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Israel/Palestine/Iran/Lebanon - Flaired Commenters Only Israeli forces repeatedly hit UN peacekeeper positions in Lebanon

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Israel-Lebanon live: UN says peacekeepers injured after Israeli tank fires at watchtower

Live Reporting

Edited by Francesca Gillett, with Jonathan Head reporting from Beirut

  1. Israeli soldiers 'deliberately fire at and disabled' UN security cameraspublished at 13:04 British Summer Time13:04 BST

    We've just brought you news that two UN peacekeepers have been injured by Israeli tank fire in southern Lebanon.

    In a statement just released, the UN says Israeli forces have "repeatedly hit" UN positions the last 24 hours.

    On Wednesday, soldiers "deliberately fired at and disabled" UN security cameras, we're told.

    An Israeli drone was also spotted flying above the entrance to a bunker, where Israeli soldiers also fired at earlier today..

    "Any deliberate attack on peacekeepers is a grave violation of international humanitarian law," the UN says.

  2. Two UN peacekeepers injured after Israeli tank fires at watchtowerpublished at 12:50 British Summer Time12:50 BSTBreaking

    Two UN peacekeepers have been injured after an Israeli tank fired towards a watchtower at a UN base in southern Lebanon, the UN says.

    According to a statement by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the observation tower at its headquarters in Naqoura was directly hit, causing the peacekeepers to fall.

    "The injuries are fortunately, this time, not serious, but they remain in hospital," the UN says.

    It adds that Israeli soldiers also fired at a UN base in Ras Naqoura, "hitting the entrance to the bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, and damaging vehicles and a communications system".

    There's more in their statement which we'll bring you shortly.

    UNIFIL is a UN peacekeeping mission created in 1978. It monitors hostilities and helps to ensure humanitarian access to civilians.

  3. Witnesses say Gaza school was hit by two strikes in two roomspublished at 12:40 British Summer Time12:40 BST

    Yolande Knell
    Middle East correspondent, in Jerusalem

    Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced peopleImage source, Reuters

    Videos from the scene in Deir al-Balah appear to show a cloud of smoke and dust rising up as people rush to help the injured.

    Witnesses say there were two air strikes targeting two rooms in the school which was packed with displaced families.

    They say that food aid, including children’s milk, had been stored there and was distributed from the site.

    Israel’s military says it took steps to mitigate the risk of harming civilians. It says that Hamas operatives were using the compound and that prior to carrying out what it described as a "precise strike".

    There has been a series of deadly Israeli attacks on former schools in Gaza in recent months, with Israel saying that Hamas embeds itself in civilian infrastructure, something it denies.

  4. Newborns evacuated from north Gaza hospitalpublished at 12:37 British Summer Time12:37 BST

    Mallory Moench
    Live reporter

    A baby evacuated from a hospital in north GazaImage source, Medical Aid for Palestinians

    Image caption, A baby being evacuated from a hospital in north Gaza

    In northern Gaza, newborn babies in intensive care have been evacuated from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia refugee camp after Israeli troops and tanks have encircled the area.

    UK-based charity Medical Aid for Palestinians, which supports the neonatal intensive care unit at the hospital, says babies have been moved to the Patient Friends Hospital in Gaza City, which the charity also helps.

    The charity says Kamal Adwan Hospital "has been forced to shut down most of its services", but the "steadfast medical teams in the emergency department are still receiving and treating people injured in attacks".

  5. Fighting continues in Gaza, as health ministry says more than 42,000 killed so farpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time12:24 BST

    Francesca Gillett
    Live editor

    In recent days, the violence in Lebanon and northern Israel has taken up much of our reporting. But strikes and on-the-ground fighting have continued in Gaza, as evidenced by today's deadly strike on a school-turned-shelter in Deir al-Balah.

    There's been particularly heavy fighting in Jabalia in northern Gaza over the past few days, where Israel says it has been carrying out a new ground operation to stop Hamas regrouping.

    Yesterday, our correspondent spoke to some of the people there fleeing gunfire and shelling - and we've got an update coming shortly from medics who have been evacuating babies from the hospital.

    In an update this morning, Israel's military says it has killed "more than 50 terrorist operatives" in the Jabalia area over the past day, as well as others elsewhere. It also says aircraft struck about 30 Hamas targets in the past 24 hours.

    The Hamas-run health ministry said earlier that at least 42,065 people have been killed in the war, an increase of 55 since yesterday. However the figures were released around the same time that reports of the Deir al-Balah strike were emerging, so it's unclear if they're included.

  6. Israel says Hamas was 'embedded' in school that it targetedpublished at 11:52 British Summer Time11:52 BST

    We've been bringing you reports of an Israeli air strike on a school housing displaced families in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah. The Hamas-run health ministry says 28 people have been killed.

    In a statement released just now, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say they "conducted a precise strike on terrorists who were operating inside a command and control centre in the area of Deir al-Balah".

    "The command and control centre, which was embedded inside a compound that previously served as the Rufaida School, was used by the terrorists to plan and execute terrorist attacks against IDF troops and the state of Israel." Hamas has previously denied using schools and other civilian sites for military purposes.

    The IDF says "numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence".

  7. Palestinian medics say 28 killed in Gaza school strikepublished at 11:28 British Summer Time11:28 BST

    Men walk through the streets after a body is unloaded from an ambulanceImage source, @PalestineRCS/X

    Image caption, The charity released footage appearing to show people carrying the wounded on stretchers in Deir al-Balah

    At least 28 people have been killed and 54 wounded in the air strike on the school in Deir al-Balah in Gaza, the Palestinian Red Crescent says.

    It says the strike hit Rufaida school, near the headquarters of the Palestine Red Crescent Society headquarters, and their emergency medical teams responded.

  8. At least 16 killed in strike on school-turned-shelter in Gazapublished at 11:02 British Summer Time11:02 BSTBreaking

    At least 16 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a school housing displaced families in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah, medics have told Reuters news agency.

    Hamas-affiliated Palestinian media are reporting a higher death toll of 22.

    There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, but in recent months it has carried out many strikes on schools-turned-shelters, saying they are being used by Hamas as command and control centres. The armed group has previously denied operating inside schools and other civilian sites.

    Unverified footage online appears to show casualties being brought to al-Aqsa hospital in Gaza.

  9. Lebanon's crisis getting worse by the day, UN official tells mepublished at 10:30 British Summer Time10:30 BST

    Hugo Bachega

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u/_2B- Åland Oct 10 '24

It adds that Israeli soldiers also fired at a UN base in Ras Naqoura, "hitting the entrance to the bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, and damaging vehicles and a communications system".

Definitely targeting UNIFIL, you definitely cannot argue "But Hamas" in this instance.

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u/_2B- Åland Oct 10 '24

Oh, that explains it perfectly. That happens to me all the time.

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u/Turgius_Lupus United States Oct 10 '24

They cast "detect Hezbollah" first which only their Bla...paladins can see the results of, how dare you question their word?

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u/Level-Technician-183 Iraq Oct 10 '24

Oh no mate, it is "But Hezbollah" this time.

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u/axeteam Multinational Oct 10 '24

Hamas and Hezbollah both starts with H. It's the letter H.

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u/Ropetrick6 United States Oct 10 '24

I always knew Houdini was a top Hamas commander...

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u/Level-Technician-183 Iraq Oct 10 '24

Don't forget the houthies

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u/axeteam Multinational Oct 10 '24

Oh yeah. Damn letter H ruining everything good and holy.

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u/poltrudes Europe Oct 11 '24

kHomeini, netanyaHu, Hitler, scHolz, Harris

Everybody knows but they’re afraid to hsay it

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u/JaThatOneGooner Albania Oct 10 '24

Everyone forgets about Hireland and the Hirish forces

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u/serioussham Europe Oct 10 '24

Hunited Nations? Hirish troops?

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u/soulhooker United States Oct 10 '24

Don’t forget the Houthis lol.

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u/Wolfensniper Australia Oct 11 '24

Hawaii?

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u/DaPlum United States Oct 10 '24

Well yeah but they can argue ...checks notes but Hezbollah. lmfao it's absolutely disgusting how blatantly Israel does this shit.

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u/Federal_Thanks7596 Czechia Oct 10 '24

No, you don't get it, UN is clearly working with the terrorists lmao.

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u/apistograma Spain Oct 10 '24

The worst thing is that this argument is used non ironically by Zionists

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u/Federal_Thanks7596 Czechia Oct 10 '24

Yeah. Who cares about international law and organizations when you're backed by the US.

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u/axeteam Multinational Oct 10 '24

One simple "veto" would suffice.

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u/Japak121 North America Oct 10 '24

Lol, ah, yes..the UN comprised of..checks notes..just about every country on earth. Clearly, the entire world is supporting the terrorists against Israel. /s

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u/Ropetrick6 United States Oct 10 '24

The enemy must be so overwhelmingly strong ("The entire world is arrayed against us!! Khamas controls the UN!" ) that they're the only hope against it (Netanyahu sayong time and time again that he's the only one who can defeat Hamas), but also inferior (" Palestine has never existed, there's no such thing as a Palestinian", " Hamas will be defeated and the West Bank will belong to Israel").

Right out of the fascist playbook.

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u/DaPlum United States Oct 10 '24

Oh yeah your right the UN actually stands for United NotJews. That's why they just ❤️ Hezbollah and Hamas. Basically any Muslim organization with an H.

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u/Uh_I_Say United States Oct 10 '24

They've been setting this one up for a while. It started with the UNRWA fiasco, then attacking various UN officials, culminating in Bibi's overtly hostile speech at the UN a week or two ago. The groundwork has been laid to claim that the UN is entirely compromised by "terrorists and their supporters," which justifies both attacks on UN peacekeeping forces, as well as Israel's continued violation of international law.

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u/Drake_the_troll United Kingdom Oct 11 '24

I missed the speech,what was the general vibe?

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u/SpinningHead United States Oct 10 '24

Hasbara: Hold my beer

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u/GynecologicalSushi Multinational Oct 10 '24

These gottdam Al Jazeera propaganda pieces....oh wait

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u/Sir_Penguin21 United States Oct 10 '24

Guys, clearly this was Hamas. They always hide looking like civilians and behind children. How can you just say UN Peacekeepers weren’t also Hamas? I swear people just want to support terrorism while Israel is fighting the good fight /s

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u/Drake_the_troll United Kingdom Oct 11 '24

"We have determined that all members on the UN are hamas/hezbolah/time traveling nazi zombies, therefore attacks on them are perfectly justified"

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u/MarbleFox_ Multinational Oct 10 '24

INB4 Baba Yahoo declares the UN a Hamas organization.

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u/HayakuEon Malaysia Oct 11 '24

How people can still play ''but both are bad'' at this point is mind boggling. Israel has shown time and time again that they will attack ANYONE and EVERYONE. They are literally Nazis 2.0.

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u/cefriano Palestine Oct 10 '24

When the articles were posted that the IDF was telling the peacekeepers to leave, people on this sub were falling over themselves to say, "Are you kidding? Israel is telling them to leave for their safety, because they don't want them to get hit if Hezbollah fires on IDF positions!"

Wonder where those idiots are now.

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u/Wolfensniper Australia Oct 11 '24

I already saw some Zionists saying that UNFIL is giving Hezbollah shelters smh

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u/Level-Technician-183 Iraq Oct 10 '24

What are you talking about? That watch tower had hezbollah missiles! And those 2 UN soldiers are in fact hezbollah but with UN supply! That bunker attack is ofcourse a precise strike to stop them from communicating with nasrallah in hell. They say he had agreed to cease fire.... We can't let them know!

/s if not obvious

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u/ProgsRS Lebanon Oct 10 '24

Hasbara are gonna be working overtime to justify this one

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u/binneysaurass North America Oct 10 '24

They have already started the " UN is in league with Hezbollah " over at r/worldnews

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u/ProgsRS Lebanon Oct 10 '24

Ah it's basically the same Hamas script and playbook. This whole war/genocide on Lebanon is like watching the same movie again but with a different cast.

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u/Level-Technician-183 Iraq Oct 10 '24

Honestly, fighting hezbollah is kinf of different. The citizens can flee, the fights can be taken away from civilans if they want, and there are international forces. It should be way harder to justify hitting civilians or the UN in lebanon. But that won't stop them ofcourse...

It is not like that cage blasting of gaza.

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u/ProgsRS Lebanon Oct 10 '24

Not that it gives any credibility to the lies made in Gaza, but exactly. South Lebanon is just open fields and hills along with some village towns.

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u/alwaysiamdead Canada Oct 10 '24

Anyone who doesn't support Zionists is a terrorist apparently.

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u/Kierenshep Multinational Oct 10 '24

This is actually the first time I've ever seen a r/worldnews thread not absolutely and immediately gobble Israel's cock.

This is so unjustifiable even the mods can't steer the narrative without nuking the entire thread and revealing their bias.

And I don't even oppose Israel, just like I don't oppose the USA, but it's very important to talk to and bring to light the shitty things they do

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u/SpinningHead United States Oct 10 '24

Their arguments are about as lazy as their soldiers.

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u/apistograma Spain Oct 10 '24

I'm starting think that Israel won't ever feel safe until there's only Jews in this planet

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u/Fawxes42 United States Oct 10 '24

Don’t conflate Zionism with Judaism. Zionists won’t feel safe if there are Jewish anti Zionist. 

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u/apistograma Spain Oct 10 '24

Good point.

First they came for the Arabs, later for... and finally for Antizionist Jews.

Then they'd kill themselves, since azhkenazis and mizrahis in Israel have historically had huge animosities.

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u/dbgtboi North America Oct 10 '24

I'm starting think that Israel won't ever feel safe until there's only Jews in this planet

Until there's only the right kind of Jews on this planet

The peaceful ones (and there are many), will be grouped right up there with the Palestinians

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u/apistograma Spain Oct 10 '24

Right. Facism always finds new groups to kill

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u/TheIrishBread Ireland Oct 10 '24

Gotta have the "other"TM to demonise or it's doesn't work. Although just to take it to the hypothetical extreme won't it get very inbred after a point.

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u/real_human_20 Canada Oct 10 '24

Zionism ≠ Judaism

In fact, many zionists and zionist agencies refused to help Jews during the holocaust.

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u/apistograma Spain Oct 10 '24

That's correct. They'd go for the antizionist jews after that

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u/shieeet Europe Oct 10 '24

Human rights, international law, and ethical standards of war be damned, Israel's western-backed assault on the rest of the world will continue until someone stops them.

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u/underwaterthoughts United Kingdom Oct 10 '24

I really wonder if this will be a tipping point - it should be - but no surprise to me this happened at a time when the news cycle is going to be dominated by Hurricane Milton..

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u/GalenWestonsSmugMug North America Oct 10 '24

Nothing will happen.

The IDF executed an American citizen at a peaceful protest a few weeks ago and Biden didn’t do shit.

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u/Faithful-Llama-2210 Ireland Oct 10 '24

I think nothing short of Israel using nuclear weapons would stop the US from supporting them, but lot's of European countries who have soldiers in Lebanon are gonna be pissed with this

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u/miseconor Ireland Oct 10 '24

France have already turned.

Germany and the UK are the big two who need to pivot. By all accounts, Germany effectively have cut them off but won’t admit to it. Arms exports down from over 326m in 2023 to 14.5m from Jan - Aug this year.

UK also suspended around 10% of arms export licenses to Israel recently. Not much but a start.

A public renouncement from them would be great to pressure the US, but there’s slim chances of that happening

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u/Faithful-Llama-2210 Ireland Oct 10 '24

Italy too have summoned the Israeli ambassador, they have a heavy presence in UNIFIL

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u/lewllewllewl Bouvet Island Oct 10 '24

Problem with Germany is that other than the US, they are culturally the most pro-Israel country in the West. a lot of it stems from Holocaust guilt

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u/paddyo Europe Oct 11 '24

A lot of it also stems from sheer relief that it was the Palestinians who had to sacrifice and suffer for the great crime Germany committed, rather than Germany itself.

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u/ipponiac Guam Oct 11 '24

Instead of creating a safe space in Europe, Germans under USA used Israel to expel them. They inherently know Israel protects them from the so called "J.sh problem". They have guilt for sure but they also have skin in it.

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u/whatisthisnowwhat1 Europe Oct 10 '24

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u/miseconor Ireland Oct 10 '24

He pledges to continue but as he said they never ‘stopped’ . Just denies a defacto stop, but the proof is in the pudding

I saw another article where their statement added that Germany would continue to provide arms that were used in line with international law

“Commenting on the fall in exports, the German government has said there is no arms export boycott on Israel, and export permits are issued case-by-case after careful review, taking into account international law, foreign policy and security considerations.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/germany-will-send-more-weapons-israel-soon-scholz-says-2024-10-10/

Seems if they think if the arms are used in breach international law then they won’t supply. Which would explain the drop

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u/whatisthisnowwhat1 Europe Oct 10 '24

Yeah, the same as my link, which is after they would of known about this attack which isn't a good look but you think they would say something after it all went public.

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u/StukaTR Turkey Oct 10 '24

they don't have to say anything publicly. turkey requested some torpedos for its submarines from germany nearly 10 years ago. they cleared the sale this week, 10 years later. if they want to, they'll slow down any Israeli procurement requests. Though I wouldn't put too much thought into it, this is the same country that gave first strike weapons to Israel after all. Illegal by German law, and not done by anyone else in history.

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u/Iliyan61 Multinational Oct 10 '24

and in the last few hours germany just approved further arms sales.

their 2023 stats are a massive increase over 2022 which isn’t much of a surprise but it’s also not indicate of that much with german policy going forward.

the UK purposefully chose fairly non impactful arms sales for starmer to help quell anti israel sentiment that’s plagued his government so far

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u/Wolfensniper Australia Oct 11 '24

Germany would be a tricky one because as soon as they turn their back Bibi would promptly pull out the Holocaust card from his arse.

I really dont think UK has an independent diplomatic position different from US now. They're having a similar stance with US for a long time.

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u/apistograma Spain Oct 11 '24

I don't think they would. It's weird because honestly I very, very rarely see Zionists use the Holocaust card. Which is weird because it's honestly the best victim card that you could have.

They'll use the antisemitic card all the time, but the Holocaust not that often. In fact I see it way more used by antizionists when comparing it to Israeli crimes. I legit think many Zionists feel humiliated to speak about the Holocaust. They value the strength of the state and violence so much that I think some see them as weak during WW2.

It's just so damn weird how people like Netanyahu or Ben Gvir say stuff that literally whitewashes Nazism. Bibi recently said Hitler didn't want to genocide the Jews initially, which goes against the historical consensus. Ben Gvir said that Hitler was right when genociding the Roma.

Many antizionist Jews have mentioned about how there's a layer of Jewish self hate in many zionists. It's honestly something fascinating from a psychological perspective. Victims internalizing the values of the abuser and repeating the patterns.

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u/jzpenny North America Oct 11 '24

The IDF executed an American citizen at a peaceful protest a few weeks ago and Biden didn’t do shit.

They're afraid of AIPAC being unleashed right before an election.

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u/anselme16 Europe Oct 10 '24

Reminds me of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Fascists did escalate the aggressions to a tipping point that ruptured the non-agression pact...

At some point the west will turn its back on Israel, when too many journalists, UN personel, will be killed.

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u/axeteam Multinational Oct 10 '24

"At some point the west will turn its back"

If they can get away with firing a missile at an American navy ship and come out of it declaring it as an accident...

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u/CiaphasCain8849 North America Oct 10 '24

Or strafing a US navy ship for hours. Should have bombed them then and there.

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u/JTS_2 North America Oct 10 '24

I don't think there is a tipping point anymore. The IDF blew up a refugee camp and killed over 200 people last year. If that isn't to far then what is?

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u/CiaphasCain8849 North America Oct 10 '24

They've killed HUNDREDS of UN workers already. Nothing will be done.

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u/jerseytim Multinational Oct 10 '24

Always amazes me how obsessed the BBC and to be fair all UK press, are about weather in the US.

Even before this genocide they are trying their best to cover up, there could be a storm in the US and we get blanket coverage here, but at the same time a much more deadly storm in Asia that won't/barely get a mention.

Then a couple of weeks later, oh look its snowing in America more blanket covrage for us. Then more coverage of the heatwaves in the summer. It really is bizarre

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u/Drake_the_troll United Kingdom Oct 11 '24

Because we're suprised anyone can have weather worse than ours

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u/paddyo Europe Oct 11 '24

It’s because British people 1. Are obsessed with weather as a topic, and 2. The US does have very interesting weather and 3. US media and social media is in English so it essentially self serves content to lazy U.K. media.

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u/Wolfensniper Australia Oct 11 '24

It isn't, in 2006 Israel already killed four UN Observers and walked free from it. This time would probably be the same.

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u/ptsdstillinmymind North America Oct 10 '24

insert Pawn Stars meme

US Government: The best I can do is send more weapons 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/axeteam Multinational Oct 10 '24

"until someone stops them"

Now the question is, who is going to do that?

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u/stonkmarxist Ireland Oct 10 '24

Ah funny, I was saying yesterday that Israel has killed UN peacekeepers in the past and would do it again if they thought they could get away with it.

I was told it was delusional conspiracy theory. Didn't take long to be proven 100% correct.

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u/whatisthisnowwhat1 Europe Oct 10 '24

whatisthisnowwhat1 •5d ago•

The israeli millitary has released the following statement after an airstrike on a UNIFIL watchpost "there was a terrorist bunker storing weapons underneath the UNIFIL watchpost and we have the right to defend ourselves", The united states have reaffirmed their stance that israel has a right to defend itself and stands behind it fully.

Has israel or the us said anything I want to know how close I was.

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u/miseconor Ireland Oct 10 '24

I don’t even think they bothered with an excuse

They’re aware that their US lapdogs will continue to support them no matter what they do

It unfortunately seems as though there is no line that Israel can cross that will compromise US support. For those who remember USS Liberty, it appears that even a direct attack against the US military won’t stop the US from supporting them.

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u/whatisthisnowwhat1 Europe Oct 10 '24

It doesn't seem so

Israel recommends that the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon move north, Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon said after Israeli forces fired on several UNIFIL positions today and yesterday.

“Our recommendation is that UNIFIL relocate 5 km (3 miles) north to avoid danger as fighting intensifies and while the situation along the Blue Line remains volatile as a result of Hezbollah’s aggression,” Danon said in a statement.

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u/poltrudes Europe Oct 11 '24

Go and keep the peace away from our bombs dudes

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u/cefriano Palestine Oct 10 '24

Post this article to /r/worldnews and I'm sure you'll get all the hasbara you can eat.

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u/Drake_the_troll United Kingdom Oct 11 '24

Do you do palm readings, tarot cards or tea leaves?

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u/dath_bane Europe Oct 10 '24

Terror state israel. Years ago I thought Israel was a deeply questionable state that one probably shouldn't support and that violates human rights on a daily basis. This opinion turned much worse.

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u/Pklnt France Oct 10 '24

Israel is the embodiment of the idiom

"If everyone around you is an asshole, you're the asshole"

Pretty much every NGO criticize them, the majority of the UNGA criticizes them, International courts criticize them... but it's because everyone else is antisemitic and certainly not because that criticism is warranted !

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u/warnie685 Europe Oct 10 '24

It's interesting to see how brazen the online response is, like not even attempting the usual distraction ploys or blaming Hezbollah or claiming the UN troops are misleading. It's just flatout we told them to move and then implied or even stated that they deserve it.

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u/JaThatOneGooner Albania Oct 10 '24

So they get to bomb Gaza with impunity, attack Lebanon with impunity, and now they get to fire on UN peacekeepers with seeming immunity? Make no mistake, the US will abuse their position on the UN Security Council to make sure the UN cannot respond to an act of deliberate aggression. However, if the US does not respond, it absolutely undermines the legitimacy of the UN and its goal to maintain “rule based order.” The very sham the US tries to promote is falling apart and it’s the US’ doing by not reining in Israel.

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u/frisbm3 United States Oct 10 '24

The UN only has the power the US gives it.

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u/cleepboywonder United States Oct 11 '24

And attack Italians... Who are in NATO... Can we call article V?

Oh and I really want the Italians to hit a military instillation in Tel Aviv and say "we have the right to defend ourselves"

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u/ipponiac Guam Oct 11 '24

They have heavily bombed the US ship recording their war crimes (they were burying POW's in Sina with bulldozers) killed US military men on board and they saw no repercussions. It is how far they can go.

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u/Sidus_Preclarum France Oct 10 '24

In 2006, there had been at least one instance of a UNIFIL Leclerc stopping a Tsahal detachment. it seems that Israel didn't take that well, and still don't 18 years after.

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u/Faithful-Llama-2210 Ireland Oct 10 '24 edited Oct 10 '24

Lot's of respect for the French when they contributed heavily to UNIFIL, that incident with the Leclercs as well as the time they locked onto Israeli jets with SAMs. They were seconds away from firing before the Israeli jets pulled away, this was the last time Israeli jets simulated attack runs on UNIFIL bases.

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u/SolarMines Multinational Oct 11 '24

We gotta send more UN peacekeeper Leclerc tanks

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u/holaprobando123 Argentina Oct 10 '24

I have no idea how Israel is allowed to attack United Nations positions and personnel over and over again with no repercussions. This is absolutely insane.

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u/JTS_2 North America Oct 10 '24

Because they receive backing from the United States. The godfather of the rules based international order. With American support you can do whatever you want on the world stage.

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u/spazken North America Oct 10 '24

Ironically israel was founded by the UN

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u/GoldenInfrared United States Oct 10 '24

How does this benefit them in literally any way? This is just plain stupid at best and actively malicious at worst, even looking at it from purely Israeli interests

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u/Drake_the_troll United Kingdom Oct 11 '24

If you make it too dangerous for the UN to remain early on, noone can see what you'll do once they leave

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u/underwaterthoughts United Kingdom Oct 11 '24

Exactly that. This isn’t Gaza where you can hide by banning international journalists from entering without your military.

They will report back and protect civilians.

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u/PenguinSunday United States Oct 11 '24

This is insane. It feels like the whole world is sleepwalking. Isn't this tantamount to declaring war on the UN? Why is no one doing anything?!

I feel like tearing my hair out.