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submitted 1 year ago by b00m@kbin.social to c/world@lemmy.world

Hamas’s Qassam Brigades has threatened to execute Israeli captives if Israel continues to bombard and kill civilians in Gaza.

“Any targeting of innocent civilians without warning will be met regretfully by executing one of the captives in our custody, and we will be forced to broadcast this execution,” said Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas’ Qassam Brigades.

“We regret this decision but we hold the Zionist enemy and their leadership the responsibility for this,” he said.

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[-] glimse@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Rape and kidnapping maybe not but did you just say that Israel hasn't been murdering Palestinians? Or are you saying they've never murdered more than 200 at once

[-] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago

You know as well as I do that the IDF does not go around Palestinian villages slaughtering everyone they see.

Israel's hands are not remotely perfectly clean, and there have absolutely been actions that are reprehensible, but the operations of the IDF and Hamas are not remotely equivalent, as you're perfectly aware.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Yes I'm aware it's different but I'm wondering why you phrased it like there hasn't been violence against (non-hamas) Palestinian citizens by Israel.

[-] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

Because the scale and level of intention to harm civilians are completely incomparable. Israel is generally not trying to murder every Palestinian citizen it finds. Meanwhile, that is Hamas' explicit reason for existing, as literally stated in their founding charter.

Israel has done a lot of shit, and I don't deny that. But it hasn't acted the way Hamas does.

[-] bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Because that’s their only talking point

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