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Some people, communicating via satellite phones, have described the attack as the “heaviest bombardment yet,” according to independent journalist Sharif Kouddous.

“People can’t call ambulances or civil defense. We are being bombed in an unprecedented manner,” said an unidentified journalist at a Gaza hospital, according to a translation by The Nation’s Palestinian correspondent, Mohammed El-Kurd. “The sky around us just lights up [with explosions], and no one knows what’s going on.”

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[-] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 112 points 9 months ago

The world is watching. No justice, no peace.

[-] SirToxicAvenger@lemm.ee 14 points 9 months ago

the world has never truly been at peace though - maybe prior to the evolution of bacteria, but I doubt it.

[-] aesthelete@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The natural world is chaotic and violent, so that means we as thinking humans who know what it is to suffer pain and the loss of loved ones, must not only add to that violence and chaos but also devise new, sophisticated ways of inflicting suffering. But also don't forget that we're better and more civilized than animals. /s

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[-] ShroOmeric@lemmy.world 84 points 9 months ago

Israel is no better than Russia.

[-] rdri@lemmy.world 75 points 9 months ago

Except that Ukraine attacking Russia was a lie. Russia and hamas are aggressors.

[-] ShroOmeric@lemmy.world 80 points 9 months ago

Ukraine attacking Russia was a lie, Israel ethnic cleansing Palestine is reality.

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[-] rckclmbr@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I got temp banned from lemmy.ml for saying that. Basically said "except Ukraine didn't attack Russia first", then got the banhammer. A quick Google on their point (cant even remember what it was) and I knew it was bullshit. I blocked lemmy.ml right after

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[-] qnick@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago

That's interesting considering that Hamas is one of the closest allies of the Kremlin.

[-] Why9@lemmy.world 79 points 9 months ago

You know as well as anyone that this has NOTHING to do with Hamas.

Their strategy of indiscriminate bombing would not be the answer if they wanted to kill Hamas only. There's absolutely no regard for civilians here. They're not destroying Hamas. They're eradicating the population of Palestine. Anyone who lives will rightly join Hamas and after this, honestly I can see why.

[-] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 55 points 9 months ago

The Netanyahu government is currently doing an excellent job recruiting for Hamas.

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[-] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Behavioral/policy similarity doesn't necessarily imply an alliance or partnership compatibility.

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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 49 points 9 months ago

A poll published Friday found that only 49 percent of Israelis want to hold off on the ground offensive against Hamas, down from 65 percent last week.

Disappointing to say the least.

[-] steventhedev@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago

Entirely predictable though. Unlike previous rounds between Israel and Gaza, they haven't been targeting the rocket infrastructure. Hamas and PIJ have been bombing Israeli cities daily since October 7th. It doesn't get much coverage because most are intercepted and Israel intentionally censors most documentation of it - but you can find it in the liveblogs of most Israeli news sources.

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[-] Huschke@programming.dev 47 points 9 months ago

I'm pretty sure Aliens exist and there are big signs around our solar system that say something like "Avoid that system, murderous apes".

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[-] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 40 points 9 months ago

Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerer of death's construction

In the fields, the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor, yeah

Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait till their judgement day comes, yeah!

Now in darkness, world stops turning
Ashes where their bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour

Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing, spreads his wings

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[-] Kedly@lemm.ee 35 points 9 months ago

I guess the silver lining of this shitshow happening right as I joined Lemmy is that its giving me a massive list of hateful idiots and servers to block right out of the gate

[-] TinyPizza@kbin.social 27 points 9 months ago

Night bombings are always known to be the most accurate.

[-] dumdum666@kbin.social 26 points 9 months ago

Yeah - we should be glad that weapons technology actually evolved to a point, where carpet fire bombings of cities like Dresden or Hamburg (WW2) are a thing of the past.

[-] TinyPizza@kbin.social 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Don't forget Tokyo! Those we're all war crimes interestingly enough.

Oddly the siege of Gaza may very well fall into that category with the amount of ordinance that's been dropped, although the terminology would likely be different due to the guided aspect.

Carpet bombing of cities, towns, villages, or other areas containing a concentration of civilians is considered a war crime[5] as of Article 51 of the 1977 Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions.[6][7][8]
The term obliteration bombing is sometimes used to describe especially intensified bombing with the intention of destroying a city or a large part of the city. The term area bombing refers to indiscriminate bombing of an area and also encompasses cases of carpet bombing, including obliteration bombing.

Perhaps it might even get it's own unique term someday. I do find it quite similar from what I'm reading on the first instance of carpet bombing though, the bombing of Barcelona

Along with the variance of the times between each individual attack, this had a demoralizing effect on the civilian population, which suffered prolonged anxiety quite out of proportion to the number of bombs dropped over a long period of time. Coupled with the fact that there was little discernible military value in the choice of targets within the city, and the cessation of the attacks for no apparent reason

Edit: sorry meant to add this as well

The Italian bombers dropped 44 tons of bombs.[7] Rather than aiming at military targets, the Italians intended to destroy industrial areas of the city and demoralize the Republican side, in what some authors have described as the first aerial carpet bombing in history.[1] Their targets and declared objectives were military warehouses, arms factories, trains with soldiers, and the port, but civil buildings, cinemas, consulates, and theatres were also hit or destroyed during the bombing.[8]

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[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

Things have gotten so out of hand. It is a shame.

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