Israel / Palestine
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matticus
Guru
winjim
Welcome yourself into the new modern crisis
I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't suggest that we need to establish the facts of what happened, but if this doesn't prompt a strong response from the UK government then what are they for?
Ian H
Legendary Member
The BBC reports: -
Netanyahu admits 'unintentional' Israeli strike killed aid workers
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted an "unintentional" Israeli strike killed "innocent people" in Gaza, after seven people working for food aid charity World Central Kitchen were killed.Speaking in Hebrew in a video message, he said: "Unfortunately, in the last 24 hours there was a tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people in the Gaza Strip.
"It happens in war, we check it to the end, we are in contact with the governments, and we will do everything so that this thing does not happen again."
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Beebo
Guru
The ambassador has been summoned to get a telling off from David Cameron.
That will show them.
winjim
Welcome yourself into the new modern crisis
Presumably it'll be like the telling off I give my kids when they spill a drink. 'Pleeease be more careful next time'
Fab Foodie
Legendary Member
Methinks like the smears on UNRWA, this is all part of a planned strategy to degrade the aid effort and simply inflict more pain and death on innocent Palestinian civilians.
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Beebo
Guru
Probably.
Would you take aid in if you worked for one of the aid agencies?
Not sure I would.
Poacher
Regular
Mission accomplished? UNWRA had already reduced their efforts and according to the BBC, "a second humanitarian organisation in Gaza - the American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera) - has also paused operations, along with the World Central Kitchen (WCK), following last night's Israeli air strike which killed seven aid workers." and "We're now hearing reports that ships carrying some 240 tonnes of aid to Gaza are set to turn around without completing their delivery, Cyprus's foreign ministry has said."
As ever, Sue Ellen shows where her allegiance lies in her interview in the Telegraph: "In a sideswipe at Lord Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, who is reportedly threatening to cut off arms supplies, the former home secretary said she had received reassurances that Israel was not in breach of international law and was allowing aid into Gaza.
She said: “I am angry when I see the backsliding by countries like the US and UK. This is not a time for walking away.”
Mrs Braverman, who also served as attorney general, said Israel was using “sophisticated technology to minimise civilian casualties” and had enabled “the receipt and distribution of aid into the Gaza Strip”.
She added: “To suggest that Israel is somehow impeding the operation of international law, obstructing the distribution of aid or is behaving in a way that is unlawful, does a great disservice to the battle that we are witnessing.”
Despicable as ever. It's worth noting that the attack was not limited to a single accidental hit. Three vehicles were destroyed.
C R
Über Member
multitool
Pharaoh
Some are saying 3 strikes, rather than one
View: https://twitter.com/marcowenjones/status/1775125251149500706
View: https://twitter.com/marcowenjones/status/1775125251149500706
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Beebo
Guru
Again, if true it’s clearly no accident.
The vehicles were targeted, but why?
What intelligence did they work with, or do they just hit anything that moves?
All uphill
Well-Known Member
Worth watching the images of Netanyahu, his expression looks like one of happiness. Weird.
multitool
Pharaoh
Tens of thousands of dead women and children suggests so, yes
Milzy
Well-Known Member
They assumed Hamas would have taken those vehicles for cover and if they’re found to be wrong, don’t care.