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Melon

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27. Could be valid....i don't know that.

Reply to AZProgressive (Reply #24)

Tue Aug 5, 2025, 10:15 PM

Aug 2025

I was going off of what was written and my belief that Hamas was somewhat still in control.

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UN: Around 88% of aid trucks collected in Gaza since mid-May did not reach destinations due to looting or theft [View all] Beastly Boy Aug 2025 OP

Heaven forbid that the IDF protect the trucks. Sneederbunk Aug 2025 #1

Heaven forbid that Hamas stop looting. Beastly Boy Aug 2025 #2

Why post easily debunked misinfo/disinfo? Celerity Aug 2025 #8

USAID analysis only tracks aid that comes from them. Beastly Boy Aug 2025 #10

The IDF said the same thing. As I posted. But you knew that. Celerity Aug 2025 #12

Then my response was not unexpected Beastly Boy Aug 2025 #29

There is countless video of Hamas taking trucks. Melon Aug 2025 #23

Are they criminal gangs? AZProgressive Aug 2025 #24

Could be valid....i don't know that. Melon Aug 2025 #27

Argumentum ad ignorantiam: argument from ignorance. lapucelle Aug 2025 #41

Your own post say that is not the problem. Eko Aug 2025 #19

Literally the quote excerpted said this EdmondDantes_ Aug 2025 #25

Are you saying that I am ignoring an inconvenient part? Eko Aug 2025 #26

No, not you. The OP is ignoring it EdmondDantes_ Aug 2025 #33

All good, I thought that was what you were saying just wanted to check. Eko Aug 2025 #35

Let's be honest sarisataka Aug 2025 #4

A win win. Israel would look good and Gazans would be fed. Sneederbunk Aug 2025 #5

I said let's be honest sarisataka Aug 2025 #20

However, the IDF shooting starving people honestly is not positive. Sneederbunk Aug 2025 #21

"She was wearing provocative clothing." Mossfern Aug 2025 #6

"Majority are overrun by 'starving, desperate people,' not Hamas or other armed groups" Eko Aug 2025 #3

UN failure to control crowds in majority of looting incidents? Beastly Boy Aug 2025 #9

Jeeze man, everything you say just ends up with everyone being responsible except for Israel. Eko Aug 2025 #18

A rather predictable counterpoint to everything being Israel's fault, no? Beastly Boy Aug 2025 #28

Except that at no time have I said everything is Israel's fault. Eko Aug 2025 #30

Nor did I end up with everyone being responsible except for Israel with everything I say. Beastly Boy Aug 2025 #31

Here you attribute blame only to the UN Eko Aug 2025 #36

Armed by Netanyahu, gangs of Gaza hold sway in the rubble. The Israeli prime minister admited arming Gazan clans. Celerity Aug 2025 #7

No shit. Netanyahu is arming the enemy of their enemy. Beastly Boy Aug 2025 #11

Netanyahu-funded gangs were stealing a shedload of the aid. He bloody well knows that. Celerity Aug 2025 #13

Ayatolla funded gang, the biggest gang in Gaza, was stealing a shedload of food too, for much longer Beastly Boy Aug 2025 #14

For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it's blown up in our faces Celerity Aug 2025 #15

We have known this for a while. How does it change the UN report? Beastly Boy Aug 2025 #16

It is all part of the Netanyahu and his ultra RW religio-fash suppoters' (ie Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, etc) long term game. Celerity Aug 2025 #17

Netanyahu and his ultra RW religio-fash suppoters came to power in late 2022 Beastly Boy Aug 2025 #22

Its very sad to see people twist themselves into pretzels to deny the starvation going on in Gaza and only able to blame Nanjeanne Aug 2025 #32

It is equally sad to see people twist themselves into pretzels to only blame Israel Beastly Boy Aug 2025 #34

Did the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs clarify lapucelle Aug 2025 #37

Ouch! Beastly Boy Aug 2025 #38

"Aid parcels sell for 'crazy prices' at local markets, says Gazan man" lapucelle Aug 2025 #39

Why would you expect anything different than prices going up after a disaster? EdmondDantes_ Aug 2025 #40

People are selling donated humanitarian aid. They are making their neighbors pay lapucelle Aug 2025 #42