Public sentiment is overwhelmingly negative regarding the violence at aid distribution sites in Gaza, characterized by deep empathy for the suffering civilians and outrage towards the perceived responsibility of both Israeli actions and global inaction. Many commenters call for urgent humanitarian assistance while condemning the ongoing violence and media portrayals, with voices expressing a mix of anger, despair, and demands for accountability.

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&gt;## "At first, it was the Israeli army that was shooting at civilians. But today, we were shocked to discover the presence of gangs and militias."
&gt;_— Mohammed Sakout, a witness who experienced the situation during the shooting._
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Key Facts: Violence Breaks Out at Gaza Aid Distribution Site
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- Palestinians were shot at by both local gunmen and Israeli troops while approaching an aid center run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Rafah on Monday.
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- Gaza’s health ministry reported six fatalities and 99 injuries linked to the incident near designated aid collection areas.
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- The Tal al-Sultan distribution site was closed due to chaos, although two other centers operated without incident the same day.
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- The violence follows Israel’s admission of arming Palestinian clans opposed to Hamas, intensifying tensions around humanitarian aid delivery.

&gt;Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in Gaza on Tuesday, killing at least 59 people, according to medics, in one of the bloodiest incidents yet in mounting violence as desperate residents struggle for food.

What kind of army is this? Firing into a crowd of people desperately trying to get food for themselves and their starving children? 

Crime after crime after crime after crime after crime....

Justice91

&gt; I don't know what conclusion to make other than Israel is committing genocide and should be opposed.

That's pretty much the conclusion.

sartre_would_apr0ve

not a good answer but I would count this under friendly fire where on average up to 20% of all deaths in war are from friendlies.

War is an ugly terrible endeavor where you are shrouded by fog of war and 1 wrong move can result in terrible tragedies like this. 

This goes without saying that a complete and full investigation needs to occur and if there was negligence or intent to harm then those responsible should be prosecuted to the full extent allowed

alcoholicplankton69

Israeli apologists will never accept any non-Hebrew language source. So if you don't speak Hebrew it is pointless to attempt to understand the Israeli position.

Special-Figure-1467

If it happened as described its absolutely horrendous. The IDF must investigate and prosecute those involved.

Individuals will always do terrible things in war, its up to the military as an institution to separate itself and take action.

Hour-Summer-4422

Palestinian medics have shown they are not a reliable source.  Hamas harasses these locations with attacks because they are working and removing them from the process also knowing Israelis will respond to this and civilians will get caught in the crossfire.

thebeorn

I really wish I could find a trustworthy source on what's happening, AP is hedging their reports with 'reported by ...' 

The Israeli media is more or less saying it was Hamas, while others are going all in saying it always IDF.

I know there been at least one or two cases where it was found to be 'other' actors, non Hamas Arab militants and other times  we only hear that IDF shooting 'warning shots' but never explain how warning shots (at least as common term 'warning' normally means) ends up with so many causalities.  

I've heard others claim that Arab militants shot into crowds but 'timed' it with the IDF warning shots.

There just too many conflicting stories and I can't get my head around what benefit Israel gains with firing in these crowds, but I can understand why Hamas might want to, as these food distribution points directly harm their political power.

But .... There been enough of these incidents that if the Israelis had any sense, they would have provided proof that was uncontrivable by now, if not for the latest incidents, then the ones from a few days ago.  Yet as far as I have been able to find, they really have given rather weak denials and a few less than convincing videos. 

What is really going on, and if it IS the IDF, why not use more traditional crowd control, they got to know the optics are hurting them.

cosmofur

😂......if they were hit by 'tank fire' there'd be very little/nothing left of a person other than a crater......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=OgwhBr_Lu70

DiamondContent2011

I find it odd that there are so many people with cameras out at all times in gaza, yet they never seem to capture these incidents.

Candid_Monitor_980

A few things to note:

- You claim it's coming from a credible source. Reuters is a credible source. But note that if you read carefully, Reuters has not independently verified this account. They are simply citing "Palestinian medics". So the source isn't Reuters, it's "Palestinian medics", and that's not a credible source for a number of reasons.
- Even if it were hypothetically shown to be a case of Israel intentionally massacring civilians, that does not make it a "genocide". Not every massacre of civilians is a "genocide". Let's call things by the right name.

IbnEzra613

&gt;This seems like genocidal activity to me.

Genocide requires a specific dolus specialus over the mens rea.. seems or feels isn't the criteria..  based on the information we have now the best that can be said it's either a war crime, a very bad mistake, or people caught in crossfire..

&gt; when I see such horrifying news like this from reputable, verifiable sources,

Primary source is Palestinians at the scene, interviews by Reuters.. so interviewed by Hamas, or overseen by Hamas getting paid by Reuters.. the outlet is reputable, but the sources are questionable.. None were named and none of their actual testimony was made available..

&gt;But I want to hear both sides of this story. How can this be defended?

Right now it can be anything.. it could have been the IDF firing back at some militant group, Hamas firing on the group and people just saying Yahood in the interviews while Hamas watches. It could be an IDF mistake for some reason, or some nutjob at the machine gun who deserves punishment.. until we have more details it's all just assumptions..

Anyone peddling something as fact right now is just peddling in fictitious propaganda and nothing more..

Diet-Bebsi

there are a ton of incidents where it's always, and I mean always, initially Israel's fault and then after review which takes a good week, it is found to not be Israel's fault 

I suggest with anything in a war zone you wait a week for the truth to come out. maybe it is Israel's fault and Israel actually takes accountability for a lot of these things. But because it's a week later a lot of people don't even see the stories because they're not the headlines anymore 

and on the other hand a lot of times it comes out to be The fault of Hamas. again, no one sees those headlines because it's a week later 

I mean remember that hospital that was bombed probably back in November of '23? initially it was Israel bombed a hospital and 500 died 

then a day or two later it was like, well actually it hit in the parking lot. then a few days later it was, well there were only 12 dead. 

and then about a week later, after review, it was well actually it was a Hamas rocket that went off course that hit their own hospital parking lot 

You have to wait for review. 

One thing that most people forget is every single newspaper wants to get that headline first so they don't necessarily wait to actually find out the truth. They just take everything that Hamas health ministry or the PLO says straight off of that. 

You can even do some historical research into the number of dead. The Hamas health ministry has rolled those numbers back multiple times. You can find it on the UN site that the numbers now are much lower than they said initially. But rolling numbers back doesn't make headlines 🤷🏼

Ifawumi

I think the difference is there’s an investigation underway and the IDF clearly states it was not their intention to kill or injure civilians. You can debate if individual IDF soldiers engage in unethical behavior, but the official stance of Israel is to avoid harming civilians.

Gaza’s government on the other hand, killed over 1,000 people in one day with the explicit goal of killing as many civilians as possible. Their response? That they would do it over and over again until Israel was destroyed. 

While I am devastated for the Palestinians who do not want this and don’t support Hamas, I think there’s bias in how we talk about this conflict. Gaza and Palestine are continuously removed from the narrative around violence because we attribute all violence to Hamas. That may be accurate, but we don’t do this with any other country’s elected leadership. We don’t say “the Ayatollah attacked Israel, we say “Iran attacked Israel.” Just some food for thought.

Emergency_Base8945

Bad if real, many people involved deserve to be in prison, at least, if so... buuut. 

Reuters and every single news corporation has been utter trash on their Israel Palestine reporting, If they said the sky was blue, I wouldn't believe them. They directly source their articles from hamas and quote numbers from hamas. They regularly lie, manipulate, and mislead.

Over the past few months, Hamas and news orgs have been trying to discredit Israeli aid efforts. News orgs have been attributing hamas attacks on aid distribution to Israel, putting out inflated numbers, and at times attributing dead terrorists as civilians.

I would not be surprised if it soon comes out that hamas was firing mortars into the crowds, with drone footage, and I would be even less surprised if the news organizations ignore that and double down with almost no one hearing about it or seeing the drone footage.

Siserith

Don't worry, there's going to be a review!

throbbaway

Tragic as it would be if true, this would not be genocide. People need to start being more careful about how they use that word or it will lose all meaning.

Top_Plant5102

I love when the sources are anonymous. Means you can just say whatever

nothing_in_dimona

&gt;  but when I see such horrifying news like this from reputable, verifiable sources, I struggle to find a sympathetic position from the Israeli side.

What exactly is this “reputable, verifiable source”?

Unnamed medics?

Some person named Alaa?

Can you explain to me why you find unnamed medics reputable? What about them makes you think they have a good reputation for being honest? What makes you think what they say is verifiable?

Can you explain why you find Alaa reputable as well? What have they done to make you think they have a good reputation for being honest?

Or are you referring to *Reuters*? Did *Reuters* report that IDF tanks fired on people, or is Reuters reporting that unnamed medics and Alaa said IDF tanks fired on people?

I’m sure unnamed medics and Alaa said those things. But why do you choose to believe them? Based on what exactly?

Remember when people reported that [Israel killed 500 people at Al-Ahli Hospital?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ahli_Arab_Hospital_explosion)

How did that turn out?

Dear-Imagination9660

Israelis are not gonna cry, grovel, and self-flagellate just because you are upset.

There is an ongoing investigation. If the investigation finds wrongdoing, the people involved should be punished. If not, the media should be punished for not following the proper journalistic standards.

Aryeh98

I realized when living in the Middle East that the relationship between Israel and the Levantine people is oppression. It really is an apt description. Nobody from the region is surprised about these stories.

When missiles came suddenly for nothing these people did, planes flew low to provoke fear and panic, and children could give me pointers on how to avoid being shot by the IDF when visiting the West Bank, it changed the way I saw the world. I realized the veritable scandal it was that the multigenerational oppression and multigenerational trauma of the Levantine people, especially Palestinians, was not only untold, but buried and replaced with the dehumanization of these profoundly suffering people.

I would tell any person in an oppressive relationship that they have to get away from that person. Unfortunately, the Palestinian people usually have no such option.

ReserveTricky9393

what do you want to hear? wait until idf probe. if someone fired without due cause, they are punished. that is why there is no genocide.

CaregiverTime5713

The problem is that people take what Hamas says at face value while getting angry at the Israelis.  The Israelis say they are investigating, but because that investigation takes more than the 30 second attention span most people seem to have, they ignore the results of the investigation, which usually come out a few days later.

icenoid

There are no journalists without influence from Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) or embedded with IDF troops. All claims of casualties come through "Gaza Health Ministries" which is a part of the political arm of Hamas. With our primary video of the firings, it is difficult to really determine what happened. Loss of innocent life is always tragic, and you should always question information for bias regardless of source.

rhino932

If the idf can't distribute food/aid among Palestinians because they can't tell who is part of hamas, then why are members of the idf shooting rifles from across the street or firing on them from tanks?

National-Charity-435

&gt;but when I see such horrifying news like this from reputable, verifiable sources, I struggle to find a sympathetic position from the Israeli side. 

How are the Gazans a reputable source? 

If you meant Reuters: they aren’t saying it’s true. They’re just reporting what Gazans are saying. 

As another example of this, Reuters reported that Trump said the 2020 election was stolen. It doesn’t mean Reuters said it’s true. They just report what Trump said.

JosephL_55

Hey you. *Jew.* Prove to me you're not evil!

Defend yourself! 

Prove to me that you're allowed to exist!

Agreeable_Recipe3075

If the goal was to mass exterminate people trying to get aid, the dead would not be just 50 out of thousands of people gathered tightly together. That is not to defend this, I want to know more about what happened, but it just doesn't make sense in a world where they could get away with purposely doing this and wanted to do so, that they would limit it to this.

km3r

Wow medics? These guys totally know who shot and everything!

Now show us videos or images proving the IDF did it or that there are really that many dead

OmryR

It makes me sick. The world must end this now!

Miggels369

This is genocide. These are humans. We are all humans. Why?? Isreal treats their pets better. This is disgusting. Isreal will say she was a terriost. But we know she was a mother trying to feed her starving children. What is wrong with this world. Humanity is dead!

Useful-Still3712

And in 10 years when this generation of Palestinians are older and absolutely despise zionist and israel, the zionist and their sympathizers will ask "why do they hate us?"

We all know and you deserve the hate.

Random_n4m3

Long-Butterscotch500

Future freedom fighter. I just wish they could be kids.

RawanIbrahim

Please post these on LinkedIn and tag Sheryl Sandberg and Meta and ask how they’re willing to support the IDF. LinkedIn is the most important place to share these videos right now

Milan__

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Monsters

Bless this young man an RIP to his mother

joy3r

It's sickening that I am forced to pay taxes for this 😒

Seawolf430

I'm scared to say anything because i might get banned from reddit.

myholeisverywide

My heart aches for these poor children affected by this senseless suffering 💔

PuzzleheadedDraw6575

Gee. I wonder why the entire world hates the US? (SARCASM) I’ve never been more ashamed to be a US citizen. We’ll
bear this shame forever.

*edited to show sarcasm because no one seems to have understood I was being sarcastic. My bad.

this_kitty68

May Allah forgive your mother and you and your whole family . 

And reunite you with your family in jannah .

Those responsible will have to answer on day of judgement. And they will have no way out...

Think-Singer-7831

You can see qahar burning 🔥 in his eyes. 
Qahar means oppression.. but I love Khadija Dajani definition of the word:
 “There is no English equivalent to the Arabic word qaher قهر. The dictionary says “anger” but it’s not. It is when you take anger, place it on a low fire, add injustice, oppression, racism, dehumanization to it, and leave it to cook slowly for a century. And then you try to say it but no one hears you. So it sits in your heart. And settles in your cells. And it becomes your genetic imprint. And then moves through generations. And one day, you find yourself unable to breathe. It washes over you and demands to break out of you. You weep. And the cycle repeats.”

~ Khadijah Muhaisen Dajani

Nerditshka

And Isrealis wonder why they're losing support. I've seen more proof of terrorist from Isreal in the last 2 decades than any other terror group.

GoldConsequence6375

Monsters. The cycle of pain and suffering continues. The humanity...

idlespoon

 i've been saying this for some time, but people will forever make reference to israel and nazi germany in the same breath

edgar_jomfru

AffectionateElk3978

WeeklyEmu4838

One mans Terrorist is another mans freedom fighter.

They wonder why these so-called " Terrorists " might attack them ever so often after years of persecution,  rape murder, and Genocide🤔.

Bare in mind they said there were 25k Hamas and 80k+++++ has died after the Oct 7th that " STARTED IT ALL."

FREE PALESTINE 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸

RFCRH19

SlicedDicedIced

Winston74

And now you should fully understand why these young kids become part of Hamas. They are sick of seeing their loved ones being systematically being killed in front of their eyes. 

I would say more but I already got a warning for cussing out JK Rowling in another sub.

Time_Taro_389

Allah will hear this young boy and he will settle all affairs.  Justly.

He-knows-best

Inhumanity of the terror state of Israel is unfathomable

HappyCraftCritic

America is hands on now, not just pocket books open. These are the darkest days in this country.

VajennaDentada

This is how you make more radicals.... Shit I don't blame any of them either; if a foreign country killed my mom I'd wanna burn them to the ground too

_Username_Unclear_

What's happening in Gaza is eerily similar to what the Americans did to all the native tribes. Warriors on the war path after seeing soldiers kill loved ones for land and natural resources.

I wish that every asshole that refuses to reign in the fascist imperialist state of Israel because they collect blood money from the fucking fascist genocidal assholes at AIPAC...I wish they have the image of this poor kid seared into their minds for eternity. This is not a terrorist. This is a kid angry that his mom got executed while looking for food. The thing that the morons and zionists don't realize is that this kid will now be a resistance fighter because what else does he have to live for. The cycle continues.

LemonEquivalent6435

It needs to stop right now…red lines had been crossed way too long ago and the world just looked on.

Dr-flange

Remember when there were tons of propoganda posts saying it was hamas behind it (which makes no sense) and now they are all silent after israel admitted to doing the shooting.

These_Tangerine_6540

This is how you radicalize a whole generation of children. Assuming Israel doesn't wipe them out in their genocidal lunacy. Horrific.

westens

In a couple of years we'll question ourselves how these kids became radicalized.

  
Poor poor kids in a fucked up world....

Embarrassed-Bowl-230

I hope there is a god to punish these evil men who murder innocents because it's so very evil and unfair down here.

airbrushedvan

Now tel me who is creating and make fanatics for Hamas? 

Israel

Tolar01

Eliminating Israel is gonna be his life goal now.

098bluebird

Man this is absolutely horrifying and sickening. Prayers go out to this child who is experiencing something no human ever should.

TheBrew751

This is how a person becomes radicalized….not saying I support Hamas but I can see how they were started….

Misohoneee

And the entire world is looking.
No sanctions nothing.
A cruel world.

RudelarieS

and if that child grows up to be radicalized, there is no one to blame but israel and us policy. you all did this. you all created this.

Key-Seaworthiness-57

Celerolento

And this is how the next generation of “terrorists” is created, by acts of terrorism.

In2Oblivion49

If this young man survives the current situation, you think he might grow up to feel a bit of a grudge against the people who did this to him and his family? Israel complains that they're hated. They say it is for no reason. But with every ounce of pain and destruction which they cause, they plant the seeds of future hatred against them. Ten years from now, Israel will complain about violent acts of revenge committed against them, and they will say, "But why do they do this? We have done nothing. NOTHING!"

program13001207test

I'm fckin sick of this. Chosen people my ass. They are devil breed

Void_Argethlahm

Genociders get what is coming to them, one way or another. Shame on the soldiers pulling the trigger. Shame on the commanders ordering civilian murders. Shame on the governments encouraging this evil. Shame on the people doing nothing. 


This child lost everything for your evil. He will be justified when he tries to take something back.

Spiritual-Onion-9846

And another "terrorist" is born.

Thing is. The creation of a terrorist ***usually*** comes from the careless actions of those in power. They are often victims of terrible unrest, such as Gaza, Afghanistan, Iraq(both because of Saddam and the US), Northern Ireland, etc etc.

When the fuck are we going to stop feeding the pendulum? Creating our own problems? Start being kind to each other? To not just stop trying to slow the pendulum down, but forgive and walk away from it?

DepresiSpaghetti

Noticing the genocide being committed by Israel is somehow antisemitic

The_Friendly_Slendy

HOW IS THIS HAPPENING?!!! How are our governments allowing this to happen? How are WE allowing this to happen?!!! There is no humanity in this world.

tinxi86

ProfessorKlutzy471

I dare any Zionist want to weigh in and call this fake

atlantacharlie

Orangejuicewell

And people wonder why boys like this grow up and join the resistance.

sudo-rm-rf-Israel

Absolutely disgusting. israhell is a sickness

LordCommander94

Is Not Real time is about to come to an end. I am pretty sure the child’s plea will not go unnoticed.

ahsanagha

their cruelty knows no bounds &amp; their revenge is going to be swift.

gabbystuy

 Im gonna say it, I'm starting to understand why the Germans did what they did.

Cornhilo

This is how insurgencies are born. Not promoting it, it’s just a historical fact

Topodacok42

He’s right. The US (as with any nation) needs to step up immediately to ensure safe harbor for all aid stations, recipients, and workers providing humanitarian relief. End the war now. Stop the inhumane and pointless violence of Israel. This is not war. This is not protection. This is not defense. This is not moral. This is malicious cruelty. The Star of David has a new meaning. Israel has rebranded it for all posterity. Never forget.

clowncollege

There's a reason Israel wants to wipe them all out. They're trying to erase future "extremists" cuz they know if they leave even 1, that 1 will come back to bite them in the ass. As many people have already said, it's a fucking genocide.

DeadpoolOptimus

IS THAT TRUMP &amp; BIBI'S PLAN ????
Lure them in with promised of Aid
⛑️

PhoDr

And that's how you create a generation of kids that grow up to become assailants against Israel. 

And you can't blame those kids for the hate they will grow up with.

Aquaman9214

This shit is beyond sad! 😢😢😢😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬

Mfamos1

OMG it’s so hard to watch. Im dying inside

Aggressive_Towel_155

May those that inflict pain carelessly, know it themselves.

May those carelessly hurt have their justice.

bioxkitty

All those kids will grow up and some day, the will get revenge.

Even-Grab6230

Dude will rightly grow up looking for vengeance. Then Israel will complain they hate Jews

Rare-Masterpiece_007

Fuck Israel!! Fuck our politicians who take APAIC blood money or on the Epstein list. Fucking traitors!

Electrical-Amoeba245

Dull_Bed8949

These videos are so hard to watch but they should be shared. And we wonder why some young Muslims grow up angry.

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