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submitted 11 months ago by Fitik@fedia.io to c/world@lemmy.world

A US official with knowledge of American intelligence says Hamas has a command center under the Al-Shifa hospital, uses fuel intended for it and its fighters regularly cluster in and around Gaza’s largest hospital.

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[-] Seasm0ke@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago

Let's just say for arguments sake that it's true. Would that justify idk an air strike on an active hospital? Is that how hostage negotiations are handled? Bomb the bank and be like well the robbers were holed up in the safe underground so really it's their fault we blew all the tellers into a fine bloody mist.

[-] rdri@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

Let's just say that this further proves how hamas using civillian infrastructure as a living shield is an intended thing, if not strategy.

[-] Saxoboneless@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

That in no way exonerates or justifies those who are killing patients in an active hospital.

[-] rdri@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

In a way it does. It would be vastly different if Israel would bomb everything while hamas would care about their fellow citizens.

[-] CommanderM2192@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago

For sake of argument, if this were true, I think the biggest thing is that it would show the international community has been ignoring intelligence and evidence of this and doing nothing. That means the blame is shifted onto the UN and the West imo

Who are we to tell Israel to not bomb resources used to hurt or harm their civilians when we've done jack fucking shit about it? The Israeli government, no matter who's in charge, has a moral responsibility to protect its own civilians. There are still hostages to be rescued and Hamas is still launching attacks at Israel when it is able to do so. Israel just does not have the manpower or resources that we do. They can't go door-to-door and try to minimize civilian casualties while also being prepared for an invasion from their other borders.

So if this is true and we want it to stop, then it's the responsibility of the international community to step in and provide the resources needed to minimize or outright prevent civilian casualties. Israel just does not have that capability.

[-] fosforus@sopuli.xyz -5 points 11 months ago

Let’s just say for arguments sake that it’s true. Would that justify idk an air strike on an active hospital?

Yes.

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