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submitted 11 months ago by breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said they carried out an airstrike on a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza aimed at “armed assailants” trying to hijack it but the charity that organised the aid said people killed in the strike were employees of the transport company it was working with.

The convoy, organised by the US-based NGO Anera, was carrying medical supplies and fuel to an Emirati-run hospital in Rafah on Thursday evening at the time of the attack. Its route had been coordinated in advance with the IDF, under a deconfliction process intended to prevent aid vehicles being bombed.

Anera’s Palestine country director, Sandra Rasheed, said: “This is a shocking incident. The convoy, which was coordinated by Anera and approved by Israeli authorities, included an Anera employee who was fortunately unharmed.

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[-] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 94 points 11 months ago

Again Israel attacks anyone and everyone standing next to anyone/anything they claim is Hamas.

  • Civilians
  • Hospitals
  • Aid workers
  • Reporters
  • Mosques
  • Hostages

Why are we still arming them? Repeatedly?

[-] small44@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

Because it's the same usa that made the illegal,war in iraq, killed millions and tortured prisoners in Abu Ghraib.

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

Because the primary export of the US, in terms of percentage of GDP at least, is weapons.

[-] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 68 points 11 months ago

This is what you get for trying to help sick children.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

The stupidest part for me is Israel's explanation. The trucks were under attack from terrorists so we bombed the trucks.

[-] xhrit@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

"The trucks were hijacked by terrorists so we bombed the terrorists."

Fixed it for you

[-] kiagam@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

so in a possible hostage situation as far as IDF claims (the hijacking), you bomb the bad guy with hostages? got it

[-] xhrit@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You are talking about a nation who's current president was accidentally shot by IDF friendly fire, while he was personally storming a hijacked airplane to rescue 60 hostages from palestinian terrorists.

So yeah they are going to take the bad guys out, even if some of the good guys get hurt.

[-] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Down voted for telling the truth. Typical...

[-] xhrit@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

well at least the comment has not been removed by a mod yet

[-] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 34 points 11 months ago

I still don’t truly understand how the international Community still lets this bullshit fly. How many humanitarian missions hospitals and reporters are they gonna be allowed to kill before somebody fucking does something about this?

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

It's just the US and it's brothers in colonialism at this point.

[-] HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Because the US uses its Security Council veto to prevent the UN from taking action.

And Palestine isn't in NATO.

What other international organization could intervene? The Arab League? The last time Arab countries fought a war against Israel to try to liberate Palestine, they lost. (And remember, Israel has nuclear weapons now, while no Arab country does.)

[-] Woht24@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Who do you expect to do what?

Should the West and NATO invade Israel?

[-] KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago

Pull absolutely all support and funding, permanent ban on weapons transfers, deactivate their F35s. International financial sanctions.

[-] threeganzi@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

There are so many things you can do between nothing and full on invasion. Your question cannot possibly be in good faith.

[-] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago
[-] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

Israel Occupation Forces is becoming popular on social media.

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They only need to scooch that 'D' in the acronym over three letters, and I think they'll have something.

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 8 points 11 months ago

No they should have two new branch of force so it become :

Israel Colonising Force for West Bank

Israel Defence Force to defend Israel

Israel Extermination Force for Gaza

[-] hightrix@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Israel is evil. News at 11

[-] Jamil@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

IOF Source: Trust me bro

The last time they claimed this was because the convoy had armed protection and to the IOF any presumed Palestinian with a gun is a terrorist. Investigated themselves and found no wrong doing. US agrees and sends more bombs and congratulates the apartheid state for defending itself from aid workers trying to stop the genocide.

[-] tilefan@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

what an interestingly worded headline.

[-] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago
[-] learningduck@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

I guess the comment has an issue with the "fatal" in the headline, because the staff are unharmed.

Which I find weird that they are more concern with wording than the act of aurstriking.

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[-] idoubledo@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago

Wow, most misleading title ever.

[-] threeganzi@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Would you mind clarifying what you think is misleading in the title?

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