At least 210 Palestinians were killed and 400 others were injured in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday after Israeli forces carried out a “rescue operation” to retrieve four captives. Reports of U.S. involvement in the operation have sparked backlash.

summary by brave leo :

  1. Israeli forces carried out a military operation in the central Gaza Strip on June 8, 2024, resulting in the death of at least 210 Palestinians and injury of 400 others.

  2. The operation was reportedly aimed at rescuing four Israeli captives held in Gaza, who were subsequently rescued and reunited with their families.

  3. The operation was launched in Nuseirat and Deir al-Balah areas, with Israeli forces using artillery fire and reportedly infiltrating the Nuseirat refugee camp using trucks disguised as humanitarian aid vehicles.

  4. The incident has resulted in criticism and outrage, with reports of U.S. involvement in the operation, including alleged support from the U.S. hostage cell in Israel and the use of a U.S.-built humanitarian pier off the Gaza coast.

  5. The U.S. National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, confirmed U.S. support for efforts to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas.

  6. The incident has sparked intense criticism and debate, with Hamas claiming that the release of the four captives does not change the strategic failure in Gaza and that the resistance still holds a larger number of captives.

  • SuckMyWang@lemmy.world
    28·
    5 months ago

    I thought the numbers were historically lower than when the US went into Afghanistan/Iraq?

    • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
      7·
      5 months ago

      If so, also bad. Don’t use whataboutism to deflect the fact IDF have been killing civilians constantly for months with only harsh words to deter them.

      • SuckMyWang@lemmy.world
        12·
        5 months ago

        Aren’t you using whataboutism to deflect from Hamas and Palestinian civilians killing Israeli civilians? That seems kind of bad to but you only want to talk about one side

        • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
          3·
          5 months ago

          Not at all. Also bad!

          But this comment thread started with IDF, and you attempted to change the subject… that is whataboutism.

          • SuckMyWang@lemmy.world
            12·
            5 months ago

            So because a conversation starts with a topic, no other topic especially ones that contradict the topics narrative are allowed to be talked about. Seems like a load of shit if you ask me. Although I’m not allowed to talk about that cause no one asked right

            • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
              2·
              5 months ago

              It didn’t contradict though. That’s the thing about whataboutism, there is no contradiction, just another subject used to distract from the conversation. You literally replied to the OP of this thread with a distraction in an attempt to lesson the severity of one group compared to the other.