Bobby. wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 6:27am:


Is there any limit to how many dead children you would accept?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-02/government-warns-israel-to-observe-rules-...





By political reporter Nour Haydar
Posted 11h ago


Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared that every Palestinian and Israeli life matters while expressing concern about the climbing civilian death toll in Gaza, as the federal government sharpens its language in urging Israel to abide by international law.
Key points:

    The prime minister says Israel in its efforts to destroy Hamas must maintain the rules of war
    The foreign minister says the international community will not tolerate more innocent deaths
    The government continues to work to help dozens of Australians leave Gaza



The government maintains Israel has a "right to defend itself", but Mr Albanese emphasised that it also has a responsibility to ensure innocent civilians are not paying the price for atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7.

"The civilian toll is quite rightly causing enormous concern around the world," he said at a conference in Melbourne on Thursday.

"Every Palestinian life matters, like every Israeli life matters.

"Every effort has to be made to ensure that innocent civilians are protected to every extent possible.

"It is very difficult because of the way that Hamas operates with the use of civilian infrastructure being mixed with what is effectively military infrastructure … but every single effort has to be made."

The number of people killed in Gaza since Israel began its bombing campaign 26 days ago has exceeded 8,700, including more than 3,600 children killed according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry.

Israeli said Hamas killed 1,400 people, mostly civilians, while taking more than 200 people hostage last month.

Gaza officials say at least 195 Palestinians were killed in the two Israeli attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp this week, with 120 missing under the rubble and hundred more wounded.

Israel said the two strikes killed Hamas military leaders while claiming "terror infrastructure" was built beneath civilian buildings in the area.

Mr Albanese said the images from the refugee camp have "quite rightly" caused "enormous concern" while revealing that he had this week met with Australians who had family members killed in the besieged territory.

"I met with people yesterday afternoon, who have lost family members in Gaza," he said.

"They are quite right to be traumatised and want their government to speak up for them just as the government has spoken up for the loss of Israeli lives and for the families concerned about hostages and the consequences of Hamas's atrocities."

Hamas could end civilian deaths overnight, by not targeting Israeli civilians and by not hiding its military behind Palestinian civilians. Of course, that would also end Hamas, or at least their military ambitions, so don't get your hopes up.

Israel has no such choice.

freediver wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 7:04am:


Hamas continues to hide behind its supporters who are men, women and children.

Israel and its allies know there’s only 1 option in resolving this terrorist organisation’s existence - Israel must go hard until its supporters themselves give Hamas up. Meantime Hamas doesn’t give a toss about how many die. As long as Hamas is protected.

HAMAS will not and does not adhere to international law....Palestinian civilians are being used by the terrorists as human shields despite this being a violation of international human rights....HAMAS are also holding hostages and trying to use them as a bargaining chip to release more terrorists from Israeli prisons....Israel cannot negotiate with terrorists and allow them to use innocent people to maintain their terror campaign....HAMAS need to be eliminated and the Palestinian people need to be released from their reign of terror....Israel needs to show restraint where possible and minimize civilian casualties to avoid international outrage....HAMAS are the ones killing innocent people by using them as human shields and should be condemned not supported....If the Arab world really cared about the Palestinian people they would let them leave Gaza but they won't because it would expose HAMAS to the fate they deserve???

freediver wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 5:51am:


Ah.

Karnal wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 1:58pm:


How many dead children would you accept in order to get rid of Hamas Karnal?