Israel is being very generous

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66. Tell that to Americans trapped in Gaza, whether you give a damn about Palestinian civilans or not

and I in no way object to Israel defeating/decimating Hamas. Egypt too wants them taken out, having dealt with the terrorist threat that they are. But to suggest those trapped in Gaza with no way out are somehow the recipient of "generosity" for a warning they have no way to heed is just damned obscene--and that includes a shitload of Americans.

Americans remain trapped in Gaza A senior U.S. official told NPR that it's working to get approximately 400-600 U.S. citizens out of Gaza. Roughly 100 of them have contacted the embassy for help to leave. And that does not include those missing/abducted, nor the Israeli abductees or other foreign nationals. It is not just Palestinians (whether you can bring yourself to differentiate them from Hamas terrorists or not) that remain trapped in Gaza and for which NO warning is going to get them out of harm's way. So, no, Israel is not being generous if these people are trapped. And THEY ARE. I get the desire to back Israel in its attempt to defeat and indeed, decimate Hamas, but to say the people left behind sans any way out were treated with "generosity" is an obscene dismissal of the facts and the OP should delete this disgraceful post.


For American family trapped in Gaza as bombs fall, there's no way out
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/12/boston-family-trapped-gaza/

No paywall
https://archive.ph/9OWMA

For Abood Okal and his family, the nights are the worst — and each night is worse than the last.

When it grows dark, the bombing in Gaza intensifies. Sometimes there is an explosion every few minutes, close enough to make the house shake. In the morning, they feel fortunate to be alive.

Okal and his wife, Wafaa Abuzayda, and their 1-year-old son Yousef left their home outside Boston last month for a long-planned reunion with their parents. They were supposed to fly home on Friday. Now they don’t know when they’ll be able to get back to the United States.

“It’s terrifying,” said Okal, 36. “I think my wife and I would be stronger if we didn’t have our son with us.”

Okal’s family is among a group of about 500 Americans caught in Gaza, according to a U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Following Saturday’s unprecedented attacks by Hamas, Israel has massed troops near the border with Gaza and pounded the territory with airstrikes.

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Americans are still stuck in Israel, Gaza as war disrupts trips
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/13/1205180037/israel-gaza-travel-flights