IDF set to open field hospital for wounded Gazans

[shira]

As civilian casualties mount in the ongoing Gaza conflict, the IDF is set to open a field hospital on the border with the Strip on Sunday evening, with the intention of providing humanitarian services to Palestinians injured in the fighting taking place in the coastal enclave.

Gaza sources have said the number of wounded in the coastal enclave has exceeded 3,000, with many more injured Sunday morning in a large clash between IDF troops and Hamas gunmen in Gaza’s Shejaiya neighborhood. Israeli military officials said Sunday that they had told civilians to leave the Shejaiya area days ago, ahead of IDF military action in a neighborhood that is a Hamas stronghold.

The facility, which was approved by IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz, will open its doors at 8 p.m. on Sunday, the army said in a statement. “The hospital will include an emergency clinic, pediatrician and gynecology services, a delivery room and hospitalization when needed. The staff will include doctors, nurses, x-ray technicians and lab technicians,” the statement read. “The hospital will treat sick and wounded Palestinians in coordination with the liaison department of the Erez crossing and will open its gates tonight,” the statement continued.

In Gaza City Sunday, the Shifa hospital was struggling to reach those in need of case, with many of the wounded walking for hours to receive treatment. Casualties were being brought in by the minute, some in ambulances, others in cars and trucks. Among them were children screaming in agony, many peppered with shrapnel wounds. On Thursday, Gaza’s Wafa hospital, east of Shejaiya, was attacked in an Israeli airstrike after it was found that Hamas was launching rockets from the location, the army said. Its administration was given hours’ notice to leave.

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[lsewpershad]

1. What irony

first you mutilate and then try to fix????? Wow. Looking for redemption?

[shira]

2. It means you don't understand what's going on there. Reports you're getting...

...are deliberately designed to defame & darken the Jewish state's image.

Israel isn't trying to mutilate, massacre, or murder anyone. Besides trying to help Palestinians, they've taken in many Syrians and treated them in Israeli hospitals too.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

4. Your BS stinks to high heaven.

Nobody believes your spin.

[shira]

5. I'm not the one here posting pro-Hamas propaganda from Mondoweiss.

Mondoweiss was against Hamas signing a ceasefire.

Ironic how they report their faux concern about Palestinian civilians, given they want the war to continue. These are great days for Mondoweiss. This is what they get off on doing. The more Palestinian dead, the better. They're getting off on bashing Israel. This is a win-win for them and their Hamas masters.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

12. It's really too bad that you are for bombing Palestinian civilians.

Your continued hatred shows through.

[shira]

13. Mondoweiss supported Hamas' rejection of ceasefire

They wanted more war. Deal with it.

So they and their supporters have some nerve venting outrage at Israel.

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What role does Hamas have in civilian deaths?

[hrmjustin]

14. Do you support bibi?

[shira]

15. I support Israel. The same hate would be spewed...

...if Israel's most liberal party, Meretz, were leading the nation against Hamas. I prefer Meretz over any Likud coalition.

As for Bibi, he's a blowhard rightwinger but he makes a helluva lot more sense than the pro-Hamas contingent with their bullshit propaganda talking points.

[hrmjustin]

16. Bibi is a warmonger. Killing civilians is unacceptable and he should be brought to justice.

[shira]

17. Actually, Israel's Left acknowledges Bibi has tried avoiding war...

After all, Bibi accepted a ceasefire.

Hamas and its western supporters here (Mondoweiss, BDS movement) rejected a ceasefire. And they still do. They're the warmongers. And they support Hamas war crimes (human shielding) against Palestinians b/c they love all the heat (and hate) Israel is taking for civilian lives.

[hrmjustin]

20. Lieberman threatened to pull out if I am correct.. He went on the ground to placate Lieberman.

He needs to remove his troops and make restitution to the Gazans. Then he needs to go to jail.

[shira]

21. Bibi also fired Dani Danon for drumming up war. n/t

[hrmjustin]

23. So! He still went to war.

[shira]

28. What would have Israel do? Make millions of Israelis run to bomb shelters....

...for eternity, while Hamas gets its rocks off?

[hrmjustin]

32. I would have them make reasonable consessions and stop killing civilians.

Israel has to accept that it does not have clean hands here. I am not a hamas supporter nor do I care for them but how can you expect them to stop when israel is killing its citizens.

[shira]

40. If Hamas cared for its civilians, they'd have agreed to a ceasefire

We can't go any further if you fail to comprehend this simple fact.

[hrmjustin]

42. I agree yhat they should have but can we also agree that Israel is responsible for its bombs

falling on civilians?

[shira]

43. Hamas' main strategy is to attack Israel from densely populated civilian areas

They "win" if they hit Israeli targets and they win if Israel kills innocent civilians in defense against the rockets.

Legally and morally, Hamas is responsible for all lives on both sides as they are committing double war crimes. If Israel DELIBERATELY set out to murder innocents, then that's on Israel, but their efforts show that's not what they're doing.

[hrmjustin]

44. So Israel has no responsibility for its bombs killing civilians.

[shira]

46. Not unless they deliberately seek to murder civilians or.....

....decide on attacks that are ridiculously out of proportion (like taking out 50 civilians while trying to kill 1 Hamasnik).

International Law and Basic Morality puts the blame on Hamas.

If Jeffrey Dahmer is in a crowd of civilians shooting at others 100 feet away, an officer has a right and duty to take Dahmer out, even if he tragically kills one of Dahmer's human shields. That's 100% on Dahmer.

[hrmjustin]

47. I have to disagree with you. Israeli bombs are killing civilians.

Whether they mean to do it or not they are responsible.

[shira]

48. If Hamas orders civilians to stay in homes after the IDF warns them...

....is that on Hamas?

If Hamas launches rockets at Israel from a schoolyard and Israel takes out the rocket launcher, as well as some civilians, is that on Hamas?

If Hamas hides weapons in schools, mosques, and homes and Israel bombs such places, is that any way on Hamas?

[hrmjustin]

49. Where exactly are they supposed to go?

I never said hamas is inocent and has no blame.

[hrmjustin]

53. Allowing free trsveling rights for gazans.

More aid.

[King_David]

60. That is what Hamas wants ?

There's only 1 reason Hamas would want free traveling right within Israel .

[shira]

62. Egypt doesn't want Hamas terror within their borders; neither does Israel

Neither does Europe.

More aid will just go to Hamas. Do you realize what enormous resources Hamas must've spent on their elaborate tunnel system? We're talking hundreds of thousands of tons of building material. Not to mention missiles. That's where all the aid is going.

How do you allow for more concessions to Gazans while preventing Hamas from benefitting?

[PCIntern]

29. Hey...why do think they elected Bibi?

Think REAL hard...

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

56. You were asked a direct question. Do you support Netanyahu?

[2banon]

39. omg. now I get you.. you're not actually trying deliberately to be obtuse..

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

3. That'll win hearts and minds.

"Well we blew your legs off in our bombing run and killed your entire family, but we're so kind to stitch your wounds up aren't we?"

[hrmjustin]

6. I am sorry but this does not make me feel good about this.

They are murdering civilians.

[shira]

8. You think it's a propaganda stunt?

Maybe they're not trying to murder civilians, and you're wrong.

[hrmjustin]

9. The pictures of the bodys tell the story. Setting up a hospital does not absolve them from murdering

civilians.

[shira]

18. Israel agreed to a ceasefire. Hamas & its supporters wanted more war, more dead bodies

That's a fact you're going to have a hard time trying to reverse back onto Israel.

[hrmjustin]

22. No hard time at all. israeli bombs are killing civilians.

Israel could make reasonable consessions with Gaza and the fighting will stop.

Yes hamas is not innocent but neither is Israel.

[shira]

30. There'd be no more fighting if Hamas had agreed to a ceasefire

There's simply no defense of Hamas for rejecting it.

And Hamas blackmailing Israel into meeting their demands (or else more rockets) is out of the question. You can't negotiate seriously with a Hamas entity that will keep bombing Israel 'til the last drop of Palestinian blood.

[PCIntern]

31. You FAIL Logic 101

You are going to have to repeat the semester.

[hrmjustin]

33. I an not going to respond to your insults.

[PCIntern]

35. You just did. nt

[hrmjustin]

36. Good bye!

[PCIntern]

37. LOL! Nice try...

you came in here and attempted a ridiculous line of thought which makes no snese at all and then you run away! I suppose he who runs away lives to run away another day.

[hrmjustin]

38. If you are polite I will respond.

[azurnoir]

7. seems almost "telegenic" n/t

[hrmjustin]

10. indeed.

[kjones]

11. You'll have to excuse the Palestinians for not extending the same humanitarian courtesy.

Their hospitals were blown up.

[shira]

19. Hamas wants as many dead Israelis as possible. In no way...

..would they invite and treat Israelis in their hospitals.

[kjones]

24. Again, Palestinian =/= Hamas member.

[shira]

26. Palestinians aren't running Gaza. Hamas is. n/t

[kjones]

59. Well I'm glad you can finally differentiate between Palestinians and Hamas.

Things are getting through I guess.

[azurnoir]

25. well that would be sort of difficult

well with hospitals being shelled and all

[shira]

27. Didn't have to be that way if Hamas accepted a ceasefire

Too bad you defended Hamas' rejection of a ceasefire.

[PCIntern]

34. shira:

They are deliberately wasting bandwidth causing you to pee into the wind on a continuous basis. They are not going to say anything, concede anything - their position is illogical in any conceivable framework and gleaned from the Cheney/Rove pattern which we observed for decades. Believe me, if someone had dropped leaflets on them, they'd be running as fast as their little feet could take them away, but their Cheeto-stained keyboards are never going to type out what you want to see.

[shira]

41. Incitement needs to be countered. n/t

[PCIntern]

45. I know...

I was saying it rhetorically.

[madaboutharry]

50. Shira, it is like arguing with a pretzel.

There is no way to reason with someone who doesn't want to be reasoned with. It doesn't matter what the facts are. In the minds of some people Israel is evil. It doesn't matter what it does or doesn't do. Either way Israel is wrong. Always and forever. Hamas is raining rockets and building tunnels to carry out terror attacks, too bad on you Israel. You deserve it. End of story. PC is right. It is a waste of time.

There are few places on the internet right now as ugly as DU. Reasonable discussion and debate is not possible here.

[azurnoir]

54. pointing out facts is not the same as defending

so according to you Israel bears no responsibility here?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

55. It's the same old shit, azurnoir.

Israel can kill at will and not be responsible for a fucking thing.

Whenever questioned about its killing it hides behind a wall of contempt.

[MFM008]

51. one big thing it leaks down to

more and more settlements Israel is building, the gazans have no where to go, I think if you had the restrictions they have to live under you would begin to resent everyone, they lack hope

[sabbat hunter]

58. Israel

is not/was not building any settlements in Gaza, hasn't since 2005.

[King_David]

61. Amazing how many times that needs be pointed

out to people who speak with such authority on what's happening in Gaza.