The death toll in Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip continues to rise, with at least 800 Gazans now reported slain, overwhelmingly civilians, and thousands wounded. The death toll on the Israeli side stands at 34, 32 of them soldiers, and one civilian from the Philippines.
Among the soaring number of Palestinian civilians, an estimated 24% are children under the age of 18, reflecting the growing tendency of attacks on civilian neighborhoods killing entire families.
There continues to be some international effort to ceasefire, though the indications are that neither Israel nor Hamas have been brought directly on board for the talks.
Israel’s cabinet met today, and while international efforts to broker a ceasefire were discussed, the primary focus was said to be on the possibility of further escalation of the invasion.
Finance Minister Yair Lapid, talking ahead of the meeting, said the consensus is that the war must continue until the tiny strip is “cleansed” of all tunnels and all rockets.
Despite Israeli officials making the war officially about tunnels, today’s reports again included intensive bombings of civilian areas, and a focus on the beach, where tunnels couldn’t even theoretically be.
The seemingly random nature of a lot of Israel’s attack has made them the subject of growing criticism, and UN human rights chief Navi Pillay is calling for an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council to look into Israeli war crimes against Palestinian civilians.
Of course, the US government will likely block any efforts to hold Israel’s leadership responsible for war crimes, and the State Department defended Israel’s decision to attack hospitals full of wounded civilians, claiming secret evidence the hospitals were storing rockets, despite there being no sign of any in the wreckage.
This is Israel, USG, EU war against innocent Palestinian people as so many times before.
Israel is the monster built for such days and such wars and killings, Israel killing of Palestinians children is done as demanded by Israeli fascist regime, they know that these children's are the feature of Palestine, they now they cannot participate in Israeli wars so they are easy target, Is the same thing bombing hospitals and houses full of civilians.
Demolishing the Palestinian houses is to make the people more visible for sniper and a open target for tanks and planes, the Israeli government is guilty as their USG and EU-Swedish governments whom support Israel inhuman acts against Palestinians, the Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt is a Zionist working for Israel.
if, by your reasoning, the only aim of the Israelis was to kill as many Palestinians as possible, they can do that within a DAY. I'm not boasting or gloating, simply stating a fact. I wouldn't wish misery on anyone but I don't find appealing the subtle islamisation of the world. Maybe the Palestinians can get rid of islam and usher in a new era of prosperity and peace with the Israelis. Until then I stand with Israel.
Even if the Israeli nuke that small strip of land, it still would be business as usual with the US.
When are the American people going to understand that the USG does not care about the American people nor what they think? The USG understands that their actions in complete and utter support of the war criminals in Israel makes America and Americans targets by the radicalized Islamists all around the world. And what the USG is saying to the American people is that "we don't really care what happens to you – it is an acceptable cost to America to attain what goals the USG is after. Just as Allbright mouthed those words, that the deaths of the Iraqi children were worth the cost to hamstring Saddam, what the current USG is doing to America and the American people is worth the cost – no matter how many die. And if many die through terrorism, the USG will wail and moan and eulogize and then expand the "WOT" but ignore the reasons for the terrorism, just as they have in the past.
It's up to the American people to put a stop to this insanity.
Hell will freeze over before a single American voice is raised in support of the Palestinians being murdered. Did the American public care enough to voice support for "Rachael Corrie" who was murdered by the Isreali's by being crushed by a bulldozer?
So why will they care about Palestines children.