Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 22 people, including 18 children, health officials said Sunday, as the United States was on track to approve billions of dollars of additional military aid to Israel, its close ally.
Israel has carried out near-daily air raids on Rafah, where more than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million has sought refuge from fighting elsewhere. It has also vowed to expand its ground offensive against the Hamas militant group to the city on the border with Egypt despite calls for restraint, including from the U.S.
“In the coming days, we will increase the political and military pressure on Hamas because this is the only way to bring back our hostages and achieve victory. We will land more and painful blows on Hamas — soon,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. He didn’t give details.
The first Israeli strike in Rafah killed a man, his wife and their 3-year-old child, according to the nearby Kuwaiti Hospital, which received the bodies. The woman was pregnant and the doctors saved the baby, the hospital said. The second strike killed 17 children and two women from an extended family.
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Reflecting on the story of the pregnant woman who lost her life but her baby was saved, what emotions or thoughts does this spark regarding the cycle of violence and the future of newborns in conflict areas?
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it is a tragic conflict that was very close to being avoided but alas was turned into a cycle of hatred and violence that engulfs all near it regardless of the age or the innocence. eventually it will end but how many more children will it take? families will it destroy? scars will it leave behind?
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If a country is pursuing what it sees as self-defense, where should it draw the line in terms of civilian casualties?
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I believe killing civilians, innocent or not, is not a proper way to pursue self-defense.
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