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Israeli troops killed a youth at a hospital and read out Jewish prayers at a mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin during raids that Palestinian authorities said on Thursday killed 12 and that Israel said helped capture dozens of militants.


Alaa Al Sadi, who lives in the Jenin camp, said soldiers who came to his home searching for guns smashed his television before taking him blindfolded into detention at an army compound outside the city for about 14 hours, along with hundreds of other people.

The soldiers found no guns but demolished his family home and accused him of being a member of Hamas, telling him he should leave the West Bank and move to Lebanon or Syria, Al Sadi, 44, said in an interview. He denied any links to the Gaza-based Islamist militant group.

The Israeli military did not respond to a request for comment about Alaa Al Sadi's account.

The majority of the people taken into detention earlier in the raid have since been released, the Palestinian Prisoner's Club, an advocacy group, said in a statement. The Israeli army said 60 wanted suspects were transferred to security forces for further questioning.

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[–] Therealgoodjanet@lemmy.world 59 points 2 years ago (5 children)

How the hell is desecrating a mosque going to help with anything? Stopping the resistance? Just desecrate a mosque and they will all just magically give up? Holy shit every time when you think it possibly can’t get any worse the IOF finds a way to top its own actions…

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

It's religious fanatics all the way down to hell.

[–] DanL4@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The solders involved in desecrating the mosque were detained. Not sure what will happen to them. The right in Israel tend not to care, or at most say these things happen and we're at war etc. The left are not having it, and see it as part of the extreme right religious movement that is our terrible government.

[–] filister@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The same fate of what happened to that politician calling to drop atomic bomb over Gaza. N O T H I N G.

At this stage, it is pretty obvious what Israel's goal is here. They are not looking to find peace. They are looking to extend the conflict and continue provoking them and make the life of Palestinians even more miserable.

It is about time for the UK and the US to see through this parade the truth.

[–] DanL4@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago

The statement is Israel wants to extinguish hamas. The belief that giving them money from Quatar and they will give us peace and quiet was obviously false.

The Israeli people need the abducted to be brought back. That is the no. 1 reason for all of this.

There are a minority of fanatic religious lunatics (currently represented in this horrendous government of brain dead corrupt morons) that want to move back into Gaza. This will not happen.

Netanyahu needs the war to go on so that people forget he is to blame for a lot of this.

The army definitely can, and will be pressured to, punish these solders.

Netanyahu cannot afford to break his rotten coalition, he won't stay in power if the next elections happen now.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

It's a playbook as old as colonialism. Do something horrible. Then when the locals retaliate you tell the world they started it and escalate to genocide.

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

desecrating a mosque

What does this even mean? The article says they recited some prayers in there. Who cares about this magic shit and why?

[–] rivermonster@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think that's why they said the soldiers would be disciplined. I mean if you want to generalize the entire IDF as a pair of radicalized soldiers who did something terrible... well then. You've made the case that the legitimately elected government of Gaza (Hamas) is all Gaza residents. And I disagree eith you there too.

You sure that's what you're trying to say?

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh! Is Hamas in the West Bank? I thought they were only indiscriminately steamrolling Gaza because Hamas was there!

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They want to provoke all out war. And American evangelicals are salivating...

[–] rivermonster@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That absolutely is one of Hamas's publicly stated goals. You're right.

[–] FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Seems Hamas and Israel ain't so different after all.

[–] rivermonster@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Israel was on track for two state before Hamas got Bibi elected, edging out Perez by less than a percent in the wake of their suicide and bus bombings of civilians.

In return Bibi, who is a war criminal along with many others of Likud, helped them remove Arafat... and together they insured two state will never happen.

So Bibi and Hamas, yes, partners from the beginning. I'd love to see him and other members of Likud at the ICC.

Hamas and Israel, no, that's just a racist antisemitism intentional conflating of Bibi and Israel..

[–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hamas got bibi elected? That’s a new level of blame shifting!

[–] rivermonster@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All you gotta do is study. The facts are there, even though they don't fit your made-up story.

[–] GutsBerserk@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Israel is a terrorist state. There is no place for Zionism in this world. It will be end of everything as we know it.

[–] NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

They also shot 3 of their own hostages who apparently had escaped Hamas by themselves and were trying to get back into Israel.

Ironically a ceasefire might've saved their lives.

Oh well, Fascist Theocracy needs blood.

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

They found no guns and several copies of The God Delusion in the mosque.