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Please refer to Israel as Occupied Palestine, or occupied territories. The IDF is a fascist and ethnonationalist occupying force. Israelis are settlers. We understand however that the imperial narrative (which tries to legitimise Israel) is internalised in the imperial core and slip-ups are naturally expected.
We always take the sides of Palestine and Palestinians and are unapologetic about it. Israel is an occupying power whose "defence force"'s (note the contradiction) sole purpose for existing is to push Palestinians out so they can resettle their rightful land. If you have anything positive to say about Israel we do not care.
The genocide is still ongoing and many things are still developing in Palestine, but we are removing the limitation on only posting things related to the operation Flood of Al-Aqsa to this thread, you can now freely post over Lemmygrad again.
Please don't stop talking about Palestine.
Due to popular demand, please keep all posts about the operation to this megathread, sitewide.
Hamas just offered to release 2 hostages "for compelling humanitarian reasons and without compensation." One of those two is aged 85 years old, according to a screenshot.
Israel said no.
https://twitter.com/richimedhurst/status/1715815339961749676
what...is the possible justification for anyone to ever refuse an unconditional release of a hostage? In what school of hostage negotiation do they teach that?
Unless of course, they are better served as functional israeli hostages for PR purposes.
They have now been released and handed over. Israel initially denied that Hamas offered to release them, calling it "mendacious propaganda" according to Al Jazeera. There is footage of them interacting positively with al-Qassam fighters.
An Israeli survivor of the October 7th operation is also claiming that the Israeli forces undoubtedly killed Israeli civilians. Their interview is now being censored by Israeli media.
This is turning into a total shambles for Israel's narrative.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: