Israel now aims to unleash a ground invasion in Rafah, the city where over 1.5 million Palestinians have taken refuge.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/16060292

Over 85,000 Palestinians in Gaza may be killed over the next six months in the likely event of further escalation by Israel and epidemic outbreaks in the besieged territory, according to a recent prediction made by researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and John Hopkins University. Such grim predictions are not implausible in light of Israel’s plan for a ground invasion of Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, in March, amid the continued widespread destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure, as well as the collapse of humanitarian aid deliveries and operations. Rafah has become one of the most densely populated areas on Earth, with over 1.5 million Palestinians now living in the area bordering Egypt. Talks for prisoner exchanges and a ceasefire are taking place in Paris following three days of hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel’s occupation. Israel has killed nearly 30,000 Palestinians since its military operation began after October 7 — an average of about 250 Palestinians every day, far more than the daily death toll in any other recent armed conflict, according to Oxfam.

  • Arete@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2534·
    7 months ago

    The Rwandan Genocide killed 800,000 people in 3 months, including almost the entire Tutsi ethnic group. They did this with machetes and still have fields full of unburied bones. They raped half a million women and deliberately infected them with HIV. They mutilated people by the tens of thousands. The genocide only stopped when there was nobody left to kill.

    I swear people have completely forgotten what a real genocide looks like. Gaza isn’t the “most transparent genocide” by a long shot.

    • ilmagico@lemmy.worldEnglish
      493·
      7 months ago

      They said the “most transparent” genocide, not the most brutal, or the quickest one, or the one with the most people killed.

      the mainstream media continue to limit criticism of Israel to humanitarian issues arising from its conduct of the “war,” paying virtually no attention to the near unanimous ICJ rulings, and to the dehumanization of Palestinians by the language and tactics relied upon by Israel. Without using the word “genocide,” they reconfirm in word and deed the genocidal character of the assaults on Gaza

      I think what they mean by “mosy transparent” is that it’s the most widely reported by the media, as well as downplayed as it happens.

      • Arete@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1525·
        7 months ago

        My read of the article was that “most transparent genocide of all time” meant “most obviously occurring genocide when viewed in real time”. I think that’s a fair take having checked again. With that definition in mind, the claim is laughably hyperbolic.

        The majority opinion, backed by the ICJ, is that Gaza has the potential to devolve into genocide but currently does not meet the definition. So we’re already wildly off the claim. Add to that literally dozens of past genocides that were widely reported on and universally recognized as such and the claim just falls apart.

        • hydroxide@lemmy.mlEnglish
          26·
          7 months ago

          That is not what the ICJ ruling means. They do not have the power to convict nations or individuals of genocide. It was simply a preliminary hearing to see if a full trial is warranted. You’re misrepresenting the courts decision either ignorantly or maliciously.

      • Nudding@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        Hopefully when we destroy ourselves with climate change, we do it so that we’re gone for good.

    • aleph@lemm.eeEnglish
      818·
      7 months ago

      Agree completely. I’m not diminishing the horrific nature of the atrocities currently being carried out against the Palestinians, but let’s not get caught up in hyperbole.