Talk:Israel–Hamas war

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• The hell in Gaza right now. GENOCIDE GENOCIDE GENOCIDE
  • Ramy Abdu, quoted in X post by Ramy Abdu
  • (Not sure we should be quoting twitter)

I don't think there is any rule here about including twitter posts from "notable people"? The Donald Trump page is full of such postings. Ottawahitech (talk) 15:48, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Surplus

* I'm Jake Tapper in Washington, where the state of our union is rather terrified that this brutal war between Israel and Hamas is about to get much bigger and much worse, more desperation in the Middle East this morning.

This was the scene after an Israeli strike in Gaza just hours ago, as people rushed to save survivors stuck under the rubble. Now the Israeli government says, after eight days of a brutal air campaign, it is now preparing -- quote -- "significant ground operations," a reminder that Hamas embeds itself within the Palestinian population, in response to the devastating terrorist attacks in which 1,000 Israelis were slaughtered, the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.

And that was, of course, accompanied by the kidnapping of more than 100 innocent people from Israel.

And, this hour, Israel is warning the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which the U.S. considers to be a terrorist group, about any further escalations from the north after the two sides escalated, exchanged fire earlier today.

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of innocent civilians in Gaza, a population of 2.3 million, are trying to flee. There are reports from inside the country that Hamas, which uses human shields, has set up blockades to stop its own people from escaping.

Earlier today, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told me that Hamas is blocking civilians, including Americans, from using the only viable exit from Gaza, the Rafah Crossing, into Egypt's Sinai Desert. Sullivan also told me that water service has been restored by Israel to Southern Gaza.

Earlier this week, Israel cut off supplies of electricity, food, water, and medicine to Gaza until Hamas frees its hostages, including some Americans.

• Jake Tapper, Transcripts State of the Union (October 15, 2023)

I have shortened the above quote and re-inserted it. I hope there are no objections. Ottawahitech (talk) 16:19, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

• The ICC’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, said last month that there was a “reasonable basis” to open a war crimes probe into Israeli military actions in the Gaza Strip as well as Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank...she recently told The Times of Israel that accusing her of anti-Semitism was “particularly regrettable” and “without merit... I, along with my Office, execute our mandate under the Rome Statute with utmost independence, objectivity, fairness and professional integrity. We will continue to meet our responsibilities as required by the Rome Statute without fear or favor,” she said
  • ICC delays jurisdiction ruling on Israel war crimes case over document length, Times of Israel, (22 January 2020)

• I had to take a short break from reading about what’s happening in Gaza. I saw one too many images of dead kids on Twitter and just had to lie down for a while.... People are going insane, in the same way they went insane after 9/11. In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks there was this shrieking emotional intensity which saw critical thinking go out the window and saw people’s minds consumed with a rabid lust for Muslim blood. People have a serious case of 9/11 brain this week, and it’s more than a little scary.... It is very fitting, then, that numerous political and media figures have been working to brand the attacks this past Saturday as “Israel’s 9/11”. After 9/11 everyone lost their minds and started believing a bunch of lies and consenting to power-serving agendas that went on to do orders of magnitude more damage than the initial traumatic event did, and we’re seeing that same infernal trajectory unfolding again today with Israel.
  • Caitlin Johnstone Caitlin Johnstone, People Have A Serious Case Of 9/11 Brain Right Now, And It's Scary, Ron Paul Institute, (12 October 2023)

Sources for quotes in this article?

This recent article contains 22 31 33 39 51 quotes which are sourced from "aje. io", another 19 that are souced from "aljazeera. com" + alarabiya 3. The only mention of the "aje. io" website I can find on enwp leads me to w:Ajegroup, but I cannot perform proper searches there. Can anyone else provide info? Thanks in advance Ottawahitech (talk) 19:38, 2 November 2023 (UTC) updated Ottawahitech (talk) 15:17, 4 November 2023 (UTC) updated Ottawahitech (talk) 15:40, 21 November 2023 (UTC) updated Ottawahitech (talk) 19:34, 7 November 2023 (UTC) updated Ottawahitech (talk) 00:26, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

It's the URL shortening of the Aljazeera English website. Robin Loup (talk) 03:29, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Al Jazeera is a reliable source. There is no issue with using it. CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 12:45, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Laos image

Hi @Ottawahitech can you explain how the image of two random children in Laos is appropriate for this article? It really makes no sense to me, yet you've reverted this twice now...? CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 00:26, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

I don’t believe that children should be detained ~ AOC

@CarmenEsparzaAmoux: How about this photo that I found on the Hebrew wikiquote under Children? Ottawahitech (talk) 02:41, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

I don’t believe that children should be detained ~ AOC

@CarmenEsparzaAmoux: I agree, my choice of image (see photo to the right) was not the best, but I cannot see how your image is better? Ottawahitech (talk) 15:07, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

An image from this conflict would be most appropriate. Random photos of children do not add any contextualization to the quote or article. CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 03:13, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

@CarmenEsparzaAmoux thanks for continuing this exchange.

Yes, I wish I could find a photo on Commons that better portrays the subject of Israeli children held hostage in Gaza by Hammas. You seem to know how to navigate Commons much better than I do, since you are the one who added all the other images this article (I think?).

The closest I can think of right now is a video I just added to the external links section in Santa Monica. I am sure someone will soon revert this edit, since it does not directly relate to the subject of the article, so you better hurry. Ottawahitech (talk) 13:59, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Could you please remove the random image of the child with the AOC quote? The AOC quote is attached to an image of strollers with posters of hostages. There is no need for the quote to be duplicated. CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 12:44, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

NPOV?

This important page is being developed rapidly with 1 or 2 individuals making almost all of the contributions. I cannot follow this rapid development, but it appears that very few quotes portray the side of Israelis.

If you have the time to contribute here is an article from https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/yokra13660087 that I translated from Hebrew to English with the help of google translate:

• "The omission of the testimonies and evidence will make it difficult to bring the sadists to international justice Videos documenting the horrors of October 7 are deleted from Hamas Telegram channels. A large part of the bodies were not recorded at all and tractors drive over the scenes of the massacre. Many survivors were not asked to testify. 4 different bodies deal with the collection of information, but they are not synchronized, sometimes competing. Ministry of Justice: 'The claims are baseless' "

Ottawahitech (talk) 17:49, 10 November 2023 (UTC) Clarrified: Ottawahitech (talk) 20:38, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm having a bit of struggle understanding what you mean in the paragraph about "sadists," but in terms of portraying the side of Israelis, we do have pretty extensive quotation of Israeli officials - both governmental and military here already. I'm adding as many relevant and sourced quotes to the article as I can. CarmenEsparzaAmoux (talk) 03:55, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

@CarmenEsparzaAmoux: Sorry I did not realize how poorly I had formated my original post. I hope it is clear now that "sadists" was translated from Hebrew from the source? Ottawahitech (talk) 20:43, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

This article is a joke. Completely NPOV, reflecting a single side of the conflict. What Israelis are quoted reflect the most extreme and violent portions of Israeli discourse, while all Palestinian quotes reflect Palestinian victimhood. A large portion of comments are a collection of sayings that completely fail the most basic tests of notability, a basic requirement of Wikiquote. There are even anonymous quotes in here and tweets by random X users. If seems that having an opinion is sufficient to warrant inclusion. Poliocretes (talk) 08:34, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

@Poliocretes, thanks for joining the discussion. While I agree with some of the points you raise, I wonder if you are willing to help make this into a "non-jok" ENWQ page? Ottawahitech (talk) 20:44, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

@Poliocretes We are inspecting this in our mailing list, seemed to be some sockpuppets trying to make POV-pushing. Lemonaka (talk) 00:15, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Am I "Proxy editing"?

I have been participating on the attached page since 1 November 2023 and have made almost 50 contributions (edits), all in good faith. However, it appears that my mere participation in an article about a controversial topic, and the fact that I have undone an edit by an admin who said in their edit summary that the edit was a "cleanup" is making me clash with the ENWQ ruling class. I believe that the edit that I have undone was an act of censorship not a cleanup. I also believe the warning of Proxy editing is an error made by an admin who is too busy to investigate such matters in depth before jumping to conclusions.

What do others think?

Thanks in advance for any input from the community on this matter, I promise not to get upset if you criticize my actions politely, Ottawahitech (talk) 00:16, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

After review of the edits, I would tend to agree that the removal of the quote does not appear to be justified - and I would ask @Lemonaka: to explain why they felt it was a necessary removal. I also do not believe that you were acting as a proxy for anyone else and I question that accusation as well. I invite Lemonaka to provide some explanation. But, this is just a view of the interaction on the surface - I reserve judgment until all have had a chance to provide their views.
I would however also question your use of the phrase "ENWQ ruling class" - I'm not sure why you feel an apparent antagonism towards admins, but I believe we try to be fair in general. If you have other specific complaints, feel free to share them. ~ UDScott (talk) 03:37, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

@UDScott
Sorry for being late, I was checking the edits from these puppets and I found a quote they added to the content page so I decided to remove it. I misjudged it as a POV-pushing. Regarding this case, I regret that it was a wrong judgment on my part, and I admit that this is my fault. After they submitted this question today, I also asked Koavf, Antandrus and Ferien for advice.
I have to admit that losing enough judgment and acting hastily is indeed my problem. But I've been a little stressed recently because this user kept mentioning me, from Wikiquote:Admin_accountability_poll, to the recent accusation of problematic rollbacks, to today's situation. I'm trying my best to explain my actions to them, but it seems a little bit difficult. I'm not censoring any quotes as they accused.
I have never thought of myself as a ruling class, instead I always thought of myself as a helper. In previous conversations, I have also mentioned how I should better serve rather than manage. I could withdraw my warning and apologize, none of that would be a problem, my only question would still be, "how can I do better?" Lemonaka (talk) 09:46, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm quite sorry, but I really don't know what's more I should explain. -‎Lemonaka‎ 08:14, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

@UDScott:

Re "I would however also question your use of the phrase "ENWQ ruling class" - I'm not sure why you feel an apparent antagonism towards admins, but I believe we try to be fair in general. If you have other specific complaints, feel free to share them":

You are making unwarranted assumptions, but this is not the right place to discuss this - why don’t you bring this up at the village pump. Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 02:39, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

@Ottawahitech, I don't feel that I have anything to bring up at the Village pump. I was responding to your choice of phrase in your post. If you feel there are issues with the admins here, I would encourage you to open a discussion there. If not, so be it. ~ UDScott (talk) 13:39, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Quotability

I removed the next quotes because they fail to meet WQ:Q. They have authors that are barely notable, they aren't particularly witty, pithy, wise, eloquent, or poignant and they aren't independently well known:

• I can’t stay here, eating and drinking while my children are dying. There is no electricity or water or anything. Let me die there between my children.
  • Ibrahim Abu Awad, quoted in For Gazan workers stranded in Israel, being apart from family is agony (16 October 2023)

• Palestinian-Americans watched our president hug a man who called our race the "children of darkness" and we're supposed to act normal about it? How is this okay?
  • Kat Abughazaleh, quoted in X post by Kat Abu , (20 October 2023)

• In the last few days, I'm starting to feel more terrified than ever. I imagine myself underneath the rubble, and I have a great fear of staying alive under the rubble.
  • Maisara Alrayyes, quoted in Heartbreaking message from London student killed in Israeli airstrike who feared being trapped by rubblel

• We were forced out of our homes. The situation is indescribable. What you see on TV screens is not even 5 percent of what we are living on the ground. People are killed, torn to pieces; others charred to death; others severely injured; many left homeless; many children killed and more orphaned. Our home inside Gaza was destroyed, we were forced to come to Rafah.
  • Anonymous child, quoted in ‘What you see on TV not even 5 percent of what we’re living on the ground’

• All of these casualties came to the hospital, they came as body parts, amputated without any signs of life. We have received many casualties today in this massacre. This is really a genocide.
  • Anonymous doctor at al-Ahli hospital, quoted in Israel-Hamas war live: Biden in Israel, anger over Gaza hospital attack

• Ursula von der Leyen and her closest advisers – thought that this would be an Ukraine moment, and so they need to condemn the terrorists and win the moral argument. But I think they’ve just been purely ignorant of the scale of oppression Palestinians have experienced, and the widespread understanding of the conflict as this being a violent reaction to occupation.
  • Anonymous European Union official, quoted in EU staffers criticise von der Leyen’s ‘uncontrolled’ support of Israel

• Words are lost in order to describe what is happening on the ground where Israel is destroying all means of life in the north and central areas of the Gaza Strip.
  • Tareq Abu Azzoum, quoted in Israel ‘destroying all means of life’ in Gaza

• We got a call three times. They were threatening this time there’s no mercy and that’s why we had to evacuate. We have as much room to sleep as prisoners in solitary confinement. I wanted to stay and I came out crying, actually. I didn’t want to leave my house. But I also felt like this is not a choice I’m going to make on my own because I have three kids to survive with. I’m talking to you from a market that was bombed twice. I can see the destruction with my own eyes right now. But I have no choice, my kids have nothing to wear. The driver told us specifically that there is a limit for the packages we can carry.
  • Eman Basher, quoted in ‘Didn’t want to leave my house’: Palestinian mom on leaving Gaza City

• There were children with just massive burns down their faces, down their necks, all over their limbs, and because the hospitals are so overwhelmed, they are being discharged immediately after. And they're being discharged to these camps with no access to running water. There's 50,000 people at that camp now and four toilets, and they're given two hours of water every 12 hours.
  • Emily Callahan, quoted in An American nurse who was evacuated from Gaza describes the hospital staff who stayed behind: 'We're going to die saving as many people as we can'

• Depriving children of access to food and essential services puts their lives at risk, as do attacks on civilian areas and infrastructure.
  • James Elder, quoted in The 'horrendous toll' on children caught in the Israel-Gaza conflict

• I am not the same person my mind goes numb as I try to process some of the death and destruction and loss around, being still alive seems to be the hardest problem
  • Mustafa Elmasri, quoted in X post by Mustafa Elmasri

• I learned invaluable lessons from Cambodians on surviving a genocide, sharing mere grains of rice with family. From the women in Darfur, I grasped the essence of nurturing children, knowing the bitter truth that not all might survive. The people of Gaza teach me new lessons
  • Mustafa Elmasri, quoted in X post by Mustafa Elmasri

• If Israel does not stop immediately, the whole Gaza Strip and its inhabitants will be erased from the planet.
  • European Union staffers, quoted in EU staffers criticise von der Leyen’s ‘uncontrolled’ support of Israel

• There are air raids everyday. We can’t sleep or eat. We have no fuel, no electricity. We can’t even go to the bathrooms. They are treating us like we are animals. And the world is silent. The US is giving Israel legitimacy to do whatever they want to Palestinians. This is collective punishment. Everything is being targeted.
  • Yousri al-Ghoul, quoted in ‘They’re treating us like animals. And the world is silent’: Gaza writer

• Still out of internet, water, food, safety, home, landlines and certainty. Mobile networks are weak. So many families are displaced, humanitarian situation is beyond dire, thousands killed & injured, hundreds of thousands are traumatized.
  • Omar Ghraieb, quoted in X post by Omar Ghraieb

• Toughest, bloodiest, longest and darkest night in #Gaza. Heavy bombings everywhere, too many killed. I don't know why we post or tweet when the world clearly doesn't care. It's been 17 days & counting.
  • Omar Ghraieb, quoted in X post by Omar Ghraieb

• What we’re really in, if you watch the news for five minutes, is genuine, pure 9/11 Islamophobia. Twenty-three years later, we’re in exactly the same language. The Americans have learned nothing.
  • Hafsa Halawa, quoted in U.S. Response to Israel-Hamas War Draws Fury in Middle East

• To enter Gaza now is to arrive in hell.
  • Steve Hendrix, quoted in A midnight trip into northern Gaza reveals a shattered warscape

• We call for holding Israel accountable for the massacres and crimes it continues to commit against the defenseless Palestinian people.
  • Daifallah Hmud, quoted in Jordan calls for holding Israel accountable for ‘massacres’

• I'm not crying for my parents - I am crying for those who will lose their lives in this war. We must stop the war.
  • Moaz Inon, quoted in Israeli Who Lost Parents To Hamas Massacre Tells BBC: 'We Must Stop The War'

• I just really, really want to live.
  • Saeb al-Jarz, quoted in Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice — stay home under airstrikes, or flee under airstrikes?

• Israeli forces have killed 9,000 and wounded 32,000 under the title of defence. It has the cover from the US and EU, and at the end of the day, it is not accountable. The political aim, at the end of the day, is to relocate and force the civilians to leave the north to the south. But it is too early to talk this about because we have seen very stiff resistance from Palestinian resistance groups and many casualties from the Israeli soldiers.
  • Elijah Magnier, quoted in To Israel, civilians are ‘irrelevant’: Analyst

• Your action clearly contradicts various international treaties and agreements that are apply to the existence of Palestine. You have destroyed the international rules of the game, insulted the authority of the UN, torn apart the sense of justice, and hurt human values, and tarnished the face of human civilization.
  • Medical Emergency Rescue Committee, stated in Open Letter to the President of the United States

• What happened is beyond description. They killed families, children and women with air strikes, artillery shelling and from boats. They committed horrible massacres and cut off communications so no one would hear us.
  • Abu Mohamed, quoted in Israeli offensive ‘advancing’ in Gaza after overnight fighting

• What we feel is really shocking and bad is that the whole world has been witnessing this crime and seeing everything that is happening in front of everybody, and no one has stopped, and no one has said loudly this is not allowed. Where is the international community? Where is the international organisation which is made to help and support the health system in the war areas to make sure that humanitarian needs are met in the war areas in war times?
  • Ahmed El Mokhallalati, quoted in ‘A totally scary time’

• We must mobilize and stop further crimes of Israel.
  • Mohammad Mokhber

• When [Western outlets] focus on these claims of 40 beheaded babies and women being gang-raped, then what they are effectively doing is justifying the brutality of Israel’s counterattack. How else do you sell the idea of self-defence when [Israel] is bombing what is basically a concentration camp?** Lina Mounzer, quoted in Western coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza – bias or unprofessionalism?

• Young Palestinian men were singled out from the crowds. Israeli soldiers told them to line up, calling them out using a megaphone, and then detaining and stripping them naked.
  • Aseel Mousa, stated in ‘Soldiers started shooting at my feet’: Palestinians describe fleeing northern Gaza

• This family and, I’m sure, the other hundreds of American citizens in Rafah right now feel completely abandoned by their government. We are barreling toward a grave national tragedy, and the White House and the State Department do not seem to care.
  • Sammy Nabulsi, quoted in Americans stuck in Gaza at wits’ end after another false report they could leave

• “Genocide” is not enough of a strong word to describe what is happening in Gaza.
  • Fadel Naim, quoted in Losing lives as medical kit runs out: Al-Ahli Hospital doctor

• Israel claims Jews as its national asset, and it weaponises us, as Jews – both as bodies in the demographic battle vis-a-vis non-Jews and particularly Palestinians, and ideologically as born representatives of the Jewish state – [and] seeks to do that to Jews worldwide. That claim, in turn, makes [us] the human shields of the state, as it assaults Palestinians under its settler-colonialist agenda, be it through ongoing ethnic cleansing, through siege or through seasonal massacres.
  • Jonathan Ofir, quoted in ‘Not in my name’: The European Jews condemning Israel’s war on Gaza

• As scholars who have devoted our professional lives to studying Palestine/Israel and to enlightening both students and the general public about the region, we are deeply troubled by the coverage that we are witnessing in most U.S. print and broadcast media... It is quite apparent to us that the Israeli government is attempting to condition Western public opinion to accept an onslaught against the Gaza Strip.
  • Palestine/Israel Scholars Open Letter to US Media

• The war could not be ended with ceasefire.
  • PIJ

• There are now contagious diseases that are running rampant. We’re seeing an increase in chickenpox, scabies, respiratory disease, diarrhoea. You have to remember there’s no clean water so all the diseases that go along with a sanitation system that’s not working are going to peak. We’re talking about an outbreak of cholera. And then you have women who are pregnant and not receiving prenatal care. This is happening right now.
  • Alice Rothchild, quoted in ‘Contagious diseases running rampant,’ warns doctor

• The first day of the war there were a number of beatings, female inmates were beaten. They told me no celebrations, and on the day of my release I’m not allowed to leave my house, raise any signs or banners, use a megaphone. And if I break any of these rules I will be taken back.
  • Ahmad Salayme, quoted in Hamas releases 12 more captives as Gaza truce holds for fifth day

• When we’re talking about direct attacks on medical facilities in Gaza, it hasn’t started yesterday or today. The decision not to let any clean water, food, fuel for the hospital generators in is already an attack on the Gaza health system. The facts on the ground are clear. Patients and medical staff are being targeted, they are being put at risk.
  • Guy Shalev, quoted in Al-Shifa Hospital ‘under direct attack’

• The war is not just with Hamas, the war [is] with all the civilians.
  • Betzalel Taljah, quoted in Israeli soldier pushes war crimes on CNN

• They were eating when the massacre happened. We collected bodies of children and many body parts. It’s a sight that will remain in my mind even if I live a thousand years.
  • Samer Tarzi, quoted in ‘A sight that will remain . . . if I live a thousand years’: Palestinians bear witness to hospital blast

• If we don’t treat Gaza as an enemy, we will never get out of the rounds and each time it is going to get worse to the point that we reached the acute situation of [October 7] morning. The state of Israel needs to understand and accept that there are no innocents in Gaza.
  • Eliyahu Yossian, quoted in ‘Threat is not Hamas but Gazans, and Arabs of Judea and Samaria’

• We know that the United Nations is in a way controlled by specific countries, and those countries accepted the Israeli narrative, they accepted the victimisation by Israelis, and they basically imposed their impact on the UN. What we see in the al-Shifa complex is another story about this lack of ability of international community and organisations, they have no response, they have no tools. Why do those organisations exist?
  • Mahjoob Zweiri, quoted in UN has ‘zero impact’ on Gaza war

Robin Loup (talk) 22:35, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

More barely notable quotes:

The high number of displaced people are no longer sheltering in the courtyard of the hospital but are now inside the hospital, including in the corridors ~ Marwan Abusada

• The corridors are full of injured people. The ER rooms are beyond full. We have zero capacity to treat all the injured people. The high number of displaced people are no longer sheltering in the courtyard of the hospital but are now inside the hospital, including in the corridors. There is a high chance of infectious diseases spreading between patients and those displaced.
  • Marwan Abusada, quoted in ‘Situation is beyond catastrophic,’ Al-Shifa Hospital doctor tells aid group

• Dear colleagues, the situation at al-Shifa now is extremely dangerous. We, as medical staff, want to leave but we cannot, we might not survive until morning. We don’t want to be killed here just only because we were committed to our patients and our medical profession. I am calling for help urgently. Please do whatever you can through your governments or through the International Red Cross to arrange a safe corridor for medical staff.
  • Marwan Abusada, quoted in Gaza health worker advocate: ‘Our colleagues are begging for international intervention’

• Islamic Republic is reasoned enough not to directly fight a war in this current crisis.
  • Nabi Hashem, quoted in X post by VOA Farsi

• Americans would easy sacrifice Israel if they feel threatened.
  • IRGC general, translated from ما به نیروهای مقاومت اسلحه و موشک نمی‌دهیم، خودشان تولید می‌کنند/ اگر آمریکا احساس ناامنی کند به‌راحتی اسرائیل را فدای خود می‌کند

• The beds are not enough, the dead and wounded are on the floor. We can’t guarantee treatment for anybody. Without fuel, our operations will completely stop. The intensive care patients, the kidney patients will all lose their lives. The world is signing the death warrant of these people.
  • Ahmad al-Kahlout, quoted in ‘The world is signing the death warrant’ of wounded Gaza people

• The nature of the cases that arrive at the hospital is terrifying. The type of burns that we receive are not like previous wars and neither is the number of casualties. The majority of the cases that I receive are children and women. Most of the people who come for treatment are civilians.
  • Haytham Kallab, quoted In their own words: Gaza doctor

• Israel is getting the message that with each passing day and as the Palestinian death toll rises they continue to lose international support. What minuscule pressure the Biden Administration is putting on them is proof that unconditional support cannot go on forever. I think they’re trying to kill as many Palestinians as possible in this window of opportunity they have where they’re confident that the US is going to go to bat for them no matter what they do.
  • Tariq Kenney-Shawa, quoted in Israel trying to kill ‘as many Palestinians as possible’ as pressure mounts, analyst says

• How the hell did the entire world just watch and let Israel turn off the water?
  • Azmi Keshawi, quoted in Gaza under Israeli siege: Bread lines, yellow water and nonstop explosions

• There is overwhelming evidence that the October 7 attacks included horrific and widespread gender-based violence, including rape and sexual mutilation. It includes forensic examinations of numerous Israeli victims’ bodies mangled by acts of rape and sexual torture. It includes testimony by survivors of the attacks who witnessed Hamas terrorists raping and mutilating [women]].

It includes the testimony of first responders who found Israeli women and girls, murdered,Z in conditions that made it clear they had been raped. A witness who gave video testimony spoke about seeing a woman being gang raped. It includes the video of a young Israeli woman, her pants bloodsoaked, being dragged by her hair by Hamas abductors, and footage of other women stripped of their clothing.

It includes testimony gathered by a civil commission headed by an international law expert documenting atrocities against women and children by Hamas on October 7. The mountain of evidence reveals the unimaginable viciousness of the Hamas terrorist attacks.

• • Alexi Ashe Meyers according to opinion (December 11, 2023)

• We're on the fourth floor, there's a sniper who attacked four patients inside the hospital. One of them has a gunshot wound directly in his neck, and he is a quadriplegic, and the other one in the abdomen.
  • Mohammed Obeid, quoted in X post by Doctors Without Borders

• These animals can no longer live.
  • Ezra Sachin, quoted in “These animals can no longer live” says Israel’s oldest reservist

• The situation is really dangerous. Transferring these children from this place means handing them a death sentence. They will die and this equipment only operates with electricity and oxygen.
  • Hussam Abu Safiya, quoted in Entire Families Wiped Out As Israel Continues Heaviest-Ever Airstrikes On Gaza

• We do not have enough clean water, our water is contaminated and 40 paediatric patients presented with gastroenteritis infections due to the contaminated water. The situation is really very bad. It is unsafe. The 40 babies were complaining of vomiting, diarrhoea, fever and abdominal pain and this was related to water contamination.
  • Hussam Abu Safiya, quoted in Doctors warn of 'catastrophic' conditions in Gaza hospitals as medical supplies dwindle

• Whoever identifies with Greta in any way in the future, in my view, is a terror supporter.
  • Arye Sharuz Shalicar, quoted in Israeli official slams Greta Thunberg after she backs Palestinians in Gaza

• Let the supporters of the [Israeli] regime know that those who cannot reach the Zionist entity [in battle] may be able to reach the US forces who are managing this war.
  • Ramezan Sharif, quoted in IRGC spox. to Al Mayadeen: Patience running out

• Israel says the homes bombed are Hamas houses. In the same breath Israel claims to warn homeowners of imminent bombing. Question: why warn homeowners if they are Hamas, isnt the whole point of your butchery to eradicate Hamas? Truth is that Israel’s war is on every soul in gaza.
  • Jason Shawa, quoted in X post by جاسم الشو

• We are losing everyone and everything.
  • Muhammad Smiry, quoted in X post by Muhammad Smiry

• It gets more bloody at night
  • Muhammad Smiry, quoted in X post by Muhammad Smiry

• It's really heartbreaking. We've always grew up to hear the stories of the Nakba, we've never imagined that we would grow up to live it. It happened in 1948 because it wasn't televised, the world didn't know what's going on in Palestine. But now it's quite disgraceful that it's televised carnage and the world is literally watching."
  • Ahmed Abofoul [1]

Robin Loup (talk) 23:28, 26 December 2023 (UTC)