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210 Palestinians reportedly killed during Israeli hostage recovery operation

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The bodies of 109 Palestinians including 23 children and 11 women were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, and spokesperson Khalil Degran told the Associated Press that more than 100 wounded also arrived to the hospital. In addition, he said the rest of the 210 Palestinians killed were taken to Al-Awda Hospital after the spokesman said he spoke to the director there. But the numbers at that hospital could not be confirmed by the AP.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue the war until all hostages are freed, but Bassem Naim, a senior Hamas official now based in Lebanon, struck a drastically different tone.

“The horrific massacre committed today by Netanyahu and his fascist government against the Palestinian people in Gaza, which led to slaughter of 210 and more than 400 wounded so far — under the pretext of liberating those detained by the resistance — confirms what the resistance has said repeatedly: that Netanyahu doesn’t plan to reach an agreement to stop the war and free the captured Israelis peacefully,” Naim said, according to the Associated Press.

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It's really hard to take either of them seriously because both have been known to lie through their teeth and blatantly violated the rules of war.

It's almost certain that the truth of what happened will never be known for certain, because basically none of the parties to this conflict have any credibility whatsoever.
Amazing how reportedly 0 combatants were killed while this rescue happened.
"In international news, the equivalent of five Americans were killed in Afghanistan today"

-- The Onion, 2008
It’s up to 274 dead now.
https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1799715089936761144

Purportedly one of the hostages was being held in the house of an Al-Jazeera journalist/writer/editor and several members of his family were killed while trying to prevent the hostage from being rescued.

EDIT: Turns out he wasn't an employee of Al-Jazeera, but he wrote opinion pieces for them.

EDIT 2: New article https://www.yahoo.com/news/al-jazeera-denies-connection-journalist-194749492.html - It seems that the female hostage was not the one being held at this location, but rather the three men were. The location is an apartment building and the hostages were being held on the 3rd floor while the journalist was living on the first floor. The claim that the journalist and his family were killed comes from a European based Hamas affiliate.

EDIT 3: Another article - https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-confirms-abdallah-aljamal-was-holding-3-hostages-in-his-home-in-nuseirat-alongside-his-family/ - I don't read Hebrew, but it looks like IDF is confirming that the journalist and his family were the ones holding the hostages, not just someone in the same building.

EDIT 4: Looks like the US media has gotten hold of the story finally, but it's mostly NY Post and Fox news. Looks like they're behind the times because they're just running the Al-Jazeera angle.
He looks surprisingly well-fed.
Holy shit... this place is lousy with pro-genocide hasbara.

And it seems the mods are perfectly fine with that... as usual.
Wait why is everyone being reasonable and not virtue signaling!? Did I die and leave this hellscape called Lemmy!?
Another win for lowering our carbon footprint
Well all those people definitely weren't just civilians. Why would civilians be holding hostages? That means those people were combats. That's a good thing then.
Considering that hummus was sitting on civilians for literal decades knowing it'll tie Israel's hands, it about time the message got sent that those tactics won't fly. I'm glad at least some of the hostages made it home safely.
The high death toll is intended as a warning of what will happen in The Hague if Netanyahu is ever indicted.
Oh, how terrible. If only someone could, I don't know, return the remaining hostages and end this. Or stop hiding among civilians. But no,...

PS - downvote away, those who wish Hummus to continue endangering civilians.

PPS - "Your boos mean nothing. I've seen what makes you cheer."

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