Israel strikes Hamas launchers embedded in Khan Yunis humanitarian area

[Beastly Boy]

Source: Jerusalem Post

The Israel Air Force (IAF) fighter jets conducted multiple strikes over the last few days on three Hamas rocket launch posts, the IDF said on Monday.

The posts were discovered using direct operational identifications in a designated humanitarian area in western Khan Yunis. Allegedly, they were used to carry out attacks towards southern Israel throughout the recent months of fighting.

Prior to the attack, the IDF verified the evacuation of civilians and accurately targeted the launchers.
The strikes harmed no innocent civilians.

The military added that Hamas's use of rocket launchers embedded in a humanitarian area was further proof of the terror organization's exploitation of civilian populations and humanitarian compounds and areas.

On Sunday, three rocket launches were identified from the area of Khan Yunis, targeting communities near the Gaza Strip. Luckily, the launches fell in open areas.


Read more: https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-795924

[PSPS]

1. Uh oh. Well, I guess it's time to starve more random civilians to death. That'll teach 'em!!!1111!!!

[Beastly Boy]

2. A rather strange conclusion, given the content of the article.

A guess that it's time to hold Islamic Jihad responsible for the lies it spreads never occurred to you, did it?

[PSPS]

3. Well, OK. Let's have it your way

Uh oh. Islamic Jihad is spreading lies!! I guess it's time to starve more random civilians to death. That'll teach 'em!!!1111!!!

[SunSeeker]

4. Weird how you never hear about Hamas fighters starving to death.

You don't suppose Hamas is stealing the random civilians' food, do you?

[Beastly Boy]

5. Ok, let's have it your way

Uh oh, it's 11:50 pm Eastern time. I guess it's time to starve more random civilians to death.

How difficult is it to stay on subject without resorting to gratuitous deflections anyway?

[Igel]

51. It's like being inside a black hole's horizon.

Resistance is futile.

[AnrothElf]

9. Knee jerk reactions ... what a surprise.

[Happy Hoosier]

16. Not a single word of condemnation for Hamas in your response?

WTF are you thinking? You're fine with Hamas deliberately embedding military assets in humanitarian zones?

[SlimJimmy]

17. Yes, Hamas is planning to do just that

by stealing 60% of the aid that Israel and other countries send to Gaza. I have just about had it with this, Israel is the bad guy BS. Israel has done nearly everything it can to avoid civilian casualties, and sent literally tons of aid to Gaza. Yes, mistakes are made. But have you heard of Hamas ever conducting an investigation into their actions? Of course not. There certainly is a genocide happening, but it's not Israel who's attempting it, it's Hamas (on its own people).

[agingdem]

33. Agree..the Palestinians are not all innocent victims..

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they overwhelmingly support Hamas, willingly act as human shields, and condone Hamas stockpiling weapons in tunnels under schools/mosques/hospitals...Hamas diverts humanitarian aid (money, medical supplies, food) into their own pockets and then blames Israel because Gazans are poor, without medicine, and starving...

and yes, in war innocents die..children/aid workers...buildings are leveled/towns decimated but what seems to be forgotten is this is a war Israel did not start..

I give Hamas "credit"...they have harnessed global hatred for Jews and for the State of Israel...beheading babies, torturing and dismembering children, gang raping women, setting the elderly and disabled on fire, turning a music festival into a killing field, and capturing/holding hostage Israeli citizens is somehow a horror Israel brought on itself..and Hamas and the Palestinians are the real victims...give me a fucking break!!

[madaboutharry]

55. I hope you don't mind this,

after reading your post I feel like giving you a hug.

I think I am where you’re at, completely disheartened.

[Dr. Strange]

39. You think the civilians were eating those rocket launchers?

[SunSeeker]

6. Hamas are some sick nutjobs, setting up rockets in a humanitarian area.

Glad no civilians were hurt.

[Behind the Aegis]

7. Not just HAMAS but its defenders as well.

It is disgusting.

[SunSeeker]

8. Yup. nt

[JustAnotherGen]

27. Yeppers

[TeamProg]

10. When was the last time those "launchers" were used?

Just asking for a friend.

Oh , I see, “recent months” as in 5 months ago? 6?

How nice.

[SunSeeker]

11. On Sunday.

On Sunday, three rocket launches were identified from the area of Khan Yunis, targeting communities near the Gaza Strip. Luckily, the launches fell in open areas.

https://m.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-795924

[Beastly Boy]

12. Be more specific.

Used on school grounds, in a hospital, at a mosque or in humanitarian relief areas?

[TeamProg]

14. The article you linked gives no specifics at all, except that the rocket launchers were used in recent months! That

could be as distant as 4, 5 or six months ago.

[Freethinker65]

28. Would they have been able to easily be used again?

If the article is true, I can understand wanting to do a clean sweep of Gaza, ridding it of weapon launchers and ammo within striking distance of Israeli communities, before any permanent pull out.

However, this is no excuse for denying/delaying humanitarian aid.

[Beastly Boy]

32. Your question was directed to me, not the publisher of the article.

You were asking for a friend, and I wouldn't want you to disappoint your friend with a non-specific response.

You got a generic answer to your question here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3222798

If you want a more precise answer, I would like to know whether your question relates to rockets being fired from school grounds, a hospital, a mosque or a humanitarian relief areas.

Please elaborate. For your friend's sake.

[NickB79]

43. How many rocket launchers would you allow Hamas to have?

Seeing as they're a murdering, raping terrorist group, I'm hoping the number is between 0 and.....0.

Anything over than number requires......rapid disassembly.

[TeamProg]

44. History will not be kind. You should want to be on the correct side.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

45. The correct side according to who?

You?
Or would it be HAMAS or Islamic Jihad?
Or maybe Iran?
You've become very transparent here.

[TeamProg]

48. The majority of your fellow U.S. citizens.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

49. Is that from some poll?

I ask because polls have proven to be highly inaccurate, so, again, I ask, according to who?
You?
HAMAS?
Islamic Jihad?
As I said, you're being very transparent here and you're not even attempting to hide it.
Yep, the masks are completely off now.

[NickB79]

50. Is history saying Hamas should have rocket launchers then?

I don't want to be on the side that's cool with letting terrorists own and operate rocket launchers.

[Igel]

52. Victors write the history.

Those against anti-semitism will write one version.

Those allowing or in favor of anti-semitism will write another.

You seem to have decided on the side that's "correct, according to our lord, History."

I'm of a different faith.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

47. Dude or Dudette, quit being coy,

you're not asking for a friend, you're trying your best to deflect or hijack the thread, which isn't cool at all.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

13. Hmmmm, seems to be some defending or deflecting

in an attempt to excuse HAMAS and or Islamic Jihad.
What a surprise.

[TeamProg]

15. Well, that is a meritless accusation. Please try to keep it together. Since there have been zero reports

of Israeli deaths by Hamas rocket launchers, it makes sense to ask when those rocket launchers were last used.

See how that works?

[Happy Hoosier]

18. What I see is people so all in on "Israel BAD" that...

... they are trying to reason why Israel should not be targetting military assets that are obviously legitimate targets.

[SlimJimmy]

19. When did Hamas steal the 60% of aid to the Palestinians,

creating a situation where nearly half of the Palestinians are starving to death? Was that recently of five or six months ago? See how that works?

[TeamProg]

20. That is not the news I've read anywhere in at DU. What I read about is the difficulty and danger of being killed by the

IDF as being the reason aid is not getting to starving victims of this genocide.

[EX500rider]

36. "Since there have been zero reports of Israeli deaths by Hamas rockets..." Really?

Dec 27, 2023 — Israel says some 12000 rockets have been fired from Gaza starting on Oct. 7. They have killed 15 people in Israel.


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-gaza-rockets.html

[TeamProg]

37. Re: Hamas. This is what needs to be focused on.

Re: Hamas. This is what needs to be focused on.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/

For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took an approach that divided power between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — bringing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to his knees while making moves that propped up the Hamas terror group.

The idea was to prevent Abbas — or anyone else in the Palestinian Authority’s West Bank government — from advancing toward the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Thus, amid this bid to impair Abbas, Hamas was upgraded from a mere terror group to an organization with which Israel held indirect negotiations via Egypt, and one that was allowed to receive infusions of cash from abroad.

[EX500rider]

40. Did he force them to be a terrorist group? If not, I will focus on that, thanks

[MarineCombatEngineer]

46. And there you go again, deflecting or hijacking the thread,

which seems to be your go to when anything Israel is reflected in a positive light.

[TeamProg]

21. I supported Israel until their bombs would NOT STOP FALLING on Palestinian civilians, schools and hospitals. So, sure,

if that makes me a "defender of Hamas" then we can all have a good laugh at the utter ridiculousness of that statement.

[maxsolomon]

22. What did you support?

Bombs that only hit active Hamas combatants, but only if they weren't in a school or hospital and no civilians were nearby? Munitions aren't that precise, and you know Hamas positioned themselves in schools, in hospitals, in apartment blocks.

How was the IDF to conduct this war and keep your support? Small arms only?

[Coventina]

25. I have asked that question REPEATEDLY and never get a response. n/t

[sarisataka]

24. I find Search Forum to be an interesting feature

Just sayin'

[Beastly Boy]

34. So you finally found something you posted in support of Israel?

By all means, do share the link!

[TeamProg]

35. Too far back, before the genocide started. Not going to search back that far. You probably see the disgust about what is

happening, it's not just me.

So, you're in full support of Netanyahu, then? Everything is fine for you with this massacre?

[Beastly Boy]

41. I don't expect you to go back to 1941.

I realize that you couldn't have an opinion on Israel before 1948, let alone before genocide happened.

But there is no reason you couldn't find any of your posts in support of Israel after January 26, 2021.

Unless there are none.

But by all means, do tell me all about who I support and what is fine for me! Because I practically begged you to deflect to just that, right?

[Igel]

54. I call fallacy. False choice.

One can be pro "Hamas must die" and still not sport a "I < heart > Netanyahu" sticker on one's forehead.

Just as a rep in opposition to Netanyahu, long pre 7/10, said that the Israeli SC was the most powerful SC in any "western" democracy and seriously needed reigning in. She just didn't agree with what Netanyahu wanted--but agreed that "we judges, most appointed by colleagues and comrades, think X reasonable, so just screw the law and precedent and so what we think the law should be." Far worse than anything SCOTUS has done to date. Including Roe. Or Oberlander. And yet we support the Israeli SC because we think it's pro-us. It's pro part of us. On DU, maybe a majority, but among (D) still a minority. And we're suddenly majoritarianist.

That Israeli Knesset member was less partial than so many people I know, (R) and (D). And she was somebody that was reasonable. Netanyahu and the Hasidim are less so.

[TeamProg]

56. So then, how do these facts fit your choice of options ?

Square peg through a round hole? Kind of like that?

https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/

For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took an approach that divided power between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — bringing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to his knees while making moves that propped up the Hamas terror group.

The idea was to prevent Abbas — or anyone else in the Palestinian Authority’s West Bank government — from advancing toward the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Thus, amid this bid to impair Abbas, Hamas was upgraded from a mere terror group to an organization with which Israel held indirect negotiations via Egypt, and one that was allowed to receive infusions of cash from abroad.

[EX500rider]

58. You keep posting that, but the PA & Hamas did the heavy lifting on keeping the power divided

As in each won a local election, never had another one and Hamas actively hunted down the PA in gaza

[TeamProg]

59. Bibi gave economic benefits to Hamas contolled areas but NOT to the PA areas. So, duh, of course voters are going

to support those who bring home the bread for them.

THAT is what Netanyahu did for Hamas.

I'm done here. Obviously I've struck a nerve.

[EX500rider]

60. "Obviously I've struck a nerve." lol, if you say

You just seem uninformed on the matter.
Hamas & the PA were going to hold on to their power and territory irregardless of what Israel did

The Fatah–Hamas conflict (Arabic: النزاع بين فتح وحماس, romanized: an-Nizāʿ bayna Fataḥ wa-Ḥamās) is an ongoing political and strategic conflict between Fatah and Hamas,[a] the two main Palestinian political parties in the Palestinian territories, leading to the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in June 2007. The reconciliation process and unification of Hamas and Fatah administrations remains unfinalized and the situation is deemed a frozen conflict.

The Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights has found that over 600 Palestinians were killed in the fighting from January 2006 to May 2007.[14] Dozens more were killed or executed in the following years as part of the conflict.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah%E2%80%93Hamas_conflict

[EX500rider]

57. " before the genocide started" Genocide..I wonder who I should believe..you, or...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday rebuffed arguments that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, saying he’s seen no evidence to suggest it.

[TeamProg]

38. Re: Hamas. This is what needs to be focused on.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/

For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took an approach that divided power between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — bringing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to his knees while making moves that propped up the Hamas terror group.

The idea was to prevent Abbas — or anyone else in the Palestinian Authority’s West Bank government — from advancing toward the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Thus, amid this bid to impair Abbas, Hamas was upgraded from a mere terror group to an organization with which Israel held indirect negotiations via Egypt, and one that was allowed to receive infusions of cash from abroad.

[Beastly Boy]

42. Not at this point.

What needs to be focused on is your statement that you are attempting to deflect away from because you can't back it up with any evidence.

Once you quit deflecting, feel free to raise any subject you need to focus on in a separate thread.

[Igel]

53. I read about how that the al-Ahli hospital bombing was Israeli.

Then it wasn't.

It wasn't Israeli.

Then it wasn't something I was reading about.

Why? Because it wasn't Israeli.

I read about how the Battle for As-Shifa II is ongoing. For nearly two weeks. Which is weird--how long should it take for the IDF to assault an undefended hospital from which no defense is mounted? Nearly two weeks?

Oh. Wait. It means non-civilians were defending it. Having regrouped.

"There's no resistance. How are 'battles ongoing?'" I see asked on DU. And two weeks later, the four-month battle in Khan Younis ends and IDF draws down its forces. But wait ... The four-month battle was a non-battle?

No bias in the media. Nope. None at all.

Okay, that's wrong. There are biases in the media. One could call them "silos." If you're silage, in a silo, you only get what's chucked into the silo. So Khan Younis had no on-going battles. As-Shifa wasn't a regrouped Hamas stronghold. Wander on over to the next silo and you get more of the story. Wander to the next silo, more of the story.

9/11 taught us that silos let us get blindsided ... No, that's mis-stated. The proper vocable is "self-blindsided."

[maxsolomon]

23. I presume this operation is acceptable?

No non-combatant deaths.

[Bayard]

30. I'm wondering how they ascertained that

Just how do they determine if a body was a non-combatant or Hamas?

[maxsolomon]

31. I think they gave everyone a heads-up and it was only the launch sites

that were hit.

But maybe they called Hamas after and checked?

[republianmushroom]

26. Are we surprised, no, I'm not.

[sarisataka]

29. Surprised that Hamas stages attacks from humanitarian areas?

Not at all, it is kind of their MO to violate the laws of war then cry foul when Israel strikes them.