Hamas official: 50 of the 62 Gazans killed in border violence were our members

[B2G]

Hamas official: 50 of the 62 Gazans killed in border violence were our members

A Hamas official on Wednesday acknowledged that 50 of the 62 Palestinians reported killed during Gaza border riots on Monday and Tuesday were members of the Islamist terrorist group, bringing the total number of known members of terror groups among the fatalities up to 53.

“In the last rounds of confrontations, if 62 people were martyred, 50 of them were Hamas,” said Hamas official Salah Bardawil in an interview with the Palestinian Baladna news outlet.


https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-official-50-of-the-people-killed-in-gaza-riots-were-members/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

[B2G]

1. Well that sunk like a rock. nt

[DavidDvorkin]

8. Yeah, that's DU nowadays.

[procon]

2. Isn't that like saying water is wet?

Hamas is the largest political party in Palestine with a large social service wing for constituents and a separate military faction.

[B2G]

3. Yes. And it's regarded as a terrorist organization

by the US and the EU.

Which didn't just happen yesterday.

[OnDoutside]

5. Just like Sinn Fein/IRA.

[procon]

9. Israel's military occupation and policies of discrimination are a significant factor

contributing to the violent opposition against their oppression. Neither Israel nor Palestine can make any accusations against the other without acknowledging their own deeply flawed positions. Still, under similar conditions in this country, Americans would all be branded as terrorists for resisting an opposing an army of occupation, as we did under British colonialism, when we were tyrannized in much the same manner that Israel now abuses Palestinians.

[EX500rider]

10. Israel does not occupy Gaza.

[procon]

12. Now there's a fine bit of equivocating.

The border is shut and Israel controls any movement of Palestinians in and out of Gaza. Little distinction exists between the restrictrictions enforced by the occupation armies that subjugates Palestinians and the suppression effects of Israel's military imposed airtight land, sea and air blockade.

[EX500rider]

16. Gaza share a whole border with Eygpt that Israel does not control.

I wonder why Eygpt keeps it closed most of the time?
Has the terrorist organization that runs Gaza proven to be bad neighbors maybe?
Or does Eygpt just love Israel that much....lol

[wellst0nev0ter]

15. Yeah, it became too expensive

so Israel just resorts to bombing airports and hospitals

[ismnotwasm]

4. Hamas is a terrorist organization

I am not fond of the current Israeli government, but that doesn’t mean Hamas has changed one bit.

[MFM008]

6. People are

Still dead.
They were "armed" with rocks, tires, kites
Against the most sophisticated Army
Perhaps in the world and with our tax dollars.
I expect Israel to keep them out, i also expect them to
Use restraint instead of crack snipers.
They are acting like American cops against unarmed
People of color.

[B2G]

11. You forgot molotov cocktails and the fact that the kites

were explosive. Minor details.

What exactly do you think would have happened if they had broken through the fence?

[MFM008]

17. They are still dead

Havent they paid enough?

[leftynyc]

7. Kick

[treestar]

13. Did the shooters know that?

Were they aiming at particular people?

[B2G]

14. Well if they didn't,

that's one hell of an amazing coincidence, don't you think?

I mean based on the odds alone, that means the crowd was around 90% Hamas. Right?