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Israeli soldiers have opened fire at Palestinian civilians who attempted to return to their homes in northern Gaza shortly after the start of the four-day truce between Israel and Hamas, an AP journalist has reported from the scene. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had earlier warned the displaced residents of Gaza against attempting to move to the north of the enclave.
At least two people were killed and 11 others were injured during the incident, the news agency claimed on Friday.
An Israeli military spokesman told Haaretz that reports of the use of live fire by IDF troops against Palestinians were being investigated.
Comment: War crime.
According to the paper, the number of civilians wounded by "Israeli fire" during their attempts to reach the north of Gaza stood at 15. They've been transferred to a hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza for treatment, Haaretz added.
The Times of Israel also reported that some people were trying to get out of the southern part of the enclave. However, it said that the IDF had used riot dispersal means to make them turn back.
Shortly after the truce kicked in at 7am local time, the Israeli military began dropping leaflets on Gaza warning locals against returning to their homes in the northern part of the enclave.
Comment: War crime.
The IDF's Arabic media spokesman Avichay Adraee also addressed Palestinians on X (formerly Twitter), reminding them that, despite the ceasefire, "the war is not over yet. The humanitarian pause is temporary. The northern Gaza Strip is a dangerous war zone and it is forbidden to move north." Those who are still in northern Gaza should instead use the truce to evacuate to the south via the Salah al-Din Road, Adraee stressed.
The ceasefire deal calls for Hamas to free at least 50 out of around 240 hostages it captured during the October 7 attack and Israel to release some 150 of its Palestinians prisoners. The first exchange, reportedly featuring 13 Israeli women and children and 39 Palestinian females and teenagers, is expected to take place on Friday.
Comment: How dare they force Israel to release dangerous terrorists!
The IDF also pledged to halt its airstrikes on southern Gaza, introduce daily six-hour pauses in its attacks on the northern part of the enclave and allow for aid to enter Gaza, Qatar's Foreign Ministry, which helped to broker the agreement, said. The first trucks with humanitarian cargo have already begun entering Gaza from Egypt, according to reports.
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Now who amongst us desires a "savage" God?
However, with that said -
Who amongst us desires a passive God?
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typically savages don't last long if they truly are savage in nature
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Definition 3.b.
I consider this a better definition:
Vicious or merciless; brutal."a savage form of warfare.
I think a permanent cease-fire is a good first step, but more important than that - I applaud efforts to get needed supplies to those being tormented.
Depending on who you believe, there were 10-20,000 Hamas in Gaza on Oct 7, out of a population of 2.4 to 2.5 million. Since then Israel has damaged or destroyed more than half of Gaza's housing units and almost all of the civilian infrastructure.
The real threat of Gaza to the Zionists was its high birth rate and population growth, "Israel" is addressing this now by establishing conditions that will lower the birth rate and threaten the survival of Palestinians well into the future.
To elaborate, the sovereign Palestine entity needs to include the West Bank and Gaza, but if that is not possible, then there needs to be a 3-state solution and whatever solution is offered, none of the entities can be surrounded by a hostile presence subsuming a sovereign place - that means I think that the coast for Palestine probably needs to be adjusted....I looked at a map one time and gave it serious consideration and I think wiser minds can figure something out, but tis obvious who the offensive entity is - tis the ideology of zionism.
Regardless, the West Bank border Jorden. Perhaps there could be property to the south of JeruSALEM that becomes part of the Palestine sovereign entity for the sake of continuity and not being mostly surrounded by crazy mother effing zionist.
Lastly and moreover, the cedars in Lebanon are legendary and Lebanon is to the north of the place called Israel nowadays.
Seems to me the key in a way is Jorden - I mean Jorden - who do you stand with? The Palestinians or the zionist?
If I lived in Gaza I'm sure I'd know many dead - including members of family direct - to allow this travesty to perpetuate is anti-human and if it does, then humanity most likely is a failed species I reckon.