Murders Civilians Innocently Holding AK-47s, Hostages

TMZ: POOLSIDE PICS! You'll Never Believe How These Seven Celebs Responded to Israel's Slaughter of Innocent Palestinians

Al Jazeera: Wait! Don't Shoot! I Can Exp —

[Mik]

@LuFins-Dad Raul

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Hamas attacks Israel:

@LuFins-Dad Raul

I liked the Rolling Stone headline.