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Hamas has called on Israel to allow an impartial international investigation into its attack on 7 October 2023 and has rejected that it killed civilians or committed atrocities.

“The resistance did not target any hospital, school, or house of worship; it did not kill a single journalist or any member of ambulance crews. We challenge [Israel] to prove otherwise,” it said.

In the new document, Hamas said that “Western media and Zionist lobby groups” had launched a disinformation campaign about the events of the attack.

“The Israeli entity promoted a series of lies and fallacies about killing children and raping women, paving the way to proceed with an all-out genocide project that was pre-planned and aimed to erase Gaza from existence,” it said.

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[–] Adam_Crock@lemmy.world 44 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

It’s ironic that I find Hamas more believable than Israel. many people no longer trust the Israeli government

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world -5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

you can see in this thread that people love the jewish conspiracy fantasies and the glorious arab freedom fighters can do no wrong

it's been that way for 100 years since the jews started moving back

[–] doben@lemmy.wtf 1 points 2 hours ago

the only fantasy being touted here is the moving back part and the revisioned history you try to establish. are you a racist and supremacist, what do you think?

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Which of the known genocidal liars do you believe? A) Israel B) Hamas C) none of the above

[–] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Hamas aren't genocidal.

Armed Opposition to colonialism is enshrined in international law.

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If they were not intentionally targeting civilians in their military operations, you would be correct. Same as Israel, they say they dont do it, but they do.

[–] doben@lemmy.wtf 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

That‘s called terror then, not being genocidal. Wanting to erase a whole people, by bombing all infrastructure, housing, hospitals, killing journalists and paramedics, sniping little children, poisening, blocking aid, blocking access to water, to food, erasing the culture of a people and stealing it to make it your own, systemically imprison, rape and torture people based on their ethnicity and boasting about it, clarifying its intend in social media, the press, the parliament — now that is genocidal and has been very clear since the end if 2023. Get fucked with your both sides apologia, creep.

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world -1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

But Hamas wants to wipe out the Israeli people, so by your own definition, that genocide. They're not currently capable, which makes one wonder what their objective was in the October attacks. It seems that they did it to goad Israel into tracking them and the using social media of the carnage to gain support internationally. That explains why they prepped protests across the globe (that started before Israel attacked). Unfortunately Israel went off the deep end and used it as an excuse to go way over the top, killing and abusing so many civilians. There are no good guys.

[–] doben@lemmy.wtf 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Hamas is being used as a stand-in for the Palestinian people, an excuse for violence against a people that is being suppressed and killed since the inception of Israel. The only users claiming Hamas to be „the good guys“ are usually Hasbara bros (you) trying to equate the oppressor with the oppressed. If settlers stole my land and killed all the people I’ve ever known and had done so for a century, you bet I’d want them gone — the Palestinians have a right to defend themselves. What I would not support is stealing other peoples land and killing them for their audacity to exist on said land — but that‘s what you are defending, tho.

I‘ve got nothing else to say to you, as you‘ve either been ingesting too much israeli propaganda, are an islamophopic racist or are straight up a Zionist yourself. There is no good faith in sight, with the kind of talking points you vomit out. That really makes one wonder.