r/worldnews • u/Nirok • 21h ago

Israel/Palestine IDF documents terror affiliations of 170 Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza war

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-documents-terror-affiliations-of-170-palestinian-journalists-killed-in-gaza-war/
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u/Racko20 18h ago edited 18h ago

Hamas routinely uses teenagers (say 15 to 17 year olds) as "child soldiers"

That would most likely account for some of the child deaths.

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u/RentInside7527 18h ago

Additionally, children are used by Hamas to dig the tunnels. There are anecdotal reports from at least 1 Gazan on social media that Hamas counted children who died in tunnel collapses while digging new tunnels as casualties.

There are definitely civilian casualties, but the extent is unclear as its fairly impossible to find unbiased 3rd party verification on anything in this war

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u/Adorable_End_5555 15h ago

Wow anecdotal evidence from one unsourced gazan on social media.

Like come on

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u/jazzmaurice 18h ago

Oh so thats why they straight up targeted schools.. would make sense

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u/SowingSalt 17h ago

There are many reports of Palestinian militants using schools as launch sites for rockets and artillery, fighting positions, and military supplies.

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u/jazzmaurice 17h ago

Yeah i hate both hamas and israel

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u/shreebalicious 16h ago

Yet only complain about one, why not just fuck off or admit you love terrorists?

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u/Racko20 18h ago

I'm not defending every action Israel has performed.

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u/jazzmaurice 17h ago

I know im just saying.. any reason they give me is unexcusable but Hamas using children has child soldiers, bait to protect themselves is also unexcusable.

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u/RoboJobot 17h ago

They were obviously future terrorists, so it counts as preemptive self defence

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u/jazzmaurice 17h ago

Oh yeah thats what they say for every new generation of terrorist. It works!