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At least 57 Palestinians have starved to death in Gaza as Israel’s punishing blockade of food, water, and other critical aid to the besieged enclave stretches into its third month amid relentless bombardment.

Gaza’s Government Media Office said on Saturday that most of the victims were children, as well as the sick and elderly, condemning the “continued use of food by the Israeli occupation as a weapon of war” and urging the international community to exert pressure on Israel to reopen the borders and allow in aid.

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[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I completely lost touch with what goal both sides have. Could anyone fill me in? What is either sides end game? Does Hamas still have hostages? Why does Israel continue the hard push and where to? Etc.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Israel still wants to exterminate Palestinians so that they can fully expand into the area.

Hamas wants Israel to fuck off out of Palestine. Depending on how extreme the individual person, they may also want Israel gone entirely, or the same to all Jews. But that's not the position of most Palestinians.

(The genocide is not the position of most Israelis, either, but enough are okay with it happening.)

[–] Geetnerd@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It's simpler that that: profit.

Israel will cleanse the area to make it safe and profitable for land developers. Casinos, hotels, golf courses, etc.

Trump openly stated it.

[–] NewDark@lemmings.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This framing kind of sucks, but it's close.

It's still a land grab, and they're actively grabbing land in the west bank, in Lebanon, and in Syria.

They're fascists that have purposefully fomented this violence as the apartheid state. They want the land and some justification they can wave around. This is why Oct 7th exists.

The irony is, the more successful they are in their depraved violence and theft, the more they will become a pariah globally. I can't see the future, but this feels like a fascist death spiral that will end Israel.

[–] Geetnerd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I understand.

It's the same human drama that's been played out since the dawn of time. The powerful dominated the weak, and helpless.

We deserve our extinction when our sun goes red giant, but it'll happen much sooner than that.

We're an irredeemable species.

[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It is not the same human drama. Most of war and expansion focuses on different goals and usually driven by a single leader. This an organization that extend beyond a single entity. They take your tax money and they use it to fund their project.

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Palestinians want to be left alone, and Israel wants them all dead because Israel decided the land belongs to them.

[–] BangCrash@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If Palestinians wanted to be left alone then why did they do the terriorst attack and why do they still have hostages?

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The terrorist attack wasn't perpetrated by the Palestinian state. That's like saying that all Americans agree with the Proud Boys because they happened to be US citizens.

[–] BangCrash@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Hamas is the elected ruling party of Palestine.

The terrorist attack was directly perpetrated by the Palestinian state