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Images of Devastation in Israel (Original Post) Fred Sanders Aug 2014 OP
K&R magical thyme Aug 2014 #1
Very powerful 4now Aug 2014 #2
Uh, Mr Sanders, do you need truedelphi Aug 2014 #3
Oh, I figured the work firewall blocked them... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #7
To be fair, there have been some deaths and damage n2doc Aug 2014 #4
Horrifying. We must do whatever it takes... Comrade Grumpy Aug 2014 #5
Here's the latest casualty figures from the UN (and they're a day old): Comrade Grumpy Aug 2014 #6
So death and devastation in Israel doesn't matter? Even tho it's been much much much less? jillan Aug 2014 #8
Link to bomb damage in Israel seveneyes Aug 2014 #9
Destroys the OP. n/t Skip Intro Aug 2014 #11
Kick Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #12
+ 1,000,000,000 MrMickeysMom Aug 2014 #10
. Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #13

truedelphi

(32,324 posts)
3. Uh, Mr Sanders, do you need
Sat Aug 2, 2014, 03:22 PM
Aug 2014

Help dealing with transferring the images of the devastation in Israel to your OP? On account of how none of the images showed up there.

Oh, WAIT !!!

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
7. Oh, I figured the work firewall blocked them...
Sat Aug 2, 2014, 04:12 PM
Aug 2014

that being said, I expected pics of Israelis at the beach.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
4. To be fair, there have been some deaths and damage
Sat Aug 2, 2014, 03:32 PM
Aug 2014

I know the OP is snark/sarcasm, but it does feed into the IDF supporters stereotyping of their opponents

FWIW, here's some images of damage in Israel caused by Hamas rockets

Netivot home damaged in rocket strike (Photo: Israel Police)



Damage caused by a rocket fired from Gaza strip hitting the city of Ashdod, Israel is seen on June 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAVID BUIMOVITCH



An Israeli municipality worker speaks on his phone as he surveys the damage after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the southern city of Ashdod Nov. 20. As talks intensified regarding a possible cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza has been pressing for an end to an Israeli blockade as a condition for halting rocket attacks on Israel. (CNS photo/Avi Roccah, Reuters)


An Israeli soldier evacuates a young girl from a site in the Israeli city of Be'er Sheva, that was hit by a rocket launched from Gaza, Nov. 20, 2012.


War sucks.

 

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)
6. Here's the latest casualty figures from the UN (and they're a day old):
Sat Aug 2, 2014, 03:36 PM
Aug 2014
http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_sitrep_02_08_2014.pdf

1,439 Palestinians killed, including at least 926 civilians, of whom 286 are children and 187 are women.

66 Israelis killed, including 63 soldiers, two civilians and one foreign national

76 Families have lost three or more family members in the same incident, totaling over 400 fatalities

1.8 million People have reduced or no access to regular water and sanitation.

280,000 Displaced people hosted in UNRWA and in government schools and institutions.
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