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WHO says its deal with Israel will allow limited pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations (apnews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by alyaza to c/news

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[–] madjo 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Guess which convoy will be shot at next?

[–] DdCno1 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The last time this happened, the IDF fired the officers who were responsible:

https://www.politico.eu/article/israeli-military-forces-admit-serious-mistake-killing-7-food-aid-world-central-kitchen-workers/

[–] madjo 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And yet something similar happened again this week.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/wfp-suspends-gaza-movment-after-vehicle-hit-by-bullets-near-israeli-checkpoint-2024-08-28/

[–] DdCno1 3 points 2 months ago

I think there's a massive difference between some trigger-happy idiot of a soldier at a checkpoint firing ten shots and injuring nobody and a whole series of miscommunications and mistakes leading to seven dead aid workers through a series of air strikes.