Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel had offered fuel to Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, which suspended operations after running out of fuel, but that the militants had refused to receive it.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel had offered fuel to Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, which suspended operations after running out of fuel, but that the militants had refused to receive it.

  • bdonvr@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    427·
    1 year ago

    Netanyahu was asked if Israel has a plan to get fuel into Gaza to power hospitals. “We just offered Shifa hospital the fuel, they refused it,” Netanyahu said.

    “Hamas, (which) is hiding in the hospitals and placing itself there, doesn’t want the fuel for the hospital … they want to get fuel that they’ll take from the hospitals to their tunnels, to their war machine.”

    Then why didn’t they accept the fuel and just take it? People actually believe this genocidal drivel?

    • DarkGamer@kbin.socialOP
      1918·
      1 year ago

      Then why didn’t they accept the fuel and just take it? People actually believe this genocidal drivel?

      • We can’t read Hamas leaders’ minds, but I suppose that would have made it harder to blame Israel for killing babies.
      • This was only 300L, so it would have gone directly into generators with no surplus fuel to take.
      • Before this war started, IDF released a recording proving that Hamas takes fuel from Gaza hospitals.
      • Believing this account outright is just as foolish as dismissing it outright.

      Edit: In response to denials by Hamas, IDF just released footage of the fuel being delivered.

      • DreamerofDays@kbin.social
        7·
        1 year ago

        Believing this account outright is just as foolish as dismissing it outright.

        There’s a reason “the first casualty of war is the truth” is a cliche— it’s because it’s very hard to know exactly what’s going on when there’s so much chaos and impetus for people to push agendas.

        I have some assumptions I’m confident about, but those are fairly broad, and based on the nature of what happens in any war. Specifics I’m trying hard to slow-roll my reactions to and full acceptance of— I’ve seen way too many news stories about active situations be proven in part or in whole false, and most of those aren’t in war zones.