"Gaza Is Running Out of Life": Human Rights Watch Sounds Alarm on Israel's Collective Punishment

[Uncle Joe]

The death toll from Israel's bombardment of Gaza has topped 2,700, including more than 1,000 Palestinian children. As the humanitarian crisis worsens, we get an update from Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch, who says conditions in Gaza are dire, as Israel has cut off access to electricity and safe water, and many disabled and ill residents are physically unable to obey the evacuation order. This comes as Israeli President Isaac Herzog said his government holds the entire population of Gaza, including civilians and children, responsible for Hamas's attack. "People in Gaza are saying their goodbyes to the world," says Shakir, who also discusses Israel's use of white phosphorus, an illegal weapon of war.

[onecaliberal]

1. Bummer for them to have been born there, that's what those kids get for voting for hamas. Oh wait.

[lapucelle]

3. Hammas should release the hostages and surrender.

Hammas needs to stop using the people of Gaza as human shields.

Hamas’ use of human shields in Gaza

https://stratcomcoe.org/cuploads/pfiles/hamas_human_shields.pdf

[onecaliberal]

5. How are they any less victims than Israelis?

Are students of school shootings deserving too because the shooter won’t just get help before mowing them down?

[lapucelle]

7. The people of Gaza are also victims of Hamas. That goes without saying

and we're seeing evidence of it every day.

[onecaliberal]

8. It doesn't go without saying. That is why I said it. Many here don't believe that.

[Magoo48]

9. So, until such time the killing is ok?

[lapucelle]

4. I don't think that Hamas hiding behind the children of Gaza is a "bummer".

Hamas hiding behind the children of Gaza is a war crime.

[onecaliberal]

6. I guess I should have included the sarcasm sign. It was sarcasm.

[lapucelle]

2. The Hamas leader blamed the people of Gaza. The Hamas leader said the Gazans were behind the attack.

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=871522

[Uncle Joe]

10. Not exactly, he said it was a military operation and some military targets were hit but

civilians knew about it and some of them took advantage by expanding the breakout, with the civilians subsequently taking revenge on civilian targets.

That was my take on it anyway.

Even if true and I think considering Gaza's decades old mass lockdown, open air prison status, that there is probably some truth to it. Having said that, the total number of terrorists that were in on the attack is minuscule compared to the population of the city. So I have no doubt the vast majority either had no idea or are too young to do anything about it.

[enid602]

11. "Gaza Is Running Out of Life"

Hasn't that been the idea all along? There's some potentially valuable waterfront real estate there!