Toot by MatthewMatthew (babka.social)

OK fine. Investigate. But save your flaming hot takes about how Israel is responsible at least until the investigation is actually finished. Especially when the only reason any of this is happening is because the international community screamed bloody murder about how Israel has to support the civilians governed by the terrorists who attacked it instead of focusing on its own goals and its own interests, and it's doing its best to ensure Israel leaves Hamas in place.

Toot by MatthewMatthew (babka.social)

You know you're quoting Hamas's numbers, right? Can we not do this again? Hamas isn't any more of a reliable source now than they were during that woopsie doodle incident where they claimed the IDF bombed a hospital and killed 500 people when actually it was a misfiring Hamas rocket. https://www.timesofisrael.com/dozens-of-gazans-said-killed-in-stampede-for-aid-idf-opens-fire-blamed-for-deaths/

Toot by Kitchen Priestess (She/Her)Kitchen Priestess (She/Her) (babka.social)

@swarming And at this point, why should they? Apart from any religious considerations, they took the territory as part of a defensive war, they've tried to offer it several times to the Palestinians only to have it rejected, and what was essentially the demo project for a Palestinian state has culminated in October 7 and the Palestinian Authority is inviting Hamas into the government. So much for revitalization, which is supposed to be the thing that the west is offering in exchange for Israel agreeing to a Palestinian state before Hamas is eliminated from the Gaza strip and all hostages are returned unconditionally.