2,000 children killed in Gaza, aid group says, as doctors warn fuel shortage is a death sentence | CNN

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2,000 children killed in Gaza, aid group says, as doctors warn fuel shortage is a death sentence | CNN
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Inside Gaza, cut off from the world by a near total blockade, Israeli airstrikes have decimated entire neighborhoods, leveling homes, schools and mosques. CNN drone footage from Monday showed the level of destruction across parts of the strip, with whole streets flattened in the al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City and a row of destroyed buildings known as al-Zahra towers in central Gaza.

Save the Children said Monday that over 1 million children are “trapped” in Gaza with no safe place to go and warned of the devastating impacts of lacking medication and electricity to power vital health infrastructure in the enclave.

“At least 2,000 children have been killed in Gaza over the past 17 days, and a further 27 killed in the West Bank,” the aid agency said on Monday.

“We call on all parties to take immediate steps to protect the lives of children, and on the international community to support those efforts,” Save the Children said, adding that Israeli airstrikes are “killing and injuring children indiscriminately.”

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And what about the children killed, is this their fault too?

Are they brown? Yes.

Are they white? No.

Go to reddit and you'll see the modern JIDF in full force. They're actually claiming and having top-voted comments (>1000 upvotes) where they say all Gazans are terrorists.

I've seen some of the discussion on there and it makes me feel sick. People talk about Gazan children as if they aren't humans.

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Hamas wanted dead Palestinians as an outcome of their actions. So it is partially their fault.

That isn't what I'm asking. Did the children deserve this? Are they to blame?

No, of course the children are not to blame. Why even ask that? I thought you were asking if Hamas was to blame, as that’s what the context of OP was, and the children were obviously blameless.

What is the purpose of saying "Hamas should have thought about that"? It's apportioning blame to the victims, who are children.

Hamas thought about it because it’s part of their objectives. They want this reaction from Israel. They are not fools. I don’t think many children are in Hamas, so I don’t get your point.

If this was intentional by Hamas then the original comment is pointless.

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