Israelis erupt in protest to demand a cease-fire after 6 more hostages die in Gaza
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Tens of thousands of grieving and angry Israelis surged into the streets as they demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a cease-fire with Hamas.

The family of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin announced the young man’s death early Sunday, ending a relentless campaign by his parents to rescue him that included meetings with world leaders and an address to the Democratic convention last month.

Goldberg-Polin, 23, was seized by militants at a music festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7. The native of Berkeley, California, lost part of his left arm to a grenade in the attack. In April, a Hamas-issued video showed him, his left hand missing and clearly speaking under duress, sparking new protests in Israel urging the government to do more to secure his and others’ freedom.

  • Doorbook@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I like how “American citizen” killed is very critical to wash the genocide. Media will care if you are American Citizen only if you help their agenda. I still remember how they ignored the murder of Shireen Abu Akleh

  • SloppyPuppy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    6 hostages’ bodies were rescued by IDF. Signs show they were killed in the past week by Hammas in a tunnel.

    • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      So we can reasonably assume they were alive until the IDF ramped things up in both Gaza and the West Bank.

      • SloppyPuppy@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        What type of bs comment is this. We can also safely assume they had a very happy life until hammas decided to kidnap them on OCT 7.

        Did hammas expect IDF to not come and take back kidnapped citizens? Was hammas expecting Israel to just sit aside and look while 250 of its people were brutally kidnapped?

        • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
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          2 months ago

          We can also safely assume they had a very happy life until hammas decided to kidnap them on OCT 7.

          Absolutely. However they were kept alive until recently. What happened recently? Israel stepped up its assault. This is a strong correlation.

          Does the IDF expect Hamas to just hand over hostages when they come in? If Israel were sincere about their desire to rescue hostages they would be acting differently.

          • matlag@sh.itjust.works
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            2 months ago

            To summarize: they had a happy life until a terrorist group took them during a massacre.

            Then they lived a short horrible life in the hands of their takers, while there is a war outside where one side claim to fight to liberate them without actually negociating their release and the other claims to use them as hostages while not really negociating their release either.

            And somewhat, they end up dead because let’s be real: neither side gave a f*ck about them.

            • Doorbook@lemmy.world
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              2 months ago

              One important point: “ the other claims to use them as hostages while not really negociating their release either.” is false.

              Hamas did and still agree to a biden resolution.

              What happen after? Everyday israel kills a range goes from 15 to 150. Assassinate two of the main negotiator for hamas. Continue depriving civilian in gaza ( basically children and women) from basic life needed support ( limited food and medicine - limited access to water ) and ask them to move from corner to another safe place to bomb them again in the save place.