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  • Only one of those 2 groups has a proven track record and an international reputation of deliberately massacring civilians and it isn’t Hezbollah.

    Reminding you this is what you wrote. That’s what my reply was aimed at. I didn’t write anything about Israel.
    What I linked to is only some examples, not everything. And the 1st link contains quite a lot of events.

    Lebanese, Syrians and Kurds have been suffering from Hezbollah for many years.








  • I’ll focus only on a few big points.
    Turkey also bombs the SDF, which isn’t considered a terrorist group by anyone (other than Turkey and Qatar maybe).

    Even the PKK, which is the worst out of the Kurdish groups, only calls for an autonomous area in Turkey, and not for the annihalation of Turkey or for the death of all Turks.

    The Kurds were oppressed and persecuted for a very long time under Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran. Their neighbours all want them gone or dead (although some would be fine “just” with forced assimilation), similarily to how they view / have viewed Israel and Jews.

    Kurds barely get any support, even from the USA.
    Hamas has the support of many states and groups all over the region.

    I’d say these are quite different situations.













  • About Rafa?
    Sure: Yahoo, Reuters, Asharq Al-Awsat

    Quote from Reuters:

    The Israeli military said the strike against Deif also targeted Rafa Salama, the commander of Hamas’ Khan Younis Brigade, describing them as two of the masterminds of the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that triggered the nine-month war in Gaza

    About the pictures, this article shows them.
    Reuters also mentioned them, but it’s written they haven’t verified them yet.

    I should’ve clarified. They aren’t currently using uniforms. As in, in the fighting since the 7th of October. They justify it themselves in interviews and you can see it in videos of theirs.

    And that isn’t the IDF, it’s the Israeli police’s counter-terrorism unit.


  • Deif is right after Sinwar in the chain of command in Gaza.
    Rafa Salama, the commander of the Khan Younis Brigade, was also targeted in that strike.
    The attack was on a fenced Hamas compound. I’ve seen they already published satellite pictures from before and after the strike.

    And so far I haven’t seen reports that distinguish between combatants and civilians. Either way Hamas combatants usually don’t wear uniforms. You can see it in the videos they publish.




  • So Palestinians are Hamas?
    Why is Iran not helping Fatah?
    Their support of Hamas is on ideological grounds. Israel is holy waqf land that belongs to Muslims and should be cleansed from Jews.

    Even when Egypt had sovereignty over Gaza they made sure to prevent Palestinians from going to Egypt.

    Tunnels from Lebanon… to Gaza…? Where’d you read that?
    Hezbollah begun bombing Israel in support of Hamas. They’re also funded by Iran (much more than Hamas though).
    Meanwhile Palestinians live in camps in Lebanon. Some of those walled and surrounded by watchtowers.
    They have less rights there than anyone else (including refugees and migrant workers), despite living there for 3 generations at this point.

    Turkey under Erdogan has been mostly hosting Hamas leaders while bombing Kurds in Syria.

    I don’t think much needs to be said about Assad.

    The only country in the area which actually helped Palestinians was Jordan. Although that also changed for a while after Black September.

    Most of UNRWA’s funding over the years has come from the EU and USA.