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Israel is seeing a wave of soldiers like Eliran Mizrahi taking their own lives - five died by suicide just last month. IDF (Israel Defence Forces) investigations have found it is what they have seen and done in Gaza that are the cause, according to reports by the Israeli public broadcaster. IDF (Israel Defence Forces) investigations have found it is what they have seen and done in Gaza that are the cause, according to reports by the Israeli public broadcaster. 'He never left Gaza in his mind': Israeli soldier died by suicide after being ordered to return

Dumb and dumber "Trump’s envoy misinterpreted Putin’s demands as concessions: media" https://tvpworld.com/88256509/trumps-envoy-witkoff-misunderstood-putins-territorial-demands-as-concessions-media-report

Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Israeli government's plan to expand Gaza war AFP journalists at the rally estimated the number of attendees to be in the tens of thousands, while a group representing the families of hostages said as many as 100,000 people participated. Authorities did not provide an official estimate for the size of the crowd, though it dwarfed the ones at other recent anti-war rallies. "We will end with a direct message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: if you invade parts of Gaza and the hostages are murdered, we will pursue you in the town squares, in election campaigns and at every time and place," Shahar Mor Zahiro, the relative of a slain hostage, told AFP. Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Israeli government's plan to expand Gaza war

British medic Sam Sears, a veteran of deployments to Ukraine, Rwanda, Turkey and Sierra Leone for UK-Med, is no stranger to working in tough environments. But Gaza was so much worse than he anticipated – “the destruction and devastation is just unprecedented”. “Malnutrition is no longer a future threat. It is a present killer,” Sam said. “One of my patients was a 16-year-old girl named Noor. She has diabetes but was half the expected weight for her age. “Her father told me they sometimes went two days without food or clean water. Noor was lucky to reach us in time, but many others do not. Even those who survive the hunger live in constant fear. There is no safe space. The sound of shelling and airstrikes is relentless. Children cry not just from pain or hunger, but from sheer terror. The health system in Gaza has been battered. Hospitals are under-resourced, understaffed, and overwhelmed. Supplies are critically low. Electricity is intermittent. Colleagues I worked with in Gaza – brave, committed local medics – have lost homes, family members, and friends, yet they keep working. Their resilience is extraordinary, but it is not infinite.” British medic's heartbreaking two words to dead Gaza child, 9, while zipping up their body bag

In April and May, Microsoft employees staged public protests over the company's supply of Azure Cloud services to the Israeli military. The BDS movement has called for a boycott of Xbox, Game Pass, and Microsoft-published games to pressure the company to end its relationship with the Israeli military. It wasn't entirely clear, however, what specific role Microsoft's services were playing, and in July, a group of 60 shareholders called on the company to explain itself. The new independent report cites interviews with 11 sources from Microsoft and the Israeli military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, alleging that Microsoft provides a customized, specialized subset of Azure to store data from a dragnet of intercepted telecommunications in Gaza and The West Bank, amounting to millions of text messages and full phone conversations. The investigation's sources in Unit 8200 said that data stored on these servers has been used to blackmail and jail Palestinians in the West Bank, and even justify killings by Israeli military forces after the fact. One source told The Guardian that "when they need to arrest someone and there isn't a good enough reason to do so, that's where they find the excuse." The report also states that intelligence from these Azure archives has been used in the selection of bombing targets in Gaza. New report lays out Israeli military use of Microsoft services that prompted employee protests and a boycott of Xbox and Game Pass

Only you said Russia invaded Ukraine under Trump. I am criticizing those who support Putin and his murderous actions, sadly that includes some Trump fan boys By the way, Trump said he would end the war within 24 hours of taking office. How's that going?

This is about your, Maga, support or indifference to Putin. Biden and Obama are a separate story

What a bunch of moral degenerates you Trump fan boys are. Russia invaded a sovereign country, killing hundreds of thousands, including many civilians, and well as kidnapping Ukrainian children; and you can't even condemn him. Pass the sick bag, Alice.

In an exclusive interview with Independent Arabia, Olmert who served as Israel’s prime minister from 2006 to 2009, states that the war which is entering its second year has achieved all of its objectives and its continuation runs “counter to Israel’s interests” and serves only the “personal interests” of the country’s current leader Benjamin Netanyahu. According to Olmert, Netanyahu is determined to keep the war going, and to further escalate it, in order to avoid the political fallout an end to the war would bring. The former premier believes this would likely include the formation of a commission of inquiry into security failures surrounding the October 7 attack, and see the collapse of Netenyahu’s government, which is propped up by what Olmert calls the “messianic faction” led by Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. The far-right ministers were both recently banned from entering the UK for “repeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities”. Former Israeli PM says Netanyahu’s plans to takeover Gaza would be ‘historic disaster’

UK announces more aid for Gaza as Israel proposes expansion of conflict The UK has announced another £8.5 million for UN aid to Gaza after Israel unveiled plans to expand its military operations in the territory. Development minister Baroness Jenny Chapman said the money would “help address urgent need” in Gaza, but only if Israel allowed the region to be “flooded with aid”. She said: “It is unacceptable that so much aid is waiting at the border – the UK is ready to provide more through our partners, and we demand that the government of Israel allows more aid in safely and securely. “The insufficient amount of supplies getting through is causing appalling and chaotic scenes as desperate civilians try to access tiny amounts of aid.” UK announces more aid for Gaza as Israel proposes expansion of conflict

Hurling blitz by young players to keep in mind the tragedy in Gaza Eight teams representing a city or town in Gaza and the West Bank will participate in a hurling blitz to keep in mind the ongoing tragedy in the Middle East. Gaels Against Genocide has organised the event under the theme of Paisti ag tacu le paisti, on Sunday August 17, at Sarsfields in Belfast. All money raised will go towards Gaza Mobile Maternity Unit. The blitz will last two hours - 7200 seconds - organisers said with each second representing seven children killed or injured since Oct 7 2023. Hurling blitz by young players to keep in mind the tragedy in Gaza

So the voters of Gaza who voted Hamas in in 2006 ( just beating Fatah by the way), must be over the age of 19 years since then, plus 18 years to be able to vote, thus they must be over 37 years years old now. Gaza has a young population, more than half are 19 or under, so it's probably 70% or so who are under 37. 70% or so had nothing to do with voting Hamas in.

The point is proton was comparing gazans to rats, exactly the same hate message the Nazis did, comparing jews to rats.

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