Nine children are among at least 14 Palestinians killed in strikes on al-Mawasi, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health

There was little shelter and barely any services in al-Mawasi when the Abu Hatab family arrived seeking sanctuary from the intensifying bombardment around their homes in Khan Yunis.

But al-Mawasi was the one place they had been told they would be safe. From early November Israel urged the civilian population of Gaza evacuate to the narrow, sandy coastal strip the size of Heathrow airport.

On Wednesday night, the bombardment followed them to the so-called safe zone, when shelling rained down on their flimsy tents as they slept.

“They dropped leaflets and told us to come here, that this was truly the one safe place,” Bahaa Abu Hatab, one of the survivors said. “My brother took his children to protect them from the occupation’s missiles, but here they were martyred anyway, in this ‘safe’ place, in the tent that my brother set up in this field.”

At least 14 Palestinians, including nine children, were killed in strikes on al-Mawasi early on Thursday, according to the Hamas-run ministry of health in Gaza.

  • Jumpinship@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1468·
    11 months ago

    any verification to this? sounds hard to believe. that would be a very bad strategic move from idf, so why would they do it

    • Silverseren@kbin.socialOP
      8010·
      11 months ago

      Um…the IDF has been actively bombing all the refugee camps and safe zones they’ve been telling everyone to go to for weeks,

      Have you not been hearing about any of that?

    • Wermhatswormhat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      362·
      11 months ago

      If you’ve been following it all, this is not even close to the first time this has happened. During this entire conflict there has been the poorest communication about where safe areas are, and when the refugees make it to that “safe place” more bombs are dropped in their heads. The Israeli state has it out for these people and they will not stop until they are all dead. The attack on Oct. 7th was nothing but a complete and total failure on the IDFs part and now they’re going to make damn sure this doesn’t happen again, even if they commit the same atrocities that led the Jewish people to this new home not a century later. Disgusting.

      Edit. There > they’re

      • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
        103·
        11 months ago

        even if they commit the same atrocities that led the Jewish people to this new home not a century later.

        Slight correction: They committed those atrocities exactly 4 years after Nazi Germany fell. This is the continuation of that.

        • Mycatiskai@lemmy.caEnglish
          71·
          11 months ago

          Irgun was a Zionist paramilitary organization operation working in Palestine before Nazi Germany started.

          The Zionist movement began in the late 1800s trying to make a Jewish state where there already was a land with Jewish, Muslim, and Christian people living in peace.

          • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
            74·
            11 months ago

            Yeah that’s true, but their full-scale recreation of Nazi Germany began in 1948/49 during with Nakba, so that’s what I was referring to.

    • Sunforged@lemmy.mlEnglish
      305·
      11 months ago

      They have been bombing tent camps since October. Why would they do it? Because they literally don’t care, they wear Antisemitism as a shield.

    • OccamsTeapot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      11 months ago

      that would be a very bad strategic move from idf, so why would they do it

      If you work out the answer to this question I think you will really understand what’s going on here. Either a) The Times and many others are publishing total fabrications, b) Israel’s goal is not what you think it is or c) the IDF has the goal you think they do but are woefully, embarrassingly incapable of strategizing

    • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
      163·
      11 months ago

      South Africa (a neutral third party) has submitted a very detailed accusation of genocide to the International Court of Justice. These news would be in line with that accusation. So I have no idea why you find this hard to believe.

    • M137@lemmy.worldEnglish
      143·
      11 months ago

      Seriously? You’re really trying hard to ignore everything about this. This isn’t surprising at all, it’s completely expected. It’s also deeply fucked up, which is why your willful ignorance is so disturbing.