• SCB@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Prior to early October, Israel was completely out of Gaza, and was not attacking Gaza whatsoever, so no they weren’t killing them long before they took hostages.

    Also the entire siege is about trying to force Hamas to give up hostages. That is literally the reason it is being done. Hamas also has massive food, water, and fuel stockpiles they refuse to share with the people they “govern”

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-gaza-photos-show-half-million-liters-of-fuel-held-by-hamas/

    Also they’re using that fuel to power the ventilation systems in their tunnels that run on generators

    https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-770123

    • a_random_large_banana@lemmings.world
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      1 year ago

      I urge you to get your source not from literally the entity being excused of genocide (or its direct allies e.i. US news outlets). they have enough money to throw so much propaganda at you that you would never believe anything else.

      from one online stranger to another: using and citing sources as such is an instant discredit.