The commander of the IDF's 98th Division said he would work on evacuation plans "if and when" he is told to launch an invasion.

The commander of the IDF’s 98th Division said he would work on evacuation plans “if and when” he is told to launch an invasion.

A Hamas police vehicle was struck in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Wednesday evening in what Palestinian media reported as a targeted assassination by the IDF.

According to the reports, Hamas police’s special forces head, Majdi Abd al-Aal, was killed in the suspected attack.

    • Keeponstalin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      9 months ago

      Hamas was an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, with sheikh yassin as the ‘spiritual leader’ in 1987. Those links go over the Intifada’s and Hamas in detail.

      The intifada was a massive protest against the occupation that was ongoing since 1967, so yes there would be no Hamas if there was no occupation.

      The First Intifada was a largely spontaneous series of Palestinian demonstrations, nonviolent actions like mass boycotts, civil disobedience, Palestinians refusing to work jobs in Israel, and attacks (using rocks, Molotov cocktails, and occasionally firearms) on Israelis.

      -PBS

    • blazeknave@lemmy.worldEnglish
      43·
      9 months ago

      I gave up weeks ago. Same with the genocide Joe shit. I internalized acceptance this morning after hearing Biden #s in Nevada. Veeeery vocal and astroturfing minority on here. This place doesn’t have the cultural identity I feel it purports.

      • Deceptichum@kbin.social
        42·
        9 months ago

        People aren’t voting for Biden because of support for Israel, it’s for (rightful) fear of Trump.

        It’s a single issue election, and the issue is Trump. Polling shows increasing support for Palestine and against Israel’s actions, even more so amongst Millennials and Gen Z who make up the majority of Lemmy users.

        • zerog_bandit@lemmy.worldEnglish
          14·
          9 months ago

          Yes, very thankful that US foreign policy isn’t dictated by chronically online Gen Zers.