On Thursday night, the Gaza Civil Defense announced that a massive Israeli airstrike targeting a residential area on al-Hawaja street in the northern Gaza town of Jabalia killed over 150 people.
“A horrific massacre is taking place in al-Hawaja street in block 7 in Jabalia,” the Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said in a statement posted to Telegram.
“There is no one here to save them.”
The Israeli army claimed the massive attack was targeting a Hamas commander allegedly responsible for the October 7 attack last year.
On October 5, the Israeli army stormed the northern Gaza Strip, an area that includes Jabalia, Jabalia refugee camp, Beit Lahia, the Tawam area, Attatrah, and the Saftawi area. The ongoing campaign is an implementation of the so-called “Generals’ Plan,” named after a proposal by a group of senior Israeli military officials, based on an earlier proposal by retired Israeli general Giora Eiland, which aims to empty the north of Gaza through starvation and bombardment. According to the plan, those who remain in northern Gaza are to be considered enemy combatants and subsequently eliminated. The Associated Press reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israeli lawmakers that he was considering adopting the plan weeks ahead of the invasion.
Estimates from official Palestinian sources put the number of people in those areas at 200,000. Those who refused to leave since the start of the war a year ago live near the bombed-out remains of their homes or displacement shelters. Jabalia and Jabalia refugee camp, historically a stronghold of Hamas, has been the hardest hit area. Now the Israeli army is determined to push out its inhabitants once and for all.
“They are forcibly displacing us from our land and our homes,” she continued. “They are killing those who remain in the most horrific ways. They are depriving us of water, medicine, and food. They are preventing rescue teams from getting to the wounded. It’s actual extermination.
They are like none other than Hitler.”
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Oh great, another story about the "extermination" campaign in Gaza. How lovely. It's as if the world decided that civilian lives are mere collateral damage in some grand military strategy. Can we please stop pretending this is just about Hamas and start acknowledging the vast humanitarian crisis happening right now?
Seriously! The loss of innocent lives is horrifying. I can’t believe we’re still debating whether these actions constitute a war crime. When will we hold those in power accountable? It's infuriating that politicians still back military actions without regard for human lives.
You know, I get that there are innocent victims, but we can't ignore Hamas's role here. They have used civilians as shields, and the reality is, Israel is acting out of self-defense. You can’t just ignore the context.
Self-defense? That’s rich! Bombing residential areas while claiming to target a military figure is the definition of excessive force. If this were any other country, we’d be calling it genocide. Why is it different when it’s Israel?
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