Israel's military tells UN in Gaza: ask Hamas for fuel
Israel's military tells UN in Gaza: ask Hamas for fuel
Israel's military suggested on Tuesday that the United Nations ask Hamas for fuel supplies after the U.N. agency providing aid to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip warned it would have to halt operations on Wednesday night if no fuel was delivered.
Israel's military suggested on Tuesday that the United Nations ask Hamas for fuel supplies after the U.N. agency providing aid to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip warned it would have to halt operations on Wednesday night if no fuel was delivered.
The agency, known as UNRWA, posted its warning on social media on Tuesday. The Israel Defense Forces reposted it and said that Hamas militants have more than 500,000 litres of fuel in tanks inside besieged Gaza.
"Ask Hamas if you can have some," the IDF wrote.
I have to say, Israelis are pretty good at cutting down my empathy towards them.
And what happens if UNWRA does just that? Then they’ll be shamed and accused of working with a terrorist organization. It’s a no-win situation.
The reply should be, “Who should we be working with to draw equitable borders to ensure security? We’re not just asking for supplies, we’re forging local alliances to work on future solutions. “
Yeah, SHAME or CRITIQUE is really something UNRWA should not accept, to help the people it was created for.
Do let me get this straight: It is Israel’s responsibility to let even more fuel into the Gaza Strip, so it can be added to the vast amounts that Hamas already has, but it is not the responsibility of Hamas to provide the Hospitals with fuels from those vast storages?
Not many days ago, Hamas stole large quantities of fuel from the UN, too.
I feel for the civilians caught in the middle. Now is not the time to be hard headed about asking a terrorist group to do what’s right. Obviously they don’t care and the civilians are being punished too. Being callous about their suffering doesn’t solve the situation… it just feeds into the terrorist narrative.
It sure sounds like you're holding Israel and a terrorist organization to the same standard. Nobody expects terrorist organizations to be concerned about human rights. Most of us still expect democratic states to... even if they don't always live up to it.
I continue to be amazed that Israel's "supporters" hold them in such low esteem..."Why should they be better than terrorists?" Because, if If we can't expect Israel's government to be better than Hamas, then what reason do we have to support them?
Ask Hamas... also, get within 6 blocks of Hamas, and we'll probably kill you. Given a little time, we'll probably kill you anyway.
Israel have the motivation and means to commit a genocide. Hamas terrorism was always going to be the pretext, it was just a question of when. Meanwhile, the civilians all get fucked - though not remotely equally.
What absolute pieces of shit.
Hamas? yeah
can't get lower than shooting rockets from next to hospitals, schools, etc, forbidding people to leave because you know you'd be exposed without them as shields and still pinning every casualty for your behaviour on the country that you just slaughtered hundreds of people of without any reason other than to provoke
Nice try, but there's assholes on both sides and i actually think Israel is worse simply because so many are willing to turn a blind eye for some reason.
You knew what I meant. Israel propped up Hamas for years because it created a rift between Gaza and the West Bank and stalled the creation of the Palestinian state. Israel has been complicit in Hamas’s rise to power and in these attacks. Even Jewish media has admitted that Netanyahu’s govt has allowed them to gain power because it divides Palestine. They want all Palestinians to be seen as terrorists so they can get western support for their genocide. Israeli news even reported about the Hamas training exercises weeks before the actual attack, and if they knew, imagine how much more Israeli intelligence knew. Now they want to starve the Palestinians and are making public jokes about their intent to the UN. Fuck the fascist IDF! Free Palestine! (And no I do not support hamas and never have).
You know, since you're very knowledgeable about Hamas can you answer a question for me?
I'm West Bank, where there's no Hamas presence, Palestinians are still getting killed by the IDF. Can you tell me the reason?
Wow, that's cartoonishly evil. It's like they held an internal contest on the "Most horrible thing we could say in response".
Almost as evil as Hamas sitting on a huge amount of money in Quatar and lots of oil but instead of supporting the people in Gaza they prefer using them as human shields and letting them suffer without any support and try to pin the suffering on Israel for not letting them slaughter civilians without realiation...
Yeah, dick thing to say but Israel is literally saying to ask your apparent government to provide for their people from their own stock.
What else are they going to use it for, and is that more important than their citizens?
Israel is literally saying to ask your apparent government to provide for their people from their own stock.
Israel is also not allowing aid to Gaza. It's also Israel that created a Gaza that can't even provide electricity for itself. Not saying Hamas shouldn't use their stock for the sake of Gazans (if they have that much; this is still the IDF and they're not known for caring about the truth), but the reason Gaza is in this situation is still Israel.
The people running Israel right now are literally Nazi-allied legacies. When you realize who and how it is perfectly in character.
Hamas is literally the government in Gaza. It's not a joke so much as them sugg sting that they rely on their government for it's specific purpose.
Hamas has stockpiled reserves of supplies, but they keep them from the citizens. This isn't even counting their money, which could be used to provide aid for their citizens instead of wealth and weapons for themselves.
I am not surprised at this response from Israel in the slightest. After all, they are no better than Hamas.
Both like to slaughter innocent civilians. shrugs
Most moral army my middle fucking nut. Fully happy to genocide all Palestinians because of the actions of terrorists funded by Israel
A Napoleonic era artillery barrages could flatten Gaza in a couple of weeks. They're clearly not attempting to genocide all Gazans. To believe that requirea the belief that the IDF is the most incompetent military force to ever walk the planet.
I would argue this is still genocide, just not at a rapid rate:
2.2 million people are unable to access a consistent supply of food!
Not much left before they say out loud what they really think: everyone beyond the wall we built is in fact, hamas. Easier to bomb once put in the same bzg
Disclamer! don't look for hidden meaning, I'm honestly currious. Why isn't Gaza supplied by sea yet ? Are those waters too shallow or something ? Iran and other Hammas allies could send them fuel, food etc by sea.
Also why are they digging those tunnels , can't the supplies be brought through as well ?
Edit: I don't mean secret military supplies, but rather humatiarian help that can go under official UN flag or similar organization .Why isn’t Gaza supplied by sea yet
You'd have to shoot your way through the Israeli navy. And they have German submarines so, basically, forget it: They can shoot at you while you can't even see them. Ask US carrier group admirals about their experiences with those subs in training manoeuvres.
Also why are they digging those tunnels , can’t the supplies be brought through as well ?
The tunnels are Hamas-controlled and supplying Hamas isn't exactly the goal of the UN.
The tunnels are Hamas-controlled and supplying Hamas isn’t exactly the goal of the UN.
I meant basic supplies for civilians. Obviously UN won't supply Hammas but Hammas says they are the just guys so they could open the tunnel or two for UN.
You’d have to shoot your way through the Israeli navy.
I meant basic supplies for civilians which could go under UN flag. I admit that mentioning Iran etc was missleading into military support. But for offIcial UN mission, I somehow doubt that US, Nato or even Israeli navy would sink aNY ship that has blue helmets on the board on humanitarian mission.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Twenty trucks were unable to transport aid to Palestinian civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the United Nations said as U.S. President Joe Biden dubbed humanitarian efforts to deliver help via a crossing from Egypt as "not fast enough."
"We hope the materials can enter Gaza tomorrow," said U.N. aid spokesperson Eri Kaneko.
It has become the focus of efforts to deliver aid since Israel imposed a "total siege" of the enclave in retaliation for an attack by Hamas militants on Oct. 7.
Senior U.N. aid official Lynn Hastings had earlier told the Security Council that 20 trucks were due to cross on Tuesday.
White House national security spokesman John Kirby on Tuesday described Israel's concerns as legitimate.
The U.N. agency providing aid to Palestinians in Gaza, UNRWA, warned on Tuesday that it would have to halt its operations on Wednesday night if there were no fuel deliveries.
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The UN should revoke Israel's founding charter, they've gone rogue and need to be brought to heel.
Why are we writing 'Defence' without the air-quotes?
Because Reuters tries to maintain factual and neutral reporting of information. And the Israeli defense forces do not put quotes in their own name