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Weekly Israel-Hamas war megathread - week of February 12

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This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant Israel-Hamas war content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.

Please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.

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    skybrian
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    Panic mounts in Rafah over looming Israeli offensive after night strikes (Washington Post)

    Panic mounts in Rafah over looming Israeli offensive after night strikes (Washington Post)

    Israel’s army described the overnight attacks as cover for a special forces mission to rescue two elderly Israeli-Argentine hostages. The operation succeeded, but at massive human cost: At least 67 people were killed in locations throughout the area, the enclave’s Health Ministry said. A video from a nearby house showed the body of a Palestinian girl, her legs shredded into ribbons of flesh; other footage showed a bleeding boy being carried away, and four more children dead on hospital stretchers.

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      dpkonofa
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      I really don’t understand how it’s justifiable to kill 67 people in order to rescue 2. Those 2 individuals deserve to be home but I find it hard to believe that there wasn’t a more surgical or...

      I really don’t understand how it’s justifiable to kill 67 people in order to rescue 2. Those 2 individuals deserve to be home but I find it hard to believe that there wasn’t a more surgical or cleaner way to get to them. ☹️

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        Gekko
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        I can't imagine how I'd feel knowing a little girl absolutely "had" to be mutilated to save me, let alone 66 other people on top of it. I couldn't live my life in any meaningful way to make up for...

        I can't imagine how I'd feel knowing a little girl absolutely "had" to be mutilated to save me, let alone 66 other people on top of it. I couldn't live my life in any meaningful way to make up for those lives lost, especially if I was elderly, my survivor's guilt would be insurmountable.

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        1. dpkonofa
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          ...not to mention the 27,000+ lives it took to even get to that point. It's really tragic and hard to justify, in my opinion.

          ...not to mention the 27,000+ lives it took to even get to that point. It's really tragic and hard to justify, in my opinion.

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