Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 22 people, including 18 children, health officials said Sunday, as the United States was on track to approve billions of dollars of additional military aid to Israel, its close ally.
Israel has carried out near-daily air raids on Rafah, where more than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million has sought refuge from fighting elsewhere. It has also vowed to expand its ground offensive against the Hamas militant group to the city on the border with Egypt despite calls for restraint, including from the U.S.
“In the coming days, we will increase the political and military pressure on Hamas because this is the only way to bring back our hostages and achieve victory. We will land more and painful blows on Hamas — soon,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. He didn’t give details.
The first Israeli strike in Rafah killed a man, his wife and their 3-year-old child, according to the nearby Kuwaiti Hospital, which received the bodies. The woman was pregnant and the doctors saved the baby, the hospital said. The second strike killed 17 children and two women from an extended family.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
If a country is pursuing what it sees as self-defense, where should it draw the line in terms of civilian casualties?
@9LQ7C792wks2W
they should draw the line when it starts affecting more than just other people in the war, when it starts affecting children and women and causing lots of casualities and ruined lots of there property and buildings
@9LQ77TW2wks2W
There should be no citizen casualties in self defense because you should be protecting against attackers not harmless people
@9LQ752H2wks2W
killing children because the children didn't do nothing wrong and should keep the right to live life.
@9LQ6VDJLibertarian2wks2W
Deliberate Civilian casualties are never acceptable. Civilians and children are not adversaries in senseless wars
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Reflecting on the story of the pregnant woman who lost her life but her baby was saved, what emotions or thoughts does this spark regarding the cycle of violence and the future of newborns in conflict areas?
@9LQHRBN2wks2W
It is an unfortunate result of two places going to war, although efforts for it to be stopped should be put in place
@9LQGGJD2wks2W
that the women should be moved out of the area and help as much as we can.
@9LQFB89Republican2wks2W
Extremely sad that this could have been prevented by protecting those who we had sworn and had agreement with to protect
@9LQF9GS2wks2W
have a all children protective services in trying to find the kid a new family
@Gr4ssrootBillyGreen2wks2W
If you are American your money is paying for this -- an extra $28 billion that will help this happens more and more.
@KnowledgeCardinalGreen2wks2W
If lawmakers were required to disclose their investment holdings, everyone would understand exactly why the vast majority of them continue to support the genocide.
@Gr4ssrootBillyGreen2wks2W
"Jacky Rosen - US Senator Nevada (D) - received $704,607 from the Pro-Israel Lobby AIPAC."
The Americans saved Britain and the rest of the allies in WW2 against a murderous regime and we were grateful to them It s a shame to see the noble American people being robbed of their own money to support a murderous regime , What's happened in between?
@LlamaJoshNo Labels2wks2W
Can anyone of the Boomer-persuasion explain to me why it's good to base your entire identity on protesting the Vietnam war on campus--often in ways far more violent than anything we're seeing now--but protesting the genocidal war going on now is evil and wrong?
@ChamoisAmeliaDemocrat2wks2W
As one of the Boomer persuasion I can tell you true:
Israel: wrong for decades about Palestine.
Hamas: evil should be ended.
Netanyahu: evil & a war criminal.
Putin: evil & a war criminal.
Ukraine: fighting a just war.
Theocracy/totalitarianism are evil.
Peace & Freedom, man.
@LlamaJoshNo Labels2wks2W
This didn't answer my question.
@VetoSyrupGreen2wks2W
Boomers won't answer a simple question but will tell you that they think settler colonialism is "wrong" and opposing it is "evil". They've wasted their lives doing this
Times like this reveal how little those in power really value the lives of Palestinian people. Israel is slaughtering Palestinian children like chickens with American knives and all everyone is condemning is a campus protest!!
@EmpathicOryxMountain2wks2W
I see we’re going to get more statements about protesters near Columbia University than any of the explicitly genocidal statements from US lawmakers and Israeli officials in the last few weeks. If you didn’t condemn an official with actual power calling for the nuking of millions of civilians, you’ve lost the ability to speak on this
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
How do you feel about the juxtaposition of military aid to a country involved in actions leading to civilian harm, especially children?
@9LQF57H2wks2W
that no children shouldnt be killed cause its evil
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Considering the high number of children casualties, what responsibilities do you believe international communities have in responding to such incidents?
@9LQ77TW2wks2W
International communities should fight to protect citizens as much as possible
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