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Cake day: October 30th, 2023

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  • Wasn’t it 12 like a day or two ago?

    That’s my understanding.

    In an ap article of the 29th they say:

    DETAILED ALLEGATIONS AGAINST UNRWA WORKERS
    The Israeli document, which has been shared with U.S. officials and was obtained by The Associated Press, lists 12 people, their alleged roles in the attack, job descriptions and photos. The findings detailed in the document could not be independently confirmed.
    The document said intelligence gathered showed that at least 190 UNRWA workers were Hamas or Islamic Jihad operatives, without providing evidence.
    It said of the 12 workers, nine were teachers and one a social worker. Seven of the employees were accused of crossing into Israel on Oct. 7. Of those, one was accused of taking part in a kidnapping, another of helping to take away a dead soldier and three others of participating in the attacks. (…)

    The numbers mentioned in the posted article I first saw them on a wsg piece co-written by Carrie Keller-Lynn, a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel which has some ties with the IDF, to be more precise the IDF spokesperson unit. (Relevant link from twitter).

    [edit: I tried looking for her linkedin profile for more details, which appears in the results as: Carrie Keller-Lynn - The Wall Street Journal | LinkedIn but I get Profile Not Found - An exact match for caroline-keller-lynn could not be found. for now at least.
    edit2: I removed a link]















  • Nope Hamas is an extremist organization, in 2007 Hamas took control of Gaza from the Palestinian Authority
    www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/15/israel4

    Your comment in combination with the link are very misleading.

    1. Hamas was elected in 2006.

    2. The link you provide has a sensationalized title that talks about a specific incident in 2007. Here is an archive link for those who want to see what this incident is about. The following come from the article you shared:

    Hamas takes control of Gaza

    (…) a masked Hamas fighter sat down at the desk of the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, and declared an end to the western-backed authority in the Gaza strip.

    In an imaginary telephone call to the US, a fighter from the Islamist movement’s armed wing, Izz el-Deen al-Qassam, joked: “Hello Condoleezza Rice. You have to deal with me now, there is no Abu Mazen anymore.”

    In one of its first assertions of authority, Hamas called for the immediate release of the BBC Gaza correspondent, Alan Johnston, who was seized in March.
    (…)
    Amid scenes of disorder, the deposed Hamas prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, called for an end to looting of abandoned Fatah properties and proposed reconciliation talks with Mr Abbas.